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Massif Visualizer 0.8.0 has been just released! The main focus of this release is the port to Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6 as well as general code modernisation, but of course some bugs have been squashed too. The full changelog can be found below. Read More

I'm happy to have been able to attend my first in-person KDE event, the Automation & Systematization Sprint in Berlin. Previously, my contributions to KDE have consisted of submitting and triaging bug reports. During this weekend, I was able to meet some of the KDE team in person, and become more involved. I've started working with the Bugzilla Bot code, and plan to start digging into the automated test code. Read More

The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.0 "Castaway"! The new 3.0 is the first stable Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5 based version of Amarok, and first stable release since 2018, when the final Qt4 based version 2.9.0 was released. Read More

Hi, I'm Jakob and this is my new KDE blog. Let's see how this goes as I haven't blogged for literally decades. I started working on Plasma code sometime last year and hope to play a tiny part in setting the stage for world domination improving user experiences like so many other awesome and dedicated contributors do every week. My Plasma contributions started out with a few rounds of build improvements and bug fixes initially. Before long though, I decided to realize my lifelong dream of a friendly and usable Energy Saving settings page. Thus started a journey into the code of Plasma's power management service, internally known as PowerDevil. Read More

Marknote, KDE's WYSIWYG note-taking application, is finally ready for it's first release. Marknote lets you create rich text notes and easily organise them into notebooks. You can personalise your notebooks by choosing an icon and accent color for each one, making it easy to distinguish between them and keep your notes at your fingertips. Your notes are saved as Markdown files in your Documents folder, making it easy to use your notes outside of Marknote as well as inside the app. Read More

KTextAddons 1.5.4 is a bugfix release of our text display and handling library It fixes two notable bugs and updates translations Fix bug 484328: Kmail config dialog takes about 40 seconds to show up Use QListView::clicked (in emoji popup menu) URL: https://download.kde.org/stable/ktextaddons/ Source: ktextaddons-1.5.4.tar.xz SHA256: 64b80602e84b25e9164620af3f6341fa865b85e826ab8f5e02061ae24a277b20 Signed by: E0A3EB202F8E57528E13E72FD7574483BB57B18D Jonathan Esk-Riddell jr@jriddell.org https://jriddell.org/esk-riddell.gpg Read More

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 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.kde.org/stable/ruqola/ Source: ruqola-2.1.1.tar.xz SHA256: 6f089271ef9f2f576aa31ddc404bdbc8ddd5ddecba3cd9ff829641123bceb0ae Windows Build: ruqola-2.1.1-windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64.exe Signed by: E0A3EB202F8E57528E13E72FD7574483BB57B18D Jonathan Esk-Riddell jr@jriddell.org https://jriddell.org/esk-riddell.gpg Read More

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.kde.org is the home of many individual blog for KDE hackers so it was important to keep it up to date and secure. Read More

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