Gunga @gunga@mastodon.technology

Inkscape 1.2 is available! Learn more about this major release and get the download link at https://inkscape.org/news/2022/05/16/inkscape-12/. Don’t forget to spread the news to friends and share gratitude to the supporters and contributors who have made this powerful software available to all. Draw Freely! 💓

The KDE Qt5 Patch Collection has been rebased on top of Qt 5.15.4 https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-kde-qt5-patch-collection-has-been.html #qtdev @kde

Another tip: Every Mastodon account has RSS built in. Just add .rss to the end of the URL for your account, e.g. merveilles.town/@lrhodes.rss

That lets people follow your public posts from an RSS reader, but it's also useful if you wanted to use IFTTT to crosspost your public posts to another platform.

We're proud to be participating in Google Summer of Code again in 2022!

This time around, it's open to all newcomers to open source who are 18 years and older, seeking an opportunity to wrangle code.

Read about GSOC with Inkscape here:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2022/organizations/inkscape

& learn about available projects here:
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code

#GSOC #inkscape #coding #opensource #FLOSS

Software may be immaterial, but it runs on hardware and determines its energy consumption. Making software energy efficient is crucial. Let's build energy-efficient Free Software together!

https://eco.kde.org/

The March Inkscape Challenge has started!

We challenge you to draw (with Inkscape) something related to springtime, and to post your finished artwork at
https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-1-march-2022-31-march-2022/.

Everyone is invited to join in!

All entries to be submitted by 31 March 2022.

We'd also love to see more suggestions for the Inkscape 1.2 About Screen! Learn more about the contest here:
https://inkscape.org/community/about-screen-contests
(Deadline March 6!)

Please do spread the word!

#inkscapechallenge

did you know you can get a #raspberrypi zero to output rca video? just have to do a tiny bit of soldering and there ya go. Really nice way to avoid a million adapters if your destination is analog!

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Find all info to get started here:

https://inkscape.org/en/community/about-screen-contests/

Contest submission period runs until March 6!

#BeInItToWinIt
#InkscapeAboutScreen
#inkscape #VectorArt #vector
#artwithopensource

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Are you busy creating a Winning design? ❓

Have a look at the AMAZING entries, so far 👀

Will you showcase your talent to the WORLD ? 🌎

#BeInItToWinIt #InkscapeAboutScreen #inkscape #VectorArt #vector #artwithopensource

Here comes another release.
This time it is a bugfix for our dear Carla, now at v2.4.2.
https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=carla-242-has-been-released

Should have been earlier, but there were a couple of things I wanted to verify first. With Carla being used now in Cardinal and Ildaeil projects, I found a couple new issues to solve which delayed it too.
But it is tagged now, enjoy! :)

Picnic, une super fonte libre de #MarielNils, bien équipée de glyphes inclusifs!
https://velvetyne.fr/fonts/picnic/
#typographie

New weekly-ish recap is out: new releases of Scribus, @flameshot,
Giada loop machine, Surge XT, ZynAddSubFX, Zrythm. Also, a big Arch/BIM news update for
@FreeCAD, exciting new things happening in Audacity, Ardour, Inkscape.

https://librearts.org/2022/01/week-recap-26-jan-2022/

Featured artwork by Nevena Jevtic, made with @krita

Neowin , the pathetically cloying Microsoft sock-puppet thinly disguised as a tech news source, up their game from spreading FUD about Free and Open Source projects to directly lying.

https://www.neowin.net/news/ads-may-be-coming-to-kde-the-popular-linux-desktop/

Want to help squash bugs in Plasma 5.24? Don't miss the bughunt! Starting at 11am UTC, the Plasma Beta Review Day will be held on Thursday, Jan. 20. You'll be able to interact live with Plasma devs and all the other bughunters. Anyone can join!

https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5_BetaReviewDay
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Still not got Plasma 5.24 Beta? Take your pick here:

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Live_Images#Ships_Plasma_5.24_Beta

IMPORTANT: Plasma 5.24 Beta is software still under heavy development and being extensively tested. Avoid using it in production environments or for daily work.

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