This Week in Plasma explains how we deal with post-release issues in the wake of Plasma 6.3—and how more testers are needed, and lists the UI improvements arriving in 6.3.1, and the new features lined up for 6.4.0. and beyond.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/15/this-week-in-plasma-post-release-polishing/
Call for papers for conf.kde.in 2025 is now open!
Organizers of KDE's conference in India are looking for talks relevant to the KDE community and technology, as well as workshops or presentations targeted towards new contributors.
Submit your proposal today!
https://conf.kde.org/event/8/abstracts/
#cki2025 #events #conference #freesoftware #opensource #india
This week in KDE Apps presents... So many things!
New releases land for @Krita, Glaxnimate, @gcompris and Kstars; and fixes and improvements for Akonadi, Elisa, Dolphin, Falkon, Itinerary, Kasts, Kate, @kdenlive, Krita, KRDC, Marknote, Okular, PlasmaTube, Barcode Scanner,... and @tokodon !
Phew!
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/10/this-week-in-kde-apps/
This Week in Plasma's final #Plasma6.3 polishing brings a nicer looking Welcome Center, better keyboard navigation for Kate's session's widget, an option make panel pop-ups use the floating style.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/08/this-week-in-plasma-final-plasma-6.3-polishing/
KDE's Indian Conference, conf.kde.in 2025 kicks of on the 4th of April.
Join us, along with the Google Developers on Campus group, at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, for three intense days of talks, meetings and hackathons.
KStars, KDE's full-featured app for #astronomy aficionados, releases version 3.7.5.
Although mainly a bugfix version, KStars v3.7.5 boasts a couple of interesting new features, like the dome slit visualization on sky map, video sequence capture, and enhanced scheduler loading and settings management.
If you are curious about the universe you live in or are into astrophotography, get KStars now.
http://knro.blogspot.com/2025/02/kstars-v375-is-released.html
This Week in Plasma: crisper screenshots, better context menus, improved mnemonics, right-handed panels, and more.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/01/this-week-in-plasma-feels-like-a-good-one/
We're ready! Come and visit our booth at #FOSDEM2025!
We're in building AW, level 1, showing off the newest version of Plasma, devices, applications and more.
Come and visit our booth tomorrow and Sunday at @fosdem !
We'll be in building AW, level 1, with other community booths, showing off the newest version of #Plasma6, devices, applications and more.
https://fosdem.org/2025/stands/
Decorate your computer with kool stickers, chat with KDE contributors, test new stuff and join our community!
#FOSDEM #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop #app #Kdenlive #Krita
Or choose Konsole! KDE's classic terminal emulator that has dozens of tricks up its sleeve that make working on the command line easy, fun and productive:
You could also sponsor Filelight, a utility that allows you to visually monitor usage of the storage on your computer:
Or maybe you want to express your support for @LabPlot, a data analysis and visualization tool ideal for research, education, science and business:
@digikam @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Help keep projects like digiKam producing new releases with awesome new features by donating to our fundraiser:
The few euros that reach the projects, helps fund development. There are also some apps on Steam and it is the same idea.
Many app projects do not have the infrastructure to accept donations (but som do: check the individual pages of each app or donate through GitHub).
You donate to KDE, and that reverts to the project maintainers, developers and other contributors.
We also need funding 💶 to keep the gears turning! Please support us with a donation:
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The "Streamlined Application Development Experience" goal aims to lower the barrier for those who aspire to develop KDE software:
https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/streamlined-application-development-experience/-/boards
The "KDE Needs You! 🫵" goal wants to increase the number of people who become core contributors to a level that will ensure KDE becomes sustainable as it grows:
https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/contributor-onboarding/-/boards
These goals are aimed at you! Find out what skills you can help with, check who you should talk to, and become an active KDE contributor today!
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On KDE's 28th anniversary, it is worth looking back to see how we got here. Check out our timeline 🕰️:
@kde@lemmy.kde.social
We start by sending out our gratitude to Tanguy Fardet and dabe for adopting NeoChat, our native Matrix chat app that works both on desktop and mobile devices. You can still adopt it as there are 3 slots left.
https://apps.kde.org/neochat/