We are looking for a new set of Community KDE Goals to work on.

What should KDE focus on over the next two years? Are you ready to share your vision, time and stamina to push KDE to the next level?

Let's evolve KDE together! Find out more here: https://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2024/06/05/what-should-kde-focus-on-for-the-next-2-years-you-can-propose-a-goal/

#goals

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Amarok, KDE's legendary music player, is out with version 3.0.1.

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/06/02/amarok-3.0.1-released/

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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.

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.05.0

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In view of the latest news coming out of Microsoft...

Yeah, KDE's Plasma doesn't do that either. Your stuff is safe.

https://kde.org/distributions/
https://kde.org/hardware/

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#recall #microsoft #windows11 #privacy

If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

1. Ditch Windows
2. Install Plasma
3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

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Pledges coming from proprietary software companies mean nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledg

Get behind the community that is _really_ fighting to curb climate change:

https://eco.kde.org/get-involved

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#ecology #environment #emissions #microsoft

David Revoy's webcomic "Pepper & Carrot" is 10 years old today!

Drawn and colored using @Krita@mastodon.art, "Pepper & Carrot" chronicles the light-hearted adventures of Pepper, a ditzy witch🧙‍♀️, and her mischievous pet "familiar", Carrot the cat😸.

Congrat's @davidrevoy 🎂!

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https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/112417755375061027

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.

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https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-09-sok-conclusion/

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.

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https://ev.kde.org/2024/05/07/mbition-becomes-kde-patron/

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.

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-gsoc-2024/

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Look! No ads!

Take back control. Choose Plasma.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

(Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations)

#Windows #Windows11 #Plasma6 #Microsoft

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We joined the @matrix Foundation:

https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/112260366265625821

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