cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114896341874166189
Welcome @ubuntu as a Silver Sponsor for #Akademy2025! We appreciate their ongoing support and dedication to Akademy.
Discover all our amazing sponsors at http://akademy.kde.org/2025/sponsors/
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114867280998375643
The #Akademy2025 program is live!
Get ready to dive into the future of KDE: discover the latest innovations in desktop & mobile, how KDE Eco is building a greener tech world, and what’s next for Plasma, community growth, and powerful dev tools.
https://akademy.kde.org/2025/program/
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114788942948073830
Welcoming @enioka as a Supporter sponsor for #Akademy2025! We are truly thankful for their commitment.
Would you like to support the KDE community as well? Become a sponsor: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/sponsors/
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114692335726105676
Get ready for #Akademy2025 and grab your own Akademy T-shirt to wear in Berlin!
Get yours here: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/tshirt/
Online orders will be up soon!
On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.
This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.
Yours may be one of them!
But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
Learn more: https://endof10.org/press
Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114556722883685477
Coming to #Akademy2025 in Berlin? Plan your trip & book your stay now! Here are some recommendations:
Travel: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/travel/
Accommodation: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/accommodation/
cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/gcompris/statuses/114544706411727228
GCompris, KDE's collection of educational software activities, completes translations for Indonesian, Russian and Lithuanian, and improves stability, performance and looks across the board.
New versions 4.3.1 for 32-bit machines and 25.1 for everything else out now!
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114533729540697944
The #Akademy2025 Call for Participation (CfP) has been extended until the 31st May. Submit your talks now!
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114516619366007525
Ever wondered how Akademy, the annual world summit of KDE, got its name?
Drop your guesses in the comments below! 👇
Was it inspired by a place? A person? A pun? Something totally unexpected?The real story will be revealed soon — stay tuned!
#Akademy #Akademy2025 #KDE #techevent #foss #floss #opensource
cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/akademy/statuses/114466110364436729
There are only 8 days left to submit your talk for #Akademy2025—send us your proposal by 15 May 2025: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/cfp/
And don’t forget to register to join us in Berlin, Germany, or online: https://akademy.kde.org/2025/register/
Projects always struggle with this—development is always miles ahead. But, hey, look on the bright side: it's a great way to contribute back.
There are KDE dragons of many colours.
What are you talking about. We spend zero effort on AI.
We're on it. We have to remove some stuff (namely x/Twitter) and a add a bunch of new stuff. Thanks for the reminder though.
Edit: W e would like to apologise and thank you for your patience in stuff like this. We are understaffed in the promotion and communication department (besides, modifying public websites can only be carried out by people with the proper permissions for logical reasons), and we often have to put off stuff that is not a top priority. We are currently working on making sure the fundraiser stays on track and the announcement for KDE Gear coming out next week.
Again, thank you for your patience.
If you bothered to read the linked article and Volker's blog post (linked from the article), which you obviously haven't, you would see how this is not the case.
You are right. Please be patient. We have several updates pending in that department.
a. It is not ugly, how dare you
b. it is what machines looked like in the 80s and 90s, and it is that retro look the maker is going for
"them" is "one and half people" (per their "about"). Give them some time... Or, you know, pitch in.
access and review
and censor and re-use and use to train their AI... Basically they own your art.
Edit: That said, most predictable scummy move of Adobe's long history of scummy moves.
First correction ✔️
Second one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
A gentle hint: If you suggest anything, you must be willing to put in the time to champion the task and carry out to completion.
Also, do your suggesting here by following the instructions laid out in the blog post linked above.
If you don't do that, nobody is going to take up anything you suggest here.
It is true we are always complaining how understaffed project X and app Y are, but we are not a company, but an association run by volunteers.
In that context, if someone comes in and decides to work on a new project Z, there is no-one with the authority to tell them to go and work on X or Y instead.
That is not how we solve understaffing in KDE. Instead we have to recruit people directly into the understaffed projects. We cannot take them away from whatever their pet projects are.
Also, Karton, does not worsen the understaffing of Plasma in any way. On the contrary: we now have a new developer contributing to the overall KDE software stack that will possibly later tackle stuff in other areas of Plasma, as projects tend to overlap with each other.