Notices by kde@mastodon.technology, page 29

Happy Birthday @gnome ?!

@mmarif It has had tiling for some time, only now it is more flexible.

KDE Applications 19.08 is out and it comes with exciting new features for Konsole (terminal app), Dolphin (file and directory explorer), Kdenlive (video editor), Okular (document viewer) and dozens of other apps.

https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-19.08.0

KDE's Applications webpage now lists addons so you can find out about Latte Dock, KIO GDrive, KDE Connect and a bunch of other useful plugins we make.

https://kde.org/applications

KDE developers have fixed the bug that allowed the execution of potentially malicious code. The update is already in neon and will appear in your distro shortly.

https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2019-August/000047.html

There is a vulnerability in the Plasma desktop that KDE developers are currently working to patch. The details are here.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/unpatched-kde-vulnerability-disclosed-on-twitter/

For the moment avoid downloading .desktop or .directory files and extracting archives from untrusted sources.

Also, if you discover a similar vulnerability, it is best to send an email security@kde.org before making it public. This will give us time to patch it and keep users safe before the bad guys try to exploit it.

Today's release of our IDE KDevelop 5.4 adds Meson build system, Scratchpad and many improvements and fixes. Get the AppImage now! https://www.kdevelop.org/news/kdevelop-540-released

KDE e.V. is opening today its Trusted IT Consulting Firms directory. The directory helps organizations and businesses find companies that will support them in their use of KDE software, whether it is for training, migrating, squashing specific bugs, adding new features to KDE applications, or for implementing a KDE-based technologies into their IT framework.

https://dot.kde.org/2019/08/01/trusted-it-consulting-firms-directory-provides-businesses-kde-support

The Linux App Summit is coming to Barcelona in November! KDE and @gnome join forces to create a strong, free and open app ecosystem.

https://dot.kde.org/2019/07/31/linux-application-summit-coming-barcelona-november

Week 81 of the KDE Usability & Productivity project brings you a modernized look and feel for settings windows, completely re-written code for widget positioning, and pretty icons for Discover.

https://pointieststick.com/2019/07/28/kde-usability-productivity-week-81/

Plasma Mobile under construction: screenshots of the latest work, taken from a Nexus 5X running the edge image. https://www.plasma-mobile.org/screenshots/

Thanks @dimitrisk for the heads up.

Lliurex, the Linux distribution used in all the schools in the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia, now installs KDE Plasma as its default desktop.

https://corrientesprimero.wordpress.com/2019/07/24/lanzado-lliurex-19-ahora-con-escritorio-plasma/

enioka Haute Couture becomes a KDE patron.
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enioka Haute Couture devient un patron de KDE.

https://dot.kde.org/2019/07/22/enioka-haute-couture-becomes-kde-patron

WARNING to **Windows** users of KDE Applications: the uninstall.exe delivered with the Windows Application package from before the 10th of July 2019 contains a bug that can delete random files under certain circumstances. Details here:

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190721-1.txt

@carl Is what we would like to believe