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This week in Plasma: 6.2 is nigh

https://pointieststick.com/2024/10/04/this-week-in-plasma-6-2-is-nigh/

Published: October 5, 2024 03:42

Plasma 6.2 will be released in just three days! In the end we did revert the notification changes I mentioned last week, so users of Plasma 6.2 won’t experience any new issues with notifications. The list of verified 6.2 regressions is extremely small,…

Web Review, Week 2024-40

https://ervin.ipsquad.net/blog/2024/10/04/web-review-week-2024-40/

Published: October 4, 2024 12:15

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2024-40. W3C 30th anniversary clip Tags: tech, web, history Excellent clip for the W3C 30th anniversary. Shows the big milestones and evolution of the WWW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfUBuIZkmQ OpenFreeMap…

KDE e.V. and Kdenlive team are looking for contractors

https://ev.kde.org/2024/10/04/2024-10-05-kde-e-v-kdenlive-jobs/

Published: October 4, 2024 10:00

KDE e.V., the non-profit organization supporting the KDE community, and the Kdenlive team are looking for proactive contractors to implement some features in the Kdenlive video editor. Two positions are currently open: OpenTimelineIO integration: this…

KStars v3.7.3 is Released

http://knro.blogspot.com/2024/10/kstars-v373-is-released.html

Published: October 3, 2024 19:07

KStars v3.7.3 is released on 2024.10.03 for Windows, MacOS & Linux. It's a bi-monthly bug-fix release with a couple of exciting features.Extension InterfaceEd Lee contributed the Extension Interface for KStars. Extensions are small programs that can be…

August/September in KDE Itinerary

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2024/10/03/kde-itinerary-august-september-2024.html

Published: October 3, 2024 08:45

A lot has happened again around KDE Itinerary since the previous summary post two month ago: A new two-level trip/timeline view, extended public transport location search, a new website and more public transport data coverage to name just a few things. New…

Use `ripgrep-all` / `ripgrep` to improve search in Dolphin

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/10/02/use-ripgrep-all-/-ripgrep-to-improve-search-in-dolphin/

Published: October 2, 2024 10:30

In the next release of Dolphin, the search backend (when Baloo indexing is disabled) will be faster and support more file types, by using external projects ripgrep-all and ripgrep to do the search. Merge Request What are ripgrep and ripgrep-all? ripgrep is…

Kraft Version 1.2.2

https://dragotin.codeberg.page/posts/kraft_122/kraft_122/

Published: October 1, 2024 19:35

Kraft (Github) is the desktop app making it easy to create offers and invoices quickly and beautifully in small companies. It is targetted to the free desktop and runs on Linux. This is the release announcement of the new Kraft version 1.2.2. This is a…

GSOC: Week 8 to Week 16

https://soumyadghosh.github.io/website/interns/gsoc-2024/gsoc-week-8-16/

Published: October 1, 2024 12:30

The End is here! The long journey of GSoC (which got streched into 16 weeks) is nearing to an end. And in this blog, I will share a few of the things I have done, and some of the things I have left to do. Let’s start with the main works. Snap KCM! It’s…

Qt Creator 14.0.2 released

https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-14.0.2-released

Published: October 1, 2024 10:54

We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 14.0.2!

Google Summer of Code 2024

https://labplot.kde.org/2024/10/01/google-summer-of-code-2024/

Published: October 1, 2024 10:06

Programmes like Season of KDE (SoK) and Google Summer of Code (GSoC) provide a great opportunity for young talent to become part of the open source community and contribute to open source projects. LabPlot, and KDE in general, has a long history and…

Translating Qt Applications

https://www.basyskom.de/translating-qt-applications/

Published: October 1, 2024 08:43

Translating a Qt application, can be a daunting task. This is an overview from Qt 5 to Qt 6 and what new functionality Qt 6.7 brings. Continue reading Translating Qt Applications at basysKom GmbH.

Tellico 4.0.1 Released

https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-0-1-released/

Published: October 1, 2024 00:22

Tellico 4.0.1 is available, with a couple bug fixes. Improvements and Bug Fixes Fixed encoding for HTML export in Qt6 (Bug 493180). Fixed compilation with Qt6/msvc. Added a menu item for changing the application language.

Conferences in September

https://carlschwan.eu/2024/09/29/conferences-in-september/

Published: September 29, 2024 18:00

After having participated to both Qt Contributor Summit and Akademy, I ended up going to a few more conferences in September. Nextcloud Conference I went to Nextcloud Conference just after going back from Akademy. Unfortunately I was quite tired from…

This Week in KDE Apps

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/29/this-week-in-kde-apps/

Published: September 29, 2024 14:30

New KCron Settings UI, Krita 2.2.5 released, and more Welcome to the third post in our “This Week in KDE Apps” series! If you missed it, we just announced this new series two weeks ago, and our goal is to cover as much as possible of what's happening in…

Amarok 3.1.1 released

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/09/29/amarok-3.1.1-released/

Published: September 29, 2024 09:40

The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.1.1, the first bugfix release for Amarok 3.1 "Tricks of the Light"! 3.1.1 features a number of small improvements and bug fixes, including miscellaneous fixes for…

Why and how to use KDE frameworks in non-KDE apps - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/9VG6LroZBPaevkBVpxHd3y

Published: September 28, 2024 11:46

By Javier Cordero The goal of this talk is to motivate people to make native Linux applications and to help them use KDE Frameworks to create them. The talk is split into two parts: showcase and examples. The first part focuses on showing what you could…

What even is color? - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/uMWV85f7mt3s3jZvnVYLTC

Published: September 28, 2024 11:38

By Xaver Hugl I'll try to explain very roughly what color is, how it's represented in computers, why we need color management, and how color management works in Wayland. I wrote the color management system in KWin

What's a Maintainer anyway? - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/ooitdYQQP3UfeLj8W9nZo4

Published: September 28, 2024 11:32

By Nicolas Fella Maintainers play a critical role in Open Source projects and yet most KDE projects don't have one. Why is this not a problem? And what's a maintainer anyway?

Union: The future of styling in KDE!? - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/v5hsBd3oDewh1WR4XCQSZb

Published: September 28, 2024 11:26

By Arjen Hiemstra Over the years the way we style our applications has become increasingly complex. Initially, we only had Qt widgets and a system to style that. Then came Plasma with SVG based styling, followed by QtQuick with yet another styling system.…

Towards a Pragmatic Understanding of Large Language Models - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/6duhoemuJd8uomV5nzDPWB

Published: September 28, 2024 11:16

By David Schlangen, Eike Hein, and Lydia Pintscher The form in which Large Language Models entered the public consciousness in late 2022 was a very suggestive one: As "chatbots" that seemingly could answer any question and fulfill any task (as long as it…

The Road to KDE Neon Core — Gosh! We're surrounded by Snaps everywhere! - Akademy 2024

https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/negwwwpiddSYkXnVwJ7tAm

Published: September 28, 2024 11:03

Bt Kevin Ottens There is a new Ubuntu variant in town, it is called Ubuntu Core. It's been thought for IoT uses first and is based on snap packages. It's made of snaps from start to finish. Lately there's been a push for an "Ubuntu Core Desktop" which goes…

Nextcloud Community Conference 2024 and Matrix Conference 2024

https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2024/09/28/nextcloud-conference-matrix-conference-2024.html

Published: September 28, 2024 08:30

This months has been so densely packed with conferences that I’m lagging behind on reporting on them here. So you get two in one post now, the Nextcloud Community Conference 2024 which followed almost back-to-back on Akademy, and the Matrix conference 2024…