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New Release Team Blog

Friday, 15 March 2024  |  release-team
This blog will be used by the Release Team for communally maintained projects which need a release announcement. KDE Frameworks, Plasma and KDE Gear will remain on kde.org. But individual releases of apps and libraries which get their own releases can be announced here. Read More

Ruqola 2.1.1

Friday, 15 March 2024  |  release-team
Ruqola 2.1.1 is a bugfix release of the Rocket.chat app. Improvements: Preview url fixed I implement "block actions" (it's necessary in RC 6.6.x when we invite user) Fix OauthAppsUpdateJob support (administration) Fix update view when we translate message (View was not updated in private channel) Show server icon in combobox server Fix show icon for displaying emoji popup menu when we display thread message Fix jitsi support Fix dark mode URL: https://download. Read More

New blogs.kde.org

Sunday, 3 March 2024  |  Carl Schwan
I'm happy to announce the launch of our revamped Blogs.KDE.org website, now powered by Hugo instead of Drupal 7! This switch was motivated by the fact that Drupal 7 is now reaching end of life and since Blogs. Read More

Farewell, Binary Factory! Add Craft Jobs for Your Apps to KDE's GitLab Now

Tuesday, 30 January 2024  |  Ingo Klöcker
Categories: CI/CD, Android, Windows, macOS
This is the final update on the migration of the Craft jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab. Since the last blog the last missing pieces have been put in place. Read More

Video Recommendation: Coping with Other People's Code - Laura Savino

Tuesday, 26 December 2023  |  schwarzer
As someone suffering from a latent burnout thingy which has become more imminent in recent years and as someone who is still struggling to develop strategies to alleviate its effects on health and general well-being, I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to watch this video and let those points sink. Read More

From GitLab to Microsoft Store

Wednesday, 20 December 2023  |  Ingo Klöcker
Categories: CI/CD, Windows
This is an update on the ongoing migration of jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab. Since the last blog a lot has happened. A first update of Itinerary was submitted to Google Play directly from our GitLab. Read More

APKs now built on invent

Monday, 13 November 2023  |  Ingo Klöcker
Categories: CI/CD, Android
The migration of jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab continues. Last week almost all jobs that built APKs were migrated to invent.kde.org. The only remaining Android job on Binary Factory doesn't use Craft. Read More

Are we transparent enough?

Sunday, 20 August 2023  |  schwarzer
We changed the default mouse click behaviour to double-click for KF6. For me this was surprising, so I would like to raise a few questions here that might as well be answered with: "sure, we are", and I just did not see it because I am a bit out of touch with KDE development news (and modern ways of communication in general). Read More

Let's burn the planet ... because we can!

Sunday, 6 August 2023  |  schwarzer
There is a term, that in recent years my brain is using a lot when trying to explain to me what my eyes observe. Late-Roman Decadence. I am not a historian, so I might be inaccurate with its actual meaning. Read More

NeoChat Published in the Microsoft Store

Monday, 16 January 2023  |  Ingo Klöcker
Categories: CI/CD, Windows
Carl Schwan already announced it on discuss.kde.org and at @neochat@fosstodon.org. In this blog we’ll see how it was done and how you can publish your KDE app in the Microsoft Store. Read More