Notices by kde@mastodon.technology, page 15

Shells now offers Neon! This is a great way to get hassle-free access to the latest and greatest KDE software on your own desktop in the cloud. Also, for every use of the affiliate link, Shells makes a donation to KDE.

https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/pricing?special=kde&_a=kdeorg&utm_source=Socials&utm_medium=KDE%20Post&utm_campaign=3mo%20Deal

This Week in KDE you get a faster and easier way to rename files in Dolphin, better notifications for stuff you download with your browser, and more control over the system indexing that goes on in the background (among many other things).

https://pointieststick.com/2021/04/23/this-week-in-kde-overflowing-with-ui-and-accessibility-improvements/

Kdenlive, KDE's video editing software ????, gets a new AI automatic subtitling tool!

Kontact makes encrypting emails and protecting your privacy ???? even easier...

... and much, much more!

#KDEGear2104 ⚙ is out ????! And comes with cool new features, improved usability and bugfixes galore for tonnes of KDE applications, utilities and other software. Find out all that's new at:

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/21.04

Kate, KDE's Advanced Text Editor, for example, gets touchscreen support; displays TODOs, and lets you perform git operations from within the app. Also, new website! https://kate-editor.org/

Akademy 2021 Registration is OPEN! While registration is free, we'd love to know who will be joining us at Akademy this year.

For more information and to register, visit https://akademy.kde.org/2021/register

This week in KDE: Offline updates in Neon become optional, Gwenview gets a speed-up, and Okular's website gets a spectacular makeover:

https://pointieststick.com/2021/04/16/this-week-in-kde-offline-updates-are-now-optional/

Come work with us. KDE e.V. is hiring 2 positions for environmental sustainability project! https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2021q2/006846.html

Did you enjoy the stickers included in last year’s T-Shirt orders? Do you have ideas for what the stickers could look like this year? Submit a new KDE sticker design to be included with sales of the Akademy 2021 T-Shirts. For more details visit https://akademy.kde.org/2021/stickers

Do you have a talk idea that you’d like to share at Akademy? The Call for Participation is open until May 2nd! If you need help getting started with your CfP submission, check out this article.

https://dot.kde.org/2021/04/13/akademy-2021-%E2%80%93-call-participation

This Week in KDE: Plasma Activities mostly work on Wayland and are expected to be fully functional for the next Plasma release, new Sticky Note font features, and literally dozens of bugfixes and design improvements.

https://pointieststick.com/2021/04/09/this-week-in-kde-activities-on-wayland/

KDE will maintain a stable Qt 5 branch with the necessary fixes until Qt 6 is adopted.

https://dot.kde.org/2021/04/06/announcing-kdes-qt-5-patch-collection

@mmu_man It's KDE. Of course it is optional.

This Week in KDE - Hamburgers! Check out the tasty new component that will make all your app options easier to find:

https://pointieststick.com/2021/04/02/this-week-in-kde-khamburgermenu-and-some-good-bugfixes/

Find out more about the logic behind the KHambugerMenu and why it will help in your own apps:

https://pointieststick.com/2021/04/03/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-hamburger-menu/

@coin Yeah. Sorry! ????

KDE Neon introduces Offline Updates: Updates that could affect your running system are not immediately applied, but held until you reboot. Like that, none of your apps will go wobbly just because its config file has been modified in the background.

https://blog.neon.kde.org/index.php/2021/04/01/offline-updates-are-here/

The rumors are true! We're happy to confirm that our favorite Free Software-loving dragons are getting an animated series! This summer, get ready to discover the secrets of FLOSS Forest with "Katie & Konqi: Bug Hunters". Only on Netflix!

digiKam, KDE's feature-rich photo manager software, releases version 7.2.0. This version is much more efficient when renaming images in mass, massively improves grouping in albums and comes with enhanced face detection and recognition.

Read more at https://www.digikam.org/news/2021-03-22-7.2.0_release_announcement/

This week in KDE -- All the Things! Things like Kate and KWrite having touchscreen scrolling support; or a single line display for the panel clock; or a new “Quick Settings” page for System Settings... (There are more things!)

https://pointieststick.com/2021/03/26/this-week-in-kde-all-the-things-2/

Showcasing the power and versatility of KDE's Plasma desktop: https://youtu.be/rjgtwbFtqMc

The Akademy 2021 Call for Participation is open!Here is the chance to talk about your project at Akademy! Act fast, the CfP will close at the end of April.Find more information and submit your talk at https://akademy.kde.org/2021/cfp