KDE Gear 24.05 is out! It comes with new versions of Dolphin, Kdenlive, Merkuro, Elisa, Kate, many more apps, and no ads or spyware.
If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.
They are not wrong.
To mend your machine:
Pledges coming from proprietary software companies mean nothing
Get behind the community that is _really_ fighting to curb climate change:
Season of KDE (SoK) participants have improved translations, Kdenlive, LabPlot and more.
SoK is KDE's mentorship program that helps members of the public become active open source contributors.
This year, participants have translated apps into more languages, implemented multi-format rendering and keyframe curve editing in @kdenlive , ported @be4foss testing tools to Windows, added options for importing and exporting data to @LabPlot and much, much more.
MBition, the company that designs and implements infotainment systems for Mercedes-Benz, has become a KDE patron.
MBition uses KDE technologies and developers' know-how to create attractive and responsive interfaces that make Mercedes vehicles easier to drive and safer for their occupants.
KDE will mentor ten projects in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year. Congrats to everyone who got selected!
This year's wide range of projects includes Python support for the KDE Frameworks and Labplot, PDF Javascript forms support in Okular, more powerful subtitles in Kdenlive, and much more.
The KStars project releases version 3.7.0 of the app for education and astronomy aficionados๐ช๐ .
Apart from it's inbuilt planetarium, KStars 3.7.0 helps you improve the focus of your astrophotography, adds features that match the simulated view and what you see through your telescope, improves comparing multiple images, and makes scheduling your observations easier.
https://knro.blogspot.com/2024/04/kstars-370-is-released.html
#astronomy #astrophotography #education
@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
... But many people are confirming that the current version is already very mature and quite stable. Ultimately it is your choice. Use at your own risk -- and report all those bugs to
The final release is only 10 weeks away!
Remember you can help support KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
Or by donating to our community:
Neon Unstable Edition is already ready with the updates,
but other unstable repositories of other distros will soon be available too. Look out for openSUSE, Arch, Kubuntu, Fedora, and more.
WARNING: This is #betasoftware, lots of things are untested and can fail. We strongly recommend you do NOT use it in a production environments. The Beta release should only be used for testing and reporting bugs.
@closetfurry For Clip Studio Paint, Krita might be a very good alternative (and it also work on Windows)
For games, anti cheats are indeed still a huge pain :(
Want to join a KDE mentorship program? Develop new technologies, work in a team and kickstart your future career in IT ๐!
Season of KDE and GSoC will be back early 2024. Watch this space!
Meanwhile, check out notes and ideas from 2023 for inspiration:
@talmage @kde@lemmy.kde.social
To clarify, these are not themes officially supported by KDE.
They are themes submitted by third party creators. We have tested them and seen they are fit to review and recommend (some aren't).
We would recommend contacting the author and give them your feedback.
Their details are available at:
@mdwalters @kde@lemmy.kde.social @frameworkcomputer
Amazing. No contest. Unanimous decision. Your DIY laptop has been sent.
Remember: you too can contribute to KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:
We reached 50% of our goal ๐!
Thanks to everybody who has supported us, and keep it coming ...
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
P.S.: Look out for the Alpha of KDE's Megarelease 6 coming next week!
You can also help us reach our supporting membership goal! We only need 20 more sign-ups to reach our first goal:
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
If you would prefer a one-off donation or more options, check out:
https://kde.org/community/donations/
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/
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