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Microsoft "innovating":

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/12/11/sharing-files-between-your-iphone-and-windows-pc-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

Meanwhile, KDE Connect be like:

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#Microsoft #windows

Lot's of progress in the audio waveform generation rewrite. Not only there is a HUGE performance boost generating the waveforms but also they are now more precise and in higher resolution.

In the images you can see the before and after. (See Audacity waveform for reference)

#kdenlive #floss #videoediting

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wget -qO - http://archive.neon.kde.org/public.key | sudo apt-key add -

then

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/user noble main'

then

sudo apt install neon-desktop

KDE Gear ⚙️ 24.12 is out! Check out what's coming in the new versions of Dolphin, Kdenlive, Kate, Okular, NeoChat, and much, much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.12.0/

Help support KDE's work! You can still adopt an app at our fundraiser:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/#adopt

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#apps #FreeSoftware #donate

Join the KDE End of Year documentation porting sprint 📃! There are currently 58 open tasks up for grabs!

https://discuss.kde.org/t/end-of-year-documentation-sprint/26686

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Progress of the OTIO C++ export is coming along nicely. A single #Kdenlive timeline with multiple tracks and clips exported as .otio can now be opened in Resolve.

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#videoediting #resolve #otio #opentimeline

This Week in KDE Apps: Gear 24.12.0 incoming

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/08/this-week-in-kde-apps-gear-24.12.0-incoming/

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This Week in Plasma: Oodles of features!

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/07/this-week-in-plasma-oodles-of-features/

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As described in this AskUbuntu post, basically every time there's some audio playback, there is a variable delay when the audio starts. It can range from anything like a fraction of a second to a full two seconds.

I noticed this first when playing YouTube videos and then it was excruciatingly obvious and a real problem while editing audio in Audacity.

If it's any good, I'm using an NVIDIA RTX 3070 and I'm still under X, not Wayland, and using Pulse Audio.

My audio is going to my HDMI connected monitor where my speakers are connected.

This is only happening since I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 24.04 earlier this September.

Update: Added my graphics card model.

KDE has a massive collection of app, and I combed through them to find some of the lesser-known hidden gems that people may not be aware of. Here is a list of my favorites.

• Kirogi: A ground control software. It only supports a few drones right now, but should get MAVLink support in the future.
• KStars: An astronomy software that lets you view the positions of planets and stars, as well as a whole lot of other features related to astronomy.
• Licentia: A license comparison app. It lets you view and compare free software licenses. It has the full license text as well as a simplified list of features of it.
• KDE Itinerary: An app for travel planning. Well designed, with detailed station views courtesy of Openstreetmap.
• KTrip: Similar to Itinerary, a public transport navigation app
• Alpaka: An Ollama client for running LLMs

When my PC wake up from sleep, all the windows are in the main display (I have 2) and in the top half. Is there a way to save the windows position every x minutes so that when it wakes up I can restore it?

"HOWTO help a KDE Goal" part 1: "We care about your Input"

"We care about your Input" plans to increase the number of supported input devices for Plasma and KDE apps. The aim is to offer the possibility to use assistive devices, gaming controllers of all kinds, and devices for specialised tasks.

You can help by funding developers with their research,

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

and by joining the team, giving feedback, and assisting with the development.

https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kde-input:kde.org

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I have a company vpn with globalprotect that needs to autenticate via web interface (saml) All fin when using GNOME and network manager global protect plugin. When on kde no embedded web view pops up in network manager, it takes some time and then fails with an xml error.

Ubuntu 24.04

I want to add a shortcut to create new tab in Konsole, but I want it to be local and not global (CTRL+T is already used by another application). I've searched and it seems that I need to go to Settings → Configure Keyboard Shortcuts, but I don't have the settings anywhere. I read that I should have a menu bar, but...I don't. What's going on with my Konsole??? Thanks!

ISO Image Writer, Partition Manager, SkanPage and System Monitor added to the list of adoptable apps.

If using the command line to burn disk images makes you nervous, ISO Image Writer is your friend!

Likewise, creating and modifying partitions can be scary, so why not use KDE's friendly Partition Manager?

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

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#SupportGoodPeople #fundraiser #donations

I have come across this interesting system settings module on Pling store. Is there a way to install it from within system settings like we can a theme, icons, widgets etc.? Or is it necessary to configure the package manager as suggested on the site?

https://www.pling.com/p/2229130

I have downloaded the tar.gz file hoping for a direct way to install it.

Hi everybody!
I've just installed Kubuntu and I'm using Linux gui for the first time.
I have 2 4K screens, one horizontal and one vertical. With Windows I divide the horizontal one in 4 equal parts and the vertical in 3 parts so that all are almost 16:9 and each have it's own taskbar that's so useful to me because I know what I've opened in every virtual screen and if in virtual screen there is Outlook, but I need to take in foreground Chrome that I know it's there (but it's also in other screens), I can click on Chrome on the virtual screen 1 taskbar. If there are no multiple taskbar, I would have to click on Chrome on the main taskbar and select which window I need (which can be problematic because not always it's possible to see what's going on in the small preview).

Is this or something similar possible with KDE plasma (I'm on 6.1.5).

Thanks!

In "This Week in KDE Apps": Optilmage's first release; Itinerary's re-design; how Karp, KDE's new PDF designer, has improved its performance; the upcoming KDE Gear ⚙️ 24.12 release; and more.

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/01/this-week-in-kde-apps-optiimage-first-release-itinerary-redesign-and-more/

You too can contribute to keeping KDE's apps going by adopting at our fundraiser:

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

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Incredible, the last two months absolutely crushed on the first day of December and all it took was a single desktop notification. This is just the paypal donations as well. You can take a look at the data for yourself here.

This Week in KDE Apps: OptiImage first release, Itinerary redesign and more

https://blogs.kde.org/2024/12/01/this-week-in-kde-apps-optiimage-first-release-itinerary-redesign-and-more/

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FULL RES IMAGE AT https://archive.org/details/katie-christmas

I dont even celebrate Christmas

[Also feedback on the drawing would be much appreciated, still trying to draw stuff]

€30K reached🎉! Thank you generous donors!

We are now on our way towards our 1st reach goal. To celebrate, we have added 4 more apps to our list of adoptable apps.

Discover helps you install, remove and update your software; KolourPaint is an easy to use design program; with KRFB, you can share your desktop over a network; and #GCompris is the wildly popular educational suite with tons of fun activities for kids.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

#SupportGoodPeople #fundraiser #donations #apps

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