Notices by kde@mastodon.technology, page 5

The koolest game you will play today: SuperTux Advance with Konqi!

https://youtu.be/VKKg9VJ4uxk

Code: https://github.com/kelvinshadewing/supertux-advance

Support Kelvin's work!: https://www.patreon.com/kelvin

@ikonoklast https://kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation/

Season of KDE kicks off with nine projects that will improve packaging of KDE apps on Flathub, add a new educational activity to GCompris and a drawing tool to Krita, improve KDE Connect's documentation, and more.

https://dot.kde.org/2022/01/26/season-kde-kicks

KDE would like to thank our "good" friends at Neowin for their contribution to this year's April Fools' joke.

Unfortunately they missed the memo (again!) as there are still two months to go until April 1st ????.

@gcompris , KDE's suite with more than 150 educational activities, releases version 2.1. This version brings more languages including Breton, Macedonian and Czech, and all voices and sounds are available on all supported Android devices too.

https://gcompris.net

The bughunt is on! Join KDE devs and help get rid of all the annoying bugs in Plasma 5.24 Beta. The action is being coordinated from the Plasma Matrix room. You can reach it directly via your web browser here:

https://matrix.to/#/#plasma:kde.org

Want to help squash bugs in Plasma 5.24? Don't miss the bughunt! Starting at 11am UTC, the Plasma Beta Review Day will be held on Thursday, Jan. 20. You'll be able to interact live with Plasma devs and all the other bughunters. Anyone can join!

https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Plasma_5_BetaReviewDay--Still not got Plasma 5.24 Beta? Take your pick here:

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Live_Images#Ships_Plasma_5.24_Beta

IMPORTANT: Plasma 5.24 Beta is software still under heavy development and being extensively tested. Avoid using it in production environments or for daily work.

The Steam Deck will probably become available in February. A photo released by Valve shows units rolling out sporting KDE's Plasma desktop.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675180/announcements/detail/3122683923029138793

KDE #Plasma 5.24 Beta released

Containing extensive changes, Plasma 5.24 Beta is aimed at testers that help devs correct problems in KDE's desktop.

You can help too! Install 5.24 Beta onto a spare computer or virtual machine and test its new features.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.23.90

The final version of Plasma 5.24 will be available on February 8th.

Ken Vermette designs a wallpaper for KDE's Plasma desktop (part II). Watch him live right now:

https://youtu.be/6PExe8ZmMic

@klaatu We do.

KDE continues to exist and thrive thanks to the generous support from sponsors and donors. If you find our software useful and fun, please consider donating:

https://kde.org/community/donations/

NEW! You can now donate via GitHub! Look for the "Sponsor" slug and the [❤️] button in official KDE projects.

https://github.com/sponsors/KDE

(Note that sponsorships coming from the US via GitHub are taxed. Consider using our regular donations page mentioned above).

@hacknorris Good luck then!

@hacknorris We agree that you can probably find more exciting things to watch and encourage you to go forth, find them and watch them.

@hacknorris We do not field bugs from our social media accounts. We encourage you to report bugs to

https://bugs.kde.org

@hacknorris Yes we do, but other tools too. As long as it is Free Software, we have great respect for like-minded projects.

Watch Ken Vermette design a KDE Plasma desktop wallpaper live using Free Software design tools.

https://youtu.be/ofxf7xCOuQQ

Nate Graham revisited KDE's highlights and successes of 2021...

https://pointieststick.com/2021/12/31/highlights-from-2021/

... and now looks ahead to what you can expect from 2022:

https://pointieststick.com/2022/01/03/kde-roadmap-for-2022/

Happy New Year ????! This week in KDE: Dolphin gets root operations, Konsole lets select applications, and KWin nets > 8-bit colorizations... (in Wayland).

https://pointieststick.com/2021/12/31/this-week-in-kde-finally-root-file-operations-in-dolphin/

Check out Maui Shell, a beautiful and classy KDE graphical environment that will work on your desktop, tablet and phone.

https://nxos.org/maui/introducing-maui-shell/