This Week in KDE Apps is out!
This time, we worked on a mobile context menus, various KDE Connect improvements, an experimental version of Amarok based on Qt6, a killer feature for @kdenlive and much more!
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/05/this-week-in-kde-apps-mobile-context-menus/
This Week in Plasma: Artistry and accessibility
Aaand... we're back! Happy New Year everyone!
This first 2025 review brings the news of enhancements to touchpads and drawing tablets, KRunner, and Discover, among many over improvements.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/04/this-week-in-plasma-artistry-and-accessibility/
But thanks for supporting me here with your compliments! Very appreciated even if it was little ❤️.
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[ full res at archive.org/details/kdbutterfly ] They're flying again, but now they're holding hands... fight me [you're gonna win the fight]
Let's make Windows 10 the last version ever used!
*Sat. 28 Dec. 11h* Stage YELL #KDEEco 's Call To Action against e-waste driven by #Windows10.
*Mon. 30 Dec. 13-15h* B&B habitat join the BoF to organize a global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of Windows 10's EoL in 2025, the role of software in #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FOSS is a solution to keep devices in use & out of the landfill.
https://fahrplan.alpaka.space/jugend-hackt-38c3-2024/talk/ST8NJA/
Bring it back to life! Kids Edition
#FOSS for #sustainability at #38C3.
Have an old computer in the drawer?
For the holidays give your kids and yourself a “new” old Linux gaming device in this drop-in workshop with #KDEEco.
Avoid CO2 in device production and have fun doing it!
Bring an old laptop and give it a second life on Sunday 29 Dec. from 12-15h, GF1 Saal 5.
If you want to set up a full-on gaming device, don't forget a controller :)
Donor appreciation post: Thank you for all your generosity 💖!
We are close to reaching our first fundraiser stretch goal...
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/
... And we want to thank everybody who made this possible. You have guaranteed KDE's survival for yet another year.
We are at 95% of our first stretch goal!
With less than €3,000 to go, our fundraiser is about to cross the €50,000 mark, and we will be entering the final stretch of our campaign.
Will your donation push us over the line?
Adoptable Games - part 🎲🎲
What are your favorite KDE games? Here are some of ours, now up for adoption:
* Kubrick - Rubik's cube simulator with lots of different cubes to pick from
* KGoldRunner - Platformer that combines arcade action with problem-solving
* Picmi - A simple, but surprisingly addictive logic game
* KiGo - Play Go against the computer or friend. Multiple board sizes and levels of difficulties
This year, KDE will be again at #38c3, this time as part of the "Bits & Bäume / about:freedom" assembly, alongside many similar-minded organizations like the @fsfe, @edri, @openstreetmap and more!
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/assembly/bitsundbaeume_aboutfreedom/
In "This Week in KDE Apps"...
* Itinerary keeps your travel data safe (and lets you import and export it)
* Gardening app PowerPlant gets new looks
* Kaidan, the XMPP chat app, releases version 0.10.0 and 0.10.1
https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/15/this-week-in-kde-apps-gear-24.12.0-is-out/
Remember to support your favorite apps donating to our fundraiser!:
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/
Adoptable apps: Games edition 🎲
KDE makes a long list of games, and we will be adding some to the list of adoptable apps over the next few days.
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/#adopt
Here are the first four:
* KNights is for playing chess. You can pick the chess engine, play over the Internet, monitor your progress and more.
* KNetWalk is a puzzle game where you have to connect all the computers to the Internet.
[Continued >]
This Week in Plasma: Better fractional scaling, improved screen color accuracy, maximize a window horizontally or vertically by double-clicking on one of its edges, clipboard data migrated to SQLite.
https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/14/this-week-in-plasma-better-fractional-scaling/
Microsoft "innovating":
Meanwhile, KDE Connect be like:
Lot's of progress in the audio waveform generation rewrite. Not only there is a HUGE performance boost generating the waveforms but also they are now more precise and in higher resolution.
In the images you can see the before and after. (See Audacity waveform for reference)
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