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You can now pre-order the official #Akademy2018 T-shirt!:
What has KDE been up to over the last year? If there's one document you want to read to find out all about our activities and plans, this is the one. Presenting: KDE's 2017 yearly report, now available at https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2017
To cap off a day full of point releases, Plasma developers announce the release of version 5.12.6, the LTS version of KDE's Plasma desktop. This release corrects minor, but annoying bugs in prior versions of Kwin, Discover and more.
Release announcement: https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.6.php
Krita 4.1 is here. Reference images tool, session saving and loading, multi-monitor workspace layout and more, make Krita 4.1 one of the best applications for digital artists.
Watch the video:
@krita have posted the full announcement here:
KDE developers don't only put out shiny things, but also stick with them to make them better: Version 5.13.2 enhances performance and improves stability of KDE's 5.13 Plasma desktop.
Kdenlive wants you to showcase your work. If you have created and edited a video using Kdenlive and would like to explain how you did it, visit the Kdenlive forum and share it with the community.
https://kdenlive.org/en/2018/06/feature-your-productions-in-our-website/
Calling developers with mobile and embedded KDE/Qt-based projects: Share your mobile or embedded ideas with a receptive crowd at the ELC + OpenIoT Summit Europe taking place October 22 - 24, 2018 in Edinburgh. Proposals due July 1.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/speak-at-elc-openiot-summit-eu-proposals-due-by-sunday-july-1/
Plasma 5.13 is in the KDE neon repositories:
Plasma 5.13 has launched
Plasma is now faster and sleeker; gives you more control, letting you stop, start, rewind and silence video and audio playing in browsers from the desktop, open and close vaults from KDE Connect, and easily configure external monitors; and is more beautiful, incorporating fast blurs and transparencies into windows, and improving the icon integration.
Check out the announcement at
https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.13.0.php
And more images at
Heating up! Only 2 months until Akademy 2018. Register now!
@kde not that Plasma isn't excellent, but I don't know postmarketOS so I guess they're nice folks too
postmarketOS, Plasma Mobile's favorite platform, is now 1 year old! In one year, development has been astounding, and pmOS is shaping up to be THE through and through Free mobile distro of the future.
Would you like to help push Plasma Mobile forward but don't know how? You can now easily find your way with https://blog.bshah.in/2018/06/06/find-your-way-to-plasma-mobile/
Would you like to organise Akademy 2019 in your city? Find out how and submit your proposal!
Interview with Claudia Garad, keynote speaker at #Akademy2018, on how they promote diversity, encourage inclusiveness, and deal with toxic behaviour over at Wikimedia Österreich.
Thanks to the sprint, KDE Connect now shows music album covers in you phone's lock screens, has a new plugin for Nautilus, supports more SMS features, and does many more things. Read all about it at:
https://dot.kde.org/2018/05/28/2018-kde-connect-development-sprint
Want to learn more about the KDE Community and our goals? Our AMA session is now live on Reddit:
Join the conversation and Ask Us Anything!
This afternoon, at 17:00 CEST, KDE is doing an AMA on Reddit. We'll be answering questions about community goals. Don't miss it!
What non-developers get up to: The Promo team plans to raise worldwide awareness of KDE's software.
https://dot.kde.org/2018/05/25/promo-sprint-report-what-we-did-and-how-you-can-help-us
