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A KDE Love Story: Translating Kalzium into Chinese

Wednesday, 14 February 2018  |  Unknow
Today is "I Love Free Software Day"! We're celebrating by shining a spotlight on our contributors and on our collaboration with other FOSS communities and organizations. Free Software is an integral part of our lives, and it's important to show appreciation, support, and gratitude to everyone who works on making it better every day. One of those people is Franklin Weng, a KDE contributor who started his Free Software journey by translating Kalzium. Franklin's contributions led him to amazing opportunities and projects. Read on to find out why he loves KDE so much. Read More

The New KDE Slimbook II: A sleek and powerful Plasma-based Ultrabook

Thursday, 8 February 2018  |  Paul Brown
There is a new KDE Slimbook on sale as from today. The KDE Slimbook II is svelte and smart on the outside, but powerful and fast on the inside. Read More

Plasma 5.12 is out, and it is faster, stabler, and has more features than ever

Tuesday, 6 February 2018  |  Paul Brown
Although performance and stability have been the prime goals for this version of Plasma, some of the new features include spring-loaded folder views, improved Wayland support, interactive notifications, and more. Read More

Reasons to Get Excited about KDE in 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018  |  Skadinna
Despite the security meltdown that swept over the tech community, our 2018 started out great - and it's all thanks to you. Your donations helped us reach the goal of our end-of-year fundraiser. Read More

Akademy 2018 Call for Participation

Thursday, 11 January 2018  |  Sealne

Akademy Poster by Jens Reuterberg
Akademy is the KDE Community conference. The 2018 edition is from Saturday 11th to Friday 17th August in Vienna, Austria. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE or Qt, this is your chance to present your work and ideas at the Conference. The days for talks are Saturday and Sunday, 11th and 12th. The rest of the week will be BoFs, unconference sessions and workshops.

What we are looking for

The goal of the conference section of Akademy is to learn and teach new skills and share our passion around what we're doing in KDE with each other.

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The KDE Community in 2017

Thursday, 28 December 2017  |  Paul Brown

Remember to donate to our End of Year fundraiser and support our community and its work.

It's the time of year for recaps. We already talked about the advancements in KDE's software, and it makes sense we talk about that first. To many people and for many years, "KDE" was synonymous with a desktop environment and its applications. That is, KDE was its software.

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KDE End-of-Year Fundraiser 2017 is Live!

Tuesday, 19 December 2017  |  Skadinna

It's that time of the year again - the time for our End-of-Year fundraiser!

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Looking Back at Randa Meetings 2017: Accessibility for Everyone

Monday, 11 December 2017  |  Skadinna

A software developer's life can get lonely. Developers spend a lot of time immersed in their code, and often don't get to see the direct impact of their work on the users. That is why events like Randa Meetings are necessary. They help build bonds within the community and show the developers that their work is appreciated.

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KDE's Goals for 2018 and Beyond

Thursday, 30 November 2017  |  Paul Brown

The KDE community has spoken and it has chosen the proposals which will define the general direction of the KDE project over the next three or four years.

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KDE Around the World: FOSSCOMM 2017, Greece

Tuesday, 21 November 2017  |  Unknow

FOSSCOMM logo.
Source: Official FOSSCOMM Facebook page.

On the 4th and the 5th of November, the FOSSCOMM 2017 conference took place at Harokopio University of Athens, Greece. The KDE Community had a presence at the conference. Our Greek troops gave a talk on Sunday about the past, present and future of KDE, focusing on the vision of the community.

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