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KDE neon Rebased on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver"

Wednesday, 26 September 2018  |  Jriddell

The KDE neon team is proud to announce the rebase of our packages onto Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver".  We encourage all users to upgrade now.  The installable ISOs and Docker images have also been updated to run on 18.04.

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Plasma 5.14 Beta Updates Discover, KWin and Adds New Widgets

Thursday, 13 September 2018  |  Jriddell
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	Thursday, 13 September 2018.		Today KDE launches the beta release of Plasma 5.14.	</p>

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	Plasma is KDE's lightweight and full featured Linux desktop. For the last three months we have been adding features and fixing bugs and now invite you to test the beta pre-release of Plasma 5.14.	</p>

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	A lot of work has gone into improving Discover, Plasma's software manager, and, among other things, we have added a Firmware Update feature and many subtle user interface improvements to give it a smoother feel. We have also rewritten many effects in our window manager KWin and improved it for slicker animations in your work day. Other improvements we have made include a new Display Configuration widget which is useful when giving presentations.	</p>

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	Please test and send us bug reports and feedback. The final release is scheduled for three weeks' time.	</p>
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Akademy 2018 videos are now online

Friday, 7 September 2018  |  Paul Brown
If you missed any of the talks, or couldn't make it to Vienna to attend this year's Akademy, now you can watch the recordings from the comfort of your home. You can find and download the videos from our repository, or browse and share them from the YouTube playlist we have set up especially for all Akademy 2018 videos. Read More

KDE Plasma on ARM Laptop Pinebook

Wednesday, 22 August 2018  |  Jriddell
Plasma on Pinebook photo Plasma running on a Pinebook.

In the last few years, smartphone hardware has become powerful enough to drive conventional desktop software. A developing trend is to create laptops using hardware initially designed for smartphones and embedded systems. There are distinct advantages to this approach: those devices are usually very energy efficient, so they can yield a long runtime on a single battery charge; they're also rather inexpensive and lighter than conventional laptops.

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Monday, 20 August 2018  |  Jriddell
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Akademy 2018 Tuesday BoF Wrapup

Wednesday, 15 August 2018  |  Sealne
Tuesday continued the Akademy BoFs, group sessions and hacking. There is a wrapup session at the end of the day so that what happened in the different rooms can be shared with everyone including those not present. Read More

Akademy 2018 Monday BoF Wrapup

Tuesday, 14 August 2018  |  Sealne
Monday was the first day of Akademy BoFs, group sessions and hacking. There is a wrapup session at the end of the day so that what happened in the different rooms can be shared with everyone including those not present. Read More

Akademy 2018 Day 2

Monday, 13 August 2018  |  Devaja

Claudia Garad, Executive Director of Wikimedia Austria, reflects on the challenges of inclusivity.

Day 2 of Akademy started with a wonderfully insightful keynote by Claudia Garad, the Executive Director of Wikimedia Austria. She focused her talk on some of the challenges that organizations like hers face when trying to bring about more inclusivity and diversity within their communities.

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Akademy 2018 Day 1

Sunday, 12 August 2018  |  Devaja

Lydia Pintscher, President of KDE e.V. opens this year's Akademy. Photo by Paul Brown, distributed under the CC0 license.

Akademy 2018 got off to a wet start with rains accompanying all attendees pouring into Vienna for KDE's largest annual community conference. Although the Pre-Registration event was held on Day Zero (Friday the 10th) and it was a fun-filled affair, Akademy kicked off in earnest on Saturday, with talks, panels and demonstrations. Read on to find out about Day 1 of Akademy and all that transpired:

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The State of Akademy Sponsorship

Tuesday, 7 August 2018  |  Paul Brown

Photo by rawpixel. Licensed under CC0 license.

Akademy 2018 is less than a week away. Apart from meeting up again with friends and colleagues, the KDE community has another reason to be joyful: this year we have broken the record for the number of sponsors for the event. Although there have been many sponsors of Akademy over the years, never have there been so many at one time.

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