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Plasma 6 Release Candidate 1 has landed.

We are less than 50 days away from the final version of .

Along with Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02, the Megarelaease on the 28th of February will be one of the biggest and more complex upgrades in KDE's history.

One more RC will be released on the 31st of January and then it will be (hopefully) clear sailing until the final release.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc1/

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Screencap of Plasma 6, showing Settings app, System monitor and the Discover software manager.
Screencap of Plasma 6 showing the Settings app open on the KDE Connect page, and an open KDE Connect widget.

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@kde

IMPORTANT

Please note that release candidates, although often called "sneak peeks", are still work in progress and must be installed and used with extreme care. They will contain bugs, some of which may still be critical. Do not use this software in production environments. Use for testing only.

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@kde

Remember can help us bring you more and better Free Software by becoming a supporting member:

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

Or donating to KDE:

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

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And the Winner of the Plasma 6 Wallpaper Competition is... “Sun/Comet”! 🏆

Congratulations to the winner 🖌️ and we look forward to enjoying your work on our desktops.

https://discuss.kde.org/t/winner-announcement/9608

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@kde

We are also nearing completion of the Supporting Members campaign. Only 16 more to go!:

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

We are completely floored by your generosity, and thank you for helping us keep KDE running and producing free software for the world.

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@kde

We will keep the campaign open so, even if you can't donate by the deadline, you can still get a chance to be mentioned in our acknowledgements later on in the Plasma 6 series.

You make it possible for us to do more and better things for our community and users.

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Season of KDE, KDE's mentorship program for new contributors, is kicking off with 18 new projects.

Covering , software, and tools, and software and , this year's edition will help new contributors to get started in software development and help push apps and projects forward.

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-01-15-sok-24-welcome/

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kde, (edited ) to random
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@BrodieOnLinux talks to KDE Community member AnnoyingRains@meow.social about KDE Networks, a plan that helps build local KDE communities with local members around the world.

https://youtu.be/dN5v4eUBylI

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@mitsunee

They seem to be blocked by floss.social for some reason 🤷

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Plasma 6 Beta 2 released! We are nearly there, but more testing needed.

Just in time for the Winter Holidays 🎄, Happy New Beta 🎉!

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/

After this second Beta, there will be two Release Candidates, one on the 10th and the other on the 31st of January. All these releases are not final, they are for testing and should not be used in production...

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Animations showing of the multiple desktops and wallpapers available for Plasma 6

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... But many people are confirming that the current version is already very mature and quite stable. Ultimately it is your choice. Use at your own risk -- and report all those bugs to

https://bugs.kde.org

The final release is only 10 weeks away!

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You can also help us reach our supporting membership goal! We only need 20 more sign-ups to reach our first goal:

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

If you would prefer a one-off donation or more options, check out:

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

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

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Mark your calendars! conf.kde.in 2024 coorganized with CoFSUG is happening from 2-4 February at COEP Technological University, Pune.

The Call for Proposals is now open! Submit your ideas for talks and workshops.

https://kde.org/announcements/conf-kde-in-2024/

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Happy Holidays everyone! (II) We reached 500 members 💰🎅🏽!

Thanks for all your support!

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

We are immensely grateful to all those who donated. Your generosity will keep KDE running another year.

We have added two stretch goals, one will help us fund new designs for Plasma and our apps. The other will keep basic services running, and contribute to growing our userbase beyond the FLOSS-o-verse.

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Happy Holidays everyone! And thanks for all the bugs🪲🪲🎄!

Seriously: Hurrah for team bug testers! The bug you are sending in are great! are thorough and insightful, and your contributions will help make , when it arrives in February, so much better.

Thank you for your time, have a great holiday, and keep the coming!

https://bugs.kde.org

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Fedora on Apple Silicon, with Plasma and Wayland?

That's an impressive feat! Congrats to all the team!!! 🎉 😍

https://social.treehouse.systems/@AsahiLinux/111607682159825520

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thedoctor, to KDE
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I seem to recall hearing about something of a rewrite (or so) of KDE's Contact but for the life of me can't remember any details. I also can't find anything about it online. Anyone out there who knows more about this or is my brain just messing with me?

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@thedoctor @felimwhiteley @rl_dane

You may be thinking of Merkuro:

https://apps.kde.org/merkuro.mail/
https://apps.kde.org/merkuro.contact/
https://apps.kde.org/merkuro.calendar/

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Plasma and apps for mobile also getting overhauled for 6.

It's not only Plasma on the desktop that is getting a new version, as Devin Lin explains in his blog post,

https://espi.dev/posts/2023/12/plasma-mobile-towards-6/

developers are working hard on getting #PlasmaMobile 6 ready for the #megarelease scheduled for February.

#Plasma6

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kde,
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Remember you can help KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:

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

Or by to our community:

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

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

kde, (edited )
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... And then there are all the that work both on Linux and (and often Windows and macOS too). KDE Connect, Itinerary, @neochat, Kasts, etc., as @VolkerKrause tells us, are being updated for other platforms:

https://volkerkrause.eu/2023/12/16/kf6-android-porting-status.html

nmstoker, to random

@kde hello! Where can I follow up on getting my KDE Invent account unblocked? I'm able to sign in to KDE Identity fine, it's just not working for KDE Invent 🙁

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@nmstoker

KDE Identity is gradually being phased out in favour of your KDE Invent identity, which will be used for everything.

If you haven't got an account yet for some reason, or it has been blocked for lack of use, please inform the system administrators by sending a message to:

kde-www@kde.org

jpenuchot, to random

Hi @kde, I really love your software, and I'd really like to make a donation but PayPal is kind of a showstopper for me 🫠

I'm being forced to login when I put my email address, but my account is blocked and PayPal support isn't really helpful

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@jpenuchot

Yes. Try this:

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

Choose "Credit Card" in the second screen.

Thank you for your support ❤️ !

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Pay your own tribute to a desktop that once ruled the 90s Unix world with Commonality, the fourth and final (for now) entry in Off-Theme:

https://quickfix.es/2023/12/off-theme-presents-commonality/

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An animation showing the Commonality theme applied to the Plasma desktop

kde, (edited ) to kde
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digiKam, KDE's powerful photo management application, releases version 8.2.0.

This version brings better support for more languages (up to 61 in the works), and an improved version on Windows.

Look forward to automatic tagging based on content analysis and deep-learning. This feature is currently in pre-production.

https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-12-03-8.2.0_release_announcement/

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Want to make the most out of digiKam and support the project while your at it? Buy digiKam's Recipes Book:

https://www.digikam.org/recipes_book/

Remember you can support KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:

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

Or you can also just donate to our community:

https://kde.org/community/donations

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Give your desktop a strikingly lustrous look with Shades of Purple, the third theme in the Off-Theme series.

https://quickfix.es/2023/11/off-theme-presents-shades-of-purple/

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