The Plasma 6 Megarelease is just 2 weeks away! Have you signed up for your local party yet 🥳?

KDE is organizing parties around the globe to celebrate the megarelease. Join us in the celebration with a party in your city or town!

https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_6th_Megarelease

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#Plasma6 #event #party

Linux Magazine dedicates the cover and their main article of their latest issue to Plasma 6.

@linuxmagazine's 5000-word 8-page feature dives deep into why the version number jump (and why now), the current state of Plasma and KDE's ecosystem of apps and frameworks and what it has to offer, and the changes pushing KDE's software to new levels of efficiency, customization, and enhanced user experience.

https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2024/280

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#Plasma6

Akademy-es 2024 will be held in València in May

KDE Spain announces today that Akademy-es 2024 will be held in València on the 24th and 25th of May, within the larger esLibre event.

https://www.kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2024-se-celebrara-en-valencia

https://eslib.re/2024/

Akademy-es is being organized by KDE Spain alongside GNU/Linux València, hosts of esLibre.

https://www.kde-espana.org/

https://gnulinuxvalencia.org/

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#AkademyEs

You know how a lot of people say they would love to contribute to Free Software but can't code? No more! Become a KDE Booth Buddy and help out at ScaLE!

This is @druonysus and he needs help managing the KDE booth at Scale 21x.

https://floss.social/@druonysus@mstdn.io/111887967308318720

If you are located in or visiting the Los Angeles area on the days of the event, DM Drew so you can just turn up and help!

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KDE is at State of Open Con 2024!

Drop by our booth at The Brewery in central London and check out what we are up to.

https://stateofopencon.com/

#SOOCon24 #stateofopencon

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Welcome to FOSDEM! Visit our booth, try Plasma 6, draw pictures with @Krita, grab some merch! Find us in building H.

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#FOSDEM #event #merch #Plasma6

Plasma 6 RC2 is now out! Ask Us Anything about this release and the upcoming Megarelease in general TODAY, Jan. 31, on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm UTC

This is the final test release before KDE publishes Plasma 6.0, Gear 24.02, Frameworks 6 on February 28.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/

If you would like to find out more, developers of all these things will be answering questions _today_, Jan 31, live on Reddit and Lemmy at 6 pm. Join us!

https://reddit.com/r/kde
https://lemmy.kde.social/c/kde

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#Plasma6

Come meet the KDE team at FOSDEM!

KDE's booth will be located in Building H:

https://fosdem.org/2024/stands/

Visit us and chat with contributors, try out #Plasma6, play with the #SteamDeck, watch a demo of KDE software on embedded, paint pictures with #Krita, and much more. See you there!

#FOSDEM #FODEM2024

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Plasma 6 - RC 2 is landing on Wednesday. Get ready to Ask Us Anything!

Want to know what's going on behind the scenes? Have a pressing question about Wayland, or the new interfaces and shortcuts?

Join David, Nate and Joshua for our Plasma 6 AUA special on Lemmy and Reddit on Wednesday 31 at 6 pm UTC.

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https://reddit.com/r/kde

Doors open 5 pm UTC. Watch this space for links.

#Plasma6AUA #Plasma6

Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 2 is just a week away!

This will be the last test release before the final version Plasma 6.0 hits repos on February 28. This is your chance to test a nearly entirely functional Plasma 6.0 and help us by reporting bugs.

Watch this space!

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Remember: RC2 will still be a test version of Plasma 6.0. Some things may still break!

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Support KDE's developers and contributors and get mentioned in Plasma 6's acknowledgements:

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

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We smashed it 💥! We reached (and surpassed) our goal of 650 Supporting Members! but we aren't done yet...

Thank you all for your amazing contributions! We still have plenty of work to do.

Find out how you can support us and how we use the funds here:

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

And become a member and get to be part of the Plasma 6's history too! We will include your name in the Plasma 6 desktop as a tribute to your support.

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Season of KDE, KDE's mentorship program for new contributors, is kicking off with 18 new projects.

Covering #translations, #videoediting software, #math and #data #analysis tools, and software #sustainability and #accessibility, this year's edition will help new contributors to get started in #FOSS software development and help push apps and projects forward.

https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-01-15-sok-24-welcome/

#SOK #mentorship

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