Pledges coming from proprietary software companies mean nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledg

Get behind the community that is _really_ fighting to curb climate change:

https://eco.kde.org/get-involved

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#ecology #environment #emissions #microsoft

Season of KDE (SoK) participants have improved translations, Kdenlive, LabPlot and more.

SoK is KDE's mentorship program that helps members of the public become active open source contributors.

This year, participants have translated apps into more languages, implemented multi-format rendering and keyframe curve editing in @kdenlive , ported @be4foss testing tools to Windows, added options for importing and exporting data to @LabPlot and much, much more.

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https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-09-sok-conclusion/

MBition, the company that designs and implements infotainment systems for Mercedes-Benz, has become a KDE patron.

MBition uses KDE technologies and developers' know-how to create attractive and responsive interfaces that make Mercedes vehicles easier to drive and safer for their occupants.

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https://ev.kde.org/2024/05/07/mbition-becomes-kde-patron/

KDE will mentor ten projects in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) this year. Congrats to everyone who got selected!

This year's wide range of projects includes Python support for the KDE Frameworks and Labplot, PDF Javascript forms support in Okular, more powerful subtitles in Kdenlive, and much more.

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-gsoc-2024/

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Look! No ads!

Take back control. Choose Plasma.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

(Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations)

#Windows #Windows11 #Plasma6 #Microsoft

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We joined the @matrix Foundation:

https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/112260366265625821

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The KStars project releases version 3.7.0 of the app for education and astronomy aficionados🪐🌠.

Apart from it's inbuilt planetarium, KStars 3.7.0 helps you improve the focus of your astrophotography, adds features that match the simulated view and what you see through your telescope, improves comparing multiple images, and makes scheduling your observations easier.

https://knro.blogspot.com/2024/04/kstars-370-is-released.html

#astronomy #astrophotography #education
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We have now reached (and surpassed) 1000 Supporting Members! 🎉

But as KDE grows and takes on more and more ambitious projects, the effort to raise funds also increases.

If you would like to help, please consider becoming a supporting member and get your name inscribed in Plasma's Hall of Fame:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/

Or, if you prefer, you can make a one time donation:

https://kde.org/community/donations/
https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/

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#donations #charity

KDE is at #fossasia2024! Come and visit our booth and attend talks by Piyush and Tomaz

Visit the #KDE booth at @fossasia at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam, from today April 8, until Wednesday, April 10; check out Plasma 6 and our new apps and gadgets; and attend talks from KDE devs Piyush Aggarwal

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8884

and Tomaz Canabrava

https://eventyay.com/e/55d2a466/session/8881

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#event

What's going on here? What's that smell? Smells like... empanadas...

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We write all recipes for our juiciest empanadas in our #Marknote notebooks. Version 1.1.0 available now!

https://carlschwan.eu/2024/04/01/marknote-1.1.0/

Flatpak coming today!

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You like tasty? Cos KDE got tasty!

https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/c71ac1ee-f29b-47d3-a067-78b5ea232ae2

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