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A worldwide technology community 🌍 Creators of the Plasma desktop & a variety of Free and open source applications that let you control your digital life.

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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.

@kde

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

Screenshot showing several KDE apps translated into Hindi.
Screenshot of Kdenlives keyframe curves editing widget, showing keyframes as red dot and curves as dotted lines on a track.
A screenshot of Cantor showing graphical representations of several functions, including some in 3D!!!! :exploding head emoji:

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@GianniLivore

Besties!

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GNOME Took In $556k Last Year While Spending $675.9k | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1cmu7jr/gnome_took_in_556k_last_year_while_spending_6759k/

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@Mehrad @thelinuxcast

KDE's 2023 report is still work in progress. We will notify everybody when it is out.

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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/

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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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We joined the @matrix Foundation:

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

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The KStars project releases version 3.7.0 of the app for education and astronomy aficionados🪐🌠.

Apart from it's inbuilt planetarium, KStars 3.7.0 helps you improve the focus of your astrophotography, adds features that match the simulated view and what you see through your telescope, improves comparing multiple images, and makes scheduling your observations easier.

https://knro.blogspot.com/2024/04/kstars-370-is-released.html


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We have now reached (and surpassed) 1000 Supporting Members! 🎉

But as KDE grows and takes on more and more ambitious projects, the effort to raise funds also increases.

If you would like to help, please consider becoming a supporting member and get your name inscribed in Plasma's Hall of Fame:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

Or, if you prefer, you can make a one time donation:

https://kde.org/community/donations/
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

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Animation showing Plasma 6's "Welcome Center" and a scrolling list of people who have become Supporting Members.

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@mamus @kde

You can make a one-time donation here:

https://kde.org/community/donations/

Or a one-time donation or a periodic donation for the amount of your choice at:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

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@rochacbruno @kde It's the same. Money goes either way to us with more or less the same cut by the payment provider, so it depends on which payment method you prefer.

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KDE is at ! Come and visit our booth and attend talks by Piyush and Tomaz

Visit the booth at @fossasia at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam, from today April 8, until Wednesday, April 10; check out Plasma 6 and our new apps and gadgets; and attend talks from KDE devs Piyush Aggarwal

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8884

and Tomaz Canabrava

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8881

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A photo in the exhibition hall at FOSSAsia 2024. There is a KDE banner and Tomaz is in front of it. To his left, we can see KDE's booth with laptops, monitors and other devices displaying KDE desktops and apps. There are stickers on the table and some attendees checking out a phone with Plasma Mobile.
A large group of attendees mill around the KDE booth at FOSSAsia 2024. Some are trying out devices and Tomaz is explaining stuff to them.

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@ThankGodItsFriday @fossasia @kde

We were at SCaLE not too long ago 😀 .

https://floss.social/@kde/112090381479191478

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What's going on here? What's that smell? Smells like... empanadas...

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We write all recipes for our juiciest empanadas in our notebooks. Version 1.1.0 available now!

https://carlschwan.eu/2024/04/01/marknote-1.1.0/

Flatpak coming today!

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You like tasty? Cos KDE got tasty!

https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/c71ac1ee-f29b-47d3-a067-78b5ea232ae2

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Visit our new brick and mortar store at Entre Ríos 1485 in Rosario, Santa Fe!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fTxksYfywcDmLLZs9

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Today's specials: meat, chicken, vegan (spinach, tomatoes and chickpeas) with extra Ketchup open sauce!

Mmmmh! Para lamerse los dedos!

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KDE Neon users please note: Neon is NOT affected by the xz security issue. You do not have to take any precautions.

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hirad, to KDE
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WTF @kde? Who translated the name of the months in Persian calendar?! They're correct in English, but 6 out of 12 of them are wrong in Persian!

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@hirad

Right. Please get in touch with the
Localization and Translation team and let them know:

kde-i18n-doc@kde.org

Thanks!

kde,
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@hirad

We would also like to remind everybody that KDE is a joint community effort carried out by volunteers.

We are not a company and put up no barriers between "software creators and providers" and "software users".

If you see anything you think you can help correct, join us...

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

... and get on it!

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Usage of Plasma 6’s Global Themes May Pose Serious Risks
https://linuxiac.com/usage-of-plasma-6-global-themes-may-pose-serious-risks/

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@linuxiac

Or a more accurate headline would be: "Themes developed for Plasma 6...".

These are not themes put out by the Plasma project as you are implying. They are not even created by Plasma developers, or even remotely recommended by KDE.

These are themes developed by third parties and users install and run them at their own risk.

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WARNING: Global themes and widgets created by 3rd party developers for Plasma can and will run arbitrary code. You are encouraged to exercise extreme caution when using these products.

A user has had a bad experience installing a global theme on Plasma and lost personal data.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bixmbx/do_not_install_global_themes_some_wipe_out_all/

Global themes change the look of Plasma, but also the behavior. To do this they run code, and this code can be faulty, as in the case mentioned above. The same goes for widgets and plasmoids.

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We are calling on the community to help us locate and quarantine defective software by using the "Report" buttons available on each item in the KDE Store.

https://store.kde.org

Please see the attached image to locate them.

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Meanwhile, KDE is taking measures to properly warn users before each download and we are also putting in place ways of auditing and curating what is uploaded to the KDE store.

https://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/kde-store-content/

Nevertheless, this will take time and resources. We recommend all users to be careful when installing and running software not provided directly by KDE or your distros.

And remember to report any faulty products you find!

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@ADisorderlyFashion @Bro666 @whimsy

There is a warning in the install dialog of every single installable 3rd party component.

We are working on making the wording stronger, changing the color of the warning and make it more visible, but the warning has always been there.

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@Pantherina @Bro666

That is regular themes.

Global themes also modify the desktop's behavior and hence contain code to do that.

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