Justin @justinz@social.opendesktop.org

KDE Plasma powers the desktop of the Valve #SteamDeck.

https://www.steamdeck.com/

Congrats Valve for releasing #SteamDeck! Thank you for choosing Plasma!

This week in KDE: fixing longstanding bugs – Adventures in Linux and KDE

https://pointieststick.com/2021/07/08/this-week-in-kde-fixing-longstanding-bugs/

#KDE #KDEapps #Plasma #KDEapplications #KDEgear #Linuxdesktop

Nota 2, the convergent text editor, now has a more compact user interface that doesn't get in the way.

Check out the new editor toolbars and more at https://nxos.org/maui/maui-monthly-report-13/.

#MauiKit #Maui #KDE #PinePhone #NitruxOS #Nota

Now KDE Connect can hook up your Windows machine as well! The Windows version of KDE Connect gets official support and you can get the beta version right now from the Microsoft Store.

Exclusive link-only access: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9N93MRMSXBF0

Plasma 5.22.1 is here and it brings a week's worth of updates and bugfixes, making the already EXQUISITE desktop experience of Plasma 5.22 even better. Find out more here:

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.22.1/

#Akademy2021 is starting today! All of the talks (Saturday, Sunday, Friday) can be joined in our Akademy Matrix rooms. For more details visit https://akademy.kde.org/2021/how-join

Coming up at #Akademy2021: Jeri Ellsworth, maker extraordinaire, self-taught chip designer, and builder of Augmented Reality systems for tabletop games will be telling us about her "Journey from Farm Girl to Holograms". Watch it live in 20 minutes:

https://akademy.kde.org/2021/how-join

NeoChat spellchecking feature now suggests you some correction to your spelling mistakes. You can also ignore mistakes or add them to your personal dictionary shared with all your KDE apps. https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/281

Flathub is on fire (in a positive sense) because of the new Plasma Mobile Gear release

Using pmOS #plasmamobile on the OnePlus 6! Performance is quite good, and works great in browsing and listening to music through Elisa. Thanks for audio support @calebccff 😄

Plasma 5.22 is here! KDE's desktop is more reliable, adaptable and fun than ever before. Revel in the adaptive transparency, find stuff easily with the global menu search and reach windows faster with the enhanced task manager features.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.22.0/

The next version of NeoChat will include spellchecking. https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/commit/8f309ca958fcf8ebfe5b4e35539f67811e44700f

Another feature we recently added is a fast room switcher using Ctrl+K to activate. https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/278 contributed by @appadeia :)

Make some noise!... Or some noises: fire up LMMS and make system sounds and ringtones before the 13th of June, send them to our forum and become part of the Plasma Mobile legend (and also win cool KDE merch). Check out the rules here:
https://community.kde.org/Promo/Plasma_Mobile_Audio_Competition

Take a listen at other people's submissions and send yours to:
https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=332

We are adding options to NeoChat! Look at this fancy blur.

@PINE64, the company that creates the PinePhone and PineBook, becomes a KDE Patron!

https://dot.kde.org/2021/06/02/pine64-becomes-kde-patron

The new version of KDE's @matrix chat app, Neochat is out! NeoChat 1.2 comes with bubbles, a better text input component, fancy effects, an easier way to switch between accounts and much more. Go check it out! https://carlschwan.eu/2021/06/01/neochat-1.2-bubbles-better-text-editing-and-more/

It's time to sign up for BoFs! If you'd like to host a workshop or discussion room at #Akademy2021, sign up on the Wiki pages at https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2021/AllBoF

Everything is ready for tomorrow's NeoChat 1.2 release :) Here a sneak peek!

This week in KDE: performance improvements galore, keep your desktop private muting the mike or cancelling screen recordings, and tons of stability adjustments.

https://pointieststick.com/2021/05/28/this-week-in-kde-performance-improvements-galore/