@that_leaflet There is a RSS feed for this blog specifically https://blogs.kde.org/categories/this-week-in-kde-apps/index.xml
Keep up with the exciting news coming out of the KDE apps projects with "This Week in KDE Apps"!
In this issue: NeoChat emojis, Itinerary seats, Gwenview speedups and Android support tweaks, among other things.
https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/16/this-week-in-kde-apps/
Note that this week it is on Monday, but we will be posting about all KDE app news on Sunday from now on.
@constancies @kde@lemmy.kde.social @vanillaos
Interesting you should bring that up. Watch this space...
Plasma 6.2 Beta has been released... Beta testers assemble 🦸♀️!
Please grab it, test it, submit bug reports. Final release will be on the 8th of October.
KDE's Annual report for the year 2023 is out.
Everything you wanted to know about the things we did last year is in this report: the funds we raised, how we spent them, the sprints and events we attended, the projects we took on, the milestones we hit, and much, much more.
The Personal Information Management team release their July and August report
In this report find out how the Itinerary travel assistant will not only help you find your train, but also your seat; what's being done to make KMail's code leaner and cleaner; why changes are being made to the way the project's progress is tracked (plus how you can contribute); and more.
https://kontact.kde.org/blog/2024/2024-09-01-july-august-2024/
It's an oldish HP Spectre with a foldable touchscreen from 2018.
Actually works very well.
KDE is at the 21st edition of LUDOVIA in Ax-Les-Thermes, Ariège Pyrenees, France. Visit our booth from August 26-28 to explore KDE's digital technology for your classroom.
You can register on-site. See you there!
Check out the #pilet, SoulsCircuit's very cool retro-futuristic handheld tablet/console.
Designed with Free Software, the pilet runs #Plasma and a full range of KDE software.
More at
https://soulscircuit.com/pilet
Follow SoulCircuit and the progress of the piet here:
KDE Gear ⚙️ 24.08 -- Akademy Edition has been released.
This release brings new features to the powerful Dolphin file explorer and manager, the Kdenlive video editor, KDE's web browser Falkon, and much more.
https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.08.0/
And don't miss the future of KDE and sign up for #Akademy2024 today. Only 2 weeks left!
The final sprint is on! Just 6 more days to contribute to the KDE goals proposals!
Only three can be winners 🥇🥇🥇.
Check out the proposals, give your feedback, or join a task to help make it happen. Every contribution counts!
Astronomy aficionados rejoice! KStars 3.7.2 🔭 has just been released and it comes with more features and easier parameter tuning that will help you take better photographs of the Cosmos🌠.
KDE urges the European Commission restore #funding for free software through Next Generation Internet (NGI).
Read the open letter here:
Mail, calendars, notes, tasks, travel... Find out what developers of KDE's personal information management suite of apps have been up to.
Get the breakdown of all the new features, and how everything has been made more reliable, faster and better.
https://kontact.kde.org/blog/2024/2024-07-01-kde-pim-may-june-2024/
Learn how to reduce the power usage and make your apps more accessible in 8 minutes flat.
That would be one of KDE Connects' main functions, yes. It makes sharing any kind of file (photos, videos, whatever) easy.
You can also share the content of your clipboard from your desktop to your phone and vice versa. So you would copy, say, a web address on your desktop, and you would be able to paste it into your web browser on your phone immediately.
Just in case you hadn't read the terrifying conditions you agree to when you sign up for a Microsoft Account, here are two of the more relevant paragraphs.
So, yeah... KDE Connect is still the better option.
Phone Link is Microsoft's late and closed source alternative to KDE Connect. It requires you sign in to a Microsoft Account for it to work.
This means all the transactions between your phone and your PC are monitored and sucked up by Microsoft.
KDE will be at OpenSouthCode in sunny Málaga this weekend! Visit our booth on Friday June 21 from 10am to 7:30pm and on Saturday June 22 from 10am to 2pm:
https://www.opensouthcode.org/conferences/opensouthcode2024
And on Saturday you can also attend an in depth @kdenlive workshop for beginners at 10am where you will learn all the basics you need to get started in #videoediting using free software.
https://www.opensouthcode.org/conferences/opensouthcode2024/program/proposals/693
Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, we have been unable to ship the new wallpaper, "Reef", with this version of Plasma. However, a new wallpaper will be coming soon in the next 6.2 version of Plasma.
If you can't wait, you can download "Reef" from here:
Plasma 6.1 is here!
New features include a cool take on Plasma's edit mode, keyboard LEDs that sync with accent colors, an inbuilt Remote Desktop Server that let's you access Plasma desktops over a network, lots of bug corrections and improvements.
Come visit us at OpenExpo Europe happening in Madrid today and learn about Plasma and KDE apps.
For more details, visit https://openexpoeurope.com
TUXEDO's new ARM laptops will run #Plasma6.
https://linuxrocks.online/@tuxedocomputers/112591022210420979
How does KDE measure energy consumption and the #accessibility of its apps?
Pradyot Ranjan explains with a quick 4-video primer on Selenium AT-SPI, a tool used to automate tests of GUI applications.
https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/8rDdG3c3UKk55N9VcpmaTR?playlistPosition=1
We would like to remind you that both @Krita and @kdenlive are currently running fundraisers:
#Krita :
You heard #Adobe. Deep down you knew this was coming. Now all your art are belong to them. Time to move on to better things...
Kreative Suite \* Krita is your new design/painting app \* Kdenlive will give you video-editing powers \* glaxnimate adds 2D vector animations to you videos \* digiKam organises your collection images
https://kde.org/for/creators/ Also: \* Inkscape - create sophisticated vector-graphic designs \* Scribus - layout like a pro \* GIMP - need we say more \* Blender - ditto
We are looking for a new set of Community KDE Goals to work on.
What should KDE focus on over the next two years? Are you ready to share your vision, time and stamina to push KDE to the next level?
Let's evolve KDE together! Find out more here: https://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2024/06/05/what-should-kde-focus-on-for-the-next-2-years-you-can-propose-a-goal/
Apple had to learn the hard way: Under the DMA (thanks @EUCommission !) they were forced to give users a choice regarding the default search engine and browser on their systems.
What are we going to do about Microsoft misleading users?
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689
No ads, no spyware, no demos, as all software is fully functional and free. Also no subscriptions, no license fees, no unwanted communications.
A KDE-based system includes lots of customization possibilities (i.e. you can change practically everything in you system and desktop environment), but is also perfectly functional as is, even if you do not change a thing.
KDE software will work on most hardware, even on old, under-powered computers.
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@ThankGodItsFriday @fossasia @kde@lemmy.kde.social
We were at SCaLE not too long ago 😀 .
@rochacbruno @kde@lemmy.kde.social It's the same. Money goes either way to us with more or less the same cut by the payment provider, so it depends on which payment method you prefer.
You can make a one-time donation here:
https://kde.org/community/donations/
Or a one-time donation or a periodic donation for the amount of your choice at:
Today's specials: meat, chicken, vegan (spinach, tomatoes and chickpeas) with extra Ketchup open sauce!
Mmmmh! Para lamerse los dedos!
That is regular themes.
_Global_ themes also modify the desktop's behavior and hence contain code to do that.
@cyberlyra @socallinuxexpo @kde@lemmy.kde.social @linmob
We have project called @plasmamobile
Pair that with, say, @postmarketOS
And you have got yourself a free and open source privacy-respecting stack for your mobile device.
Disclaimer: does not work on all hardware! Hardware is usually closed and proprietary. check the list: