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This week in Plasma: Stabilization for 6.2

https://pointieststick.com/2024/09/07/this-week-in-plasma-stabilization-for-6-2/

Published: September 7, 2024 20:49

This week I and many other major Plasma contributors are are at Akademy, planning the future and having many fruitful in-person discussions! As a result, probably next week’s post will be a bit light. This week though, lots of pre-Akademy changes got…

Akadem 2024 - Day 1 - Room 1 - Part 2

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/kF7ur3Dn2qYjTvswiiwzmX

Published: September 7, 2024 09:43

Web Review, Week 2024-36

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2024/09/06/web-review-week-2024-36/

Published: September 6, 2024 08:34

On my way to Akademy, looking forward to meeting people there. Even though I’m traveling with spotty Internet access for now, let’s not loose good habits. Here is my web review for the week 2024-36. The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook…

Goals Sprint Recap

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-09-05-goals-sprint-recap/

Published: September 5, 2024 00:00

In April we had the combined goals sprint, where a fine group of KDE people working on things around Automation & Systematization, Sustainable Software, and Accessibility got together. It was a nice cross-over of the KDE goals, taking advantage of having…

Plasma Crash Course - DrKonqi

https://kde.haraldsitter.eu/posts/plasma-crash-course-drkonqi/

Published: September 4, 2024 20:18

A while ago a colleague of mine asked about our crash infrastructure in Plasma and whether I could give some overview on it. This seems very useful to others as well, I thought. Here I am, telling you all about it! Our crash infrastructure is comprised of…

Tellico 4.0 Released

https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-0-released/

Published: September 4, 2024 13:48

I’m excited to make Tellico 4.0 available as the first version to leverage the new Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6 libraries. Tellico 4.0 also continues to build with Qt5/KF5 for those who haven’t yet transitioned to the newer versions. Especially since this has…

GSoC Final Update

https://alcarazzam.dev/posts/gsoc-final-update/

Published: September 3, 2024 18:50

This is my last update about my GSoC project (Python bindings for KDE Frameworks). These weeks have been quieter than usual because I’ve been on vacation, but there are still some new things to share. I published a mini tutorial on how to generate Python…

Calligra 4.0.1

https://carlschwan.eu/2024/09/03/calligra-4.0.1/

Published: September 3, 2024 09:25

Calligra 4.0.1 is out. This small releases mostly contains fixes for distributions issues and updated translations. I fixed some compatibility issues for Flatpak which is since yesterday available on Flathub. Flathub website showing Calligra Yaakov…

July and August in KDE PIM

https://kontact.kde.org/blog/2024/2024-09-01-july-august-2024/

Published: September 2, 2024 19:20

Here's our bi-monthly update from KDE's personal information management applications team. This report covers progress made in July and August 2024. Since the last report, 32 people have contributed over 1300 changes to the KDE PIM code base. We also…

Kdenlive 24.08.0 released

https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/09/kdenlive-24-08-0-released/

Published: September 2, 2024 00:52

Kdenlive 24.08 is out, and while summer is usually a quieter time for the team, this update comes packed with nifty new features, enhancements, and quality-of-life improvements, specially for Effects and Transitions. This version boosts performance in…

Getting ready for Akademy

https://blog.broulik.de/2024/08/getting-ready-for-akademy/

Published: August 31, 2024 10:55

Next week Akademy, KDE’s annual community conference, will take place in Würzburg, Germany. There are a few features that I actually began during various conferences throughout the years to address real-world problems. I decided to have look at some of…