{"id":176963,"date":"2025-07-11T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=176963"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:14:52","slug":"kde-iso-image-writer-gets-a-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/kde-iso-image-writer-gets-a-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"KDE ISO Image Writer Gets a Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the last few weeks, KDE ISO Image Writer<\/a>\u2014a cross-platform utility known for turning raw Linux ISO files<\/a> into bootable USB drives<\/a>\u2014has been working through a ground-up user-interface rewrite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

App’s lead contributor reports that much of the classic QtWidgets codebase is now being ported to QML, bringing the application in line with the current KDE design language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why the switch to QML? According to the devs, it offers a more flexible declarative toolkit than traditional QtWidgets. The team has ditched gradients, swapped in Kirigami components wherever feasible, and opted to iterate on the previous layout rather than introduce a jarring visual overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make things even clearer, here\u2019s a quick look at how the current version of the app compares to the updated one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KDE<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the revised version, one of the headline new additions is an ISO Selection window. Early brainstorming considered listing all 100-plus images available through Quickemu\u2019s \u201cquickget\u201d repository. However, KDE veteran Nate Graham flagged the risk of information overload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the roadmap now favors a curated shortlist of popular distributions, with final choices to be hashed out in upcoming team discussions. This smaller catalog should steer newcomers toward well-supported options while still giving enthusiasts room to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, with the visual layer stabilizing, devs stated that attention now shifts to back-end wiring\u2014specifically, connecting the new QML front end to ISO download logic and USB-writing routines. Once that plumbing is in place, testers will get their hands on a fully functional prototype, and feedback can flow in earnest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, see the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credits: KDE Project<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KDE ISO Image Writer is being revamped with QML and Kirigami for a more modern KDE-aligned UI, including a new ISO selection interface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":176966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[4318,3404,1254],"class_list":["post-176963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-bootable-usb","tag-iso","tag-kde"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}