Notices by KDE (kde@floss.social)

You're still in time to adopt an app and Support Good People!

Adopt a KDE app on our #fundraiser and help us keep KDE running for another year.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

Apps currently up for adoption:

* Neochat
* Tokodon
* Merkuro
* Arianna
* AudioTube
* Itinerary

#SupportGoodPeople #AdoptAnApp #donations

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Our End of Year Fundraiser is live! Donate and keep the dark armies of tech-ghouls 🧟 at bay!

http://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

And just in time for #Halloween 🎃, Konqi and Katie bring you the most nightmarish tales from the #spooky realms of proprietarysoftwareland.

All based on true stories¹!

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¹ Kinda.

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#fundraiser #donations #vampire #ghost #zombies

Happy Birthday to us 🎂🎉! KDE is 28 years old today!

Join us and hold a KDE birthday party in your city. Fill in the wiki, meet up with your friends and celebrate 28 years of collaboration, free software and altruism!

https://community.kde.org/28th_birthday

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#birthday #anniversary #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

"Don't know about you, but my Plasma desktop is still working..."

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

#CrowdStrike #windows #outage #spyware

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.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

1. Ditch Windows
2. Install Plasma
3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

KDE is at #fossasia2024! Come and visit our booth and attend talks by Piyush and Tomaz

Visit the #KDE booth at @fossasia at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam, from today April 8, until Wednesday, April 10; check out Plasma 6 and our new apps and gadgets; and attend talks from KDE devs Piyush Aggarwal

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8884

and Tomaz Canabrava

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8881

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#event

What's going on here? What's that smell? Smells like... empanadas...

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

WARNING: Global themes and widgets created by 3rd party developers for Plasma can and will run arbitrary code. You are encouraged to exercise extreme caution when using these products.

A user has had a bad experience installing a global theme on Plasma and lost personal data.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bixmbx/do_not_install_global_themes_some_wipe_out_all/

Global themes change the look of Plasma, but also the behavior. To do this they run code, and this code can be faulty, as in the case mentioned above. The same goes for widgets and plasmoids.

Students at Indian schools get books that teach them about Krita.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bfxqan/never_knew_that_indian_government_has_actually/

The book on the publishers' website:

https://www.kips.in/#/detail/85

Scroll down and choose the Class 6 tab to see the table of contents.

@krita

#krita #education #art #painting

THE KUBE IS BACK!

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kdeplasma-addons/-/merge_requests/188

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Check out our new "KDE for Gamers" guide.

Whether you are into casual, retro or AAA #gaming, KDE has something for you 🎮🎲!

https://kde.org/for/gamers/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Plasma developer David Edmundson demonstrates how a desktop using Wayland, Qt6 and KWin can recover from a catastrophic crash as if nothing had happened.

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/qt6_wayland_robustness/

You will lose no data, the video you were watching will not skip a frame, and the contents of your clipboard will remain intact.

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/5C7uct72cxGnEQJn6LqdSn

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#Plasma6

Calling All Artists! The #Plasma6 Wallpaper Contest is now open

We are calling on all artists to submit their original wallpaper designs and compete for the chance to win a brand-new @frameworkcomputer 13'' laptop.

Check out the rules here:

https://discuss.kde.org/t/wallpaper-competition-announcement/3773

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Arjen Hiemstra demonstrates how you can access a #remote #desktop on #Wayland using #Plasma and RDP.

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2023-08/remote-desktop-using-rdp-protocol-plasma-wayland

Want to know how #Plasma6 is coming along? Check out Nate's in-depth analysis on what's done, what devs are working on right now, and what's coming to KDE's next generation desktop environment:

https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/03/august-plasma-6-progress-update/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

If you are Redditor, we would like to know your opinion: r/kde has been closed for several days to unsubscribed users in protest for the company's latest decisions. Should we open r/kde up now or wait? Tell us what you think by filling out the poll here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/14f2hym/should_rkde_open_now_or_be_kept_private_until_the/

@juanro49

Yes, we are looking into this. But getting 100,000 users to migrate will take time.

The first edition of @fedora's Creative Freedom Summit kicks of on January 17th and will run until the 19th. This virtual conference is dedicated to the features and benefits of Open Source creative tools.

It will feature practical talks on ways to use @Krita , @kdenlive, @inkscape, @GIMP, and more.

https://creativefreedomsummit.com/

To get you up to speed on Free and Open Source apps designed for creativity, meanwhile check out

https://kde.org/for/creators/