Notices by KDE (kde@floss.social)

"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more!

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/this-week-in-plasma-great-stuff-for-6.4/

#desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #FreeSoftware

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Can you help us get KDE's software on all those new devices🔧? KDE is hiring!

https://ev.kde.org/resources/jobad-plasma-software-engineer-2025.pdf

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#jobOffer #OpenSource #development

This Week in KDE Apps covers new releases for Kaidan, Tellico and Amarok; usability improvements for Itinerary, Kasts and Kate; fixes for KOrganizer and Konsole; and new stuff in Merkuro and SystemDGenie.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/17/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#apps #freesoftware #opensource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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/

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#plasma6 #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Plasma 6.3 is here... and it's Pixel Perfect!

One year on from Plasma 6.0, and this is what you can expect in your next update: massive steps in the support and configuration of drawing tablets, pixel perfect window placing and zoom, extended hardware monitoring, even more customization possibilities, and so much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/

#desktop #freesoftware #opensource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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/

#freesoftware #opensource #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

KDE's recently adopted animation program Glaxnimate releases version 0.6.0 Beta.

This is the first official _test_ release of Glaxnimate under the KDE umbrella and testers are needed to check for bugs. Download the AppImage and try it out!

https://glaxnimate.org/news/releases/0.5.80/

#animation #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #design #videoediting

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Don't miss Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss' talk at #FOSDEM!

Joseph, community manager of the @be4foss project, will talk about how IT accounts for 2-3% of global CO2 emissions and how FLOSS and moving to a circular economy can help reduce these emissions.

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5431-software-licensing-for-a-circular-economy-how-foss-reduces-the-energy-consumption-and-carbon-footprint-of-ict/

#kdeeco #environmentalism

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Lydia Pintscher, Vice President of KDE e.V., receives the European Open Source Award for Advocacy and Awareness 🏆!

Congrats @nightrose !

@europeanOSacademy

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#OSAAwards #FOSDEM

@hellomiakoda

Yes. Go here:

https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/blob/master/cmake/Flatpak/99-noto-mono-color-emoji.conf?ref_type=heads

and grab that file and download it to the

~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/

directory.

Done.

This Week in Plasma: A snazzier time zone picker, smoother corners, sleeker dark modes and slicker panels.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/25/this-week-in-plasma-fancy-time-zone-picker/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#FreeSoftware #Plasma6 #OpenSource

Season of KDE is back with 14 new projects.

15 mentees will work with 11 mentors to add features, develop new educational games, create documentation, improve the power consumption of KDE apps and assist Windows users to migrate to Linux.

Check out all the projects:

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-01-19-sok-25-welcome/

#MentorshipPrograms #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

"This week in KDE apps" brings improvements in usability, accessibility and customization to @arianna, Dolphin and Itinerary, and supercharges to @tokodon ready for the #january20 mass migration.

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#ThisWeekInKDEApps #linuxApps

This week in Plasma: Getting #Plasma6.3 into shape, more KRunner searches, better scaling and a whole lot more:

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/18/this-week-in-plasma-getting-plasma-6.3-in-great-shape/

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

#desktop #floss #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

"KDE For Digital Sovereignty" explains how KDE software returns control to institutions, companies and users, and gives you the tools to become the owner of your digital life.

https://kde.org/for/digital-sovereignty/

#sovereignty #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

This week in KDE Plasma: The last sprint towards Plasma 6.3

Improvements in usability, exciting features and mechanisms that ensure stability land in the latest Plasma release before 6.3 hits desktops next month:

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/11/this-week-in-plasma-final-plasma-6.3-features/

#plasma #Plasma6 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

In "This week in KDE Apps" we look at the usability improvements landing in Alligator, Dolphin, and Itinerary; new features for KMyMoney, Tokodon and NeoChat; and updated versions of Amarok and Skrooge.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/01/12/this-week-in-kde-apps-usability-improvements-new-features-and-updated-apps/

#app #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

KDE Testers Assemble! Plasma 6.3 Beta is here.

The first big KDE release of 2025 is just around the corner. Plasma 6.3 will be hitting desktops in about a month. Meanwhile, we need testers to try out the beta and submit bug reports so we can work on making it perfect.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.90/

#Linux #desktop #beta

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