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@libreoffice is ten years old today! Congratulations! ????????

Kirigami is KDE's framework for building beautiful apps that run on phones, desktop computers, TVs and everything in between. Check out Kirigami's new web page and get started creating apps that work (and look great) everywhere.

https://develop.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/

This week in KDE: "Fixing up Plasma 5.20". Getting ready for the launch of Plasma 5.20, developers tweak stuff in Okular, improve widgets in Wayland and roll out a fancy new Network Interfaces page (among many other things).

https://pointieststick.com/2020/09/25/this-week-in-kde-fixing-up-plasma-5-20/

¡La Akademy-es ha vuelto! El evento de la comunidad @kde_espana hispana se celebrará en línea desde el 20 al 22 de Noviembre. Aquí encontrarás todos los detalles de como remitir una propuesta de actividades y más:

https://www.kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2020-se-realizara-en-linea

Akademy-es is back! The event for the Spanish-speaking @kde_espana Community will be held online from the 20th to the 22nd of November. Instructions on how to submit a proposal for an activity and more details are here:

https://www.kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2020-se-realizara-en-linea

Plasma Beta Review Day on Thursday, September 24: You too can join the Plasma team live and help get Plasma 5.20 ready for release!

http://blog.davidedmundson.co.uk/blog/plasma-beta-review-day/

KDE's 2019 yearly report is out. Includes a comprehensive list of activities, a breakdown of what changed and the goals we set, and the all-important financial report ????.

https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2019/

You can support KDE activities throughout the year by becoming a supporting member of the KDE e.V.: https://relate.kde.org

Or by making a one-time donation ➡️ https://kde.org/community/donations/

This Week in KDE - The Week Everything Happened: Announcing the new Plasma wallpaper, improved smooth scrolling in Okular, improved graphic performance on Wayland, and so much more.

https://pointieststick.com/2020/09/18/this-week-in-kde-everything-happened/

This Week in KDE - The Week Everything Happened: Touch support for Dolphin, Plasma starts up faster and safer, Elisa sidebar is now collapsible on mobile, and so much more.

https://pointieststick.com/2020/09/18/this-week-in-kde-everything-happened/

Plasma 5.20 Beta is out! Help KDE test the new features and improvements that will go into the final version to be released on October 13.

https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.90

CAUTION: Contains untested beta software! Do not use as your main work environment!

Congratulations for the release of @gnome 3.38! ????

https://floss.social/@gnome/104875103103895136

LabPlot, KDE's graphical data analysis app, releases version 2.8. In this version: More than 2000 documented datasets, better support for Jupyter notebooks and new plotting capabilities such as reference lines and image elements, among many other things.

https://labplot.kde.org/2020/09/16/labplot-2-8-released/

Kontrast is the new KDE application that will help you pick the best (and most accessible) color combo for you site/app.

#a11y

https://carlschwan.eu/2020/09/15/kontrast-1.0.html

The history of Kdenlive in 3 minutes 30 seconds: What is it? When did it start? What challenges has it overcome? A fascinating look at how a major FLOSS project evolves.

https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/f17b33b3-fb27-4e60-b1b9-fd184fc9cb1c

Season of KDE call for mentors is now open. If you want to help people get started contributing to Free Software, check out the instructions and links here:

https://caiojcarvalho.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/call-for-mentors-and-admins-for-season-of-kde-2021/

KDE Frameworks 5.74 is here with new breeze icons, a faster KTextEditor and many fixes to KIO.

https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.74.0

K-Developers rejoice! KDE's new developers' web portal is designed especially for you.

https://develop.kde.org/

Also check out the documentation to get you started, with new tutorials coming soon:

https://develop.kde.org/docs/

To everyone who attended #Akademy2020 this year, thank you! We cannot wait to catch up again next month for the Post-Akademy meet-up on 31 October. Come ready with some Halloween gear and project updates! You can register here: https://akademy.kde.org/2020/post-akademy-meet

Also, check out the Akademy 2020 Final day - Conference Recap: BoFs, Students, and a warm Farewell https://dot.kde.org/2020/09/11/akademy-2020-day-7-last-day

Image credit: Vecteezy.com

The time has come for #Akademy2020 to end. Join us to recap with friends, find out who will get this year's awards, and close out this year with a bang!Image credit: Vecteezy.com

Here is a message from our third and final wonderful keynote speaker, Valorie Zimmerman! Join her in 15 minutes at #Akademy2020! For more program information visit https://akademy.kde.org/2020/program @valorie