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KDE's Plasma Mobile is out to challenge spying, wall-gardened, proprietary mobile ecosystems.

Help us break up the #mobile #phone #duopoly by donating to our #fundraiser:

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The KDE dragons, Katie (on the left) and Konqi (on the right), defy the likes of Google and Apple by using open source operating systems on upcycled devices.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Plasma 6.5 was released three weeks ago. Time to talk about what it delivers.

* Better Waydroid integration
* A faster lock screen
* Halcyon and Folio, the two different interfaces you can choose from, improve blurs, navigation, and settings

And much, much more.

plasma-mobile.org/2025/11/10/p...
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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We have to change "Kdenlive" for KMyMoney, a personal finance manager by KDE. It comes with a large set of features while being easy to use for the non-technical user.
KMyMoney showing a user's asset accounts.
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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This week in #KDE Apps, we have some quality-of-life improvements in Kate, basic HDR support in Krita on Wayland and touch improvements in Photos.

blogs.kde.org/2025/11/10/t...
List of branches in Kate with their latest activity Screenshot of easy effect which was recently ported to Kirigami NeoChat displaying shortcuts
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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[... < Continued from prior post]

- KomoDo takes a TODO text and turns it into an easy to use graphical list of tasks

- KFourInLine is the classic four-in-a-row game you can play against a human or the computer.

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[EOF]
This KomoDo screenshot shows a textual TODO list converted into graphical version you can interact with via your mouse This KFourInLine screenshot shows how the computer player beat the crap out of me at a match of Four-in-a-row... on "Easy". Oh, the humiliation.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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[... < Continued from prior post]

- KBruch is an educational program that helps you learn how to solve fractions

- KTorrent lets you create and download files via BitTorrent

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[Continued... >]
Kbruch showing a graphical representation of the sum of two fractions using portions of circles. KTorrent shows a user downloading a raw image of KDE Linux from the BitTorrent network.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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We have nearly reached our first stretch goal! Will your donation push us into our fundraiser's next phase?

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And we have four more apps you can adopt:

- Kdenlive is KDE's powerful, full-featured video editor for aficionados and professional moviemakers

[Continued... >]
A screenshot of Kdenlive, showing previews of clips, the timeline and the color-correction tools.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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[< Continued]

* Yakuake, a terminal emulator that is always on hand and that you can quickly unfold from the top of your screen
* Kid3 helps you easily tag music files
* KDiskFree is an efficient no-frills app that shows you how much space you have left in your storage.

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The Yakuake terminal emulator, that unfolds from the top of your screen, and is currently showing a bash system monitoring app. A screenshot of Kid3, an app the lets you tag your music files. KDiskFree showing a system with several hard disks, and how full they are.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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2025 Fundraiser news: We have added 5 more items to our list of adoptable #apps:

* Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for power users.
* Amarok is a full-featured music/radio/podcast player that has made a spectacular comeback

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[Continues >]
A screenshot of Krusader, showing its classic two panels. The Amarok player, showing its three main panels. From left to right: the source of music/audio showing, in this case, podcast services; what's currently playing (Thompson Twins, Hold me Now) with a spectograph and lyrics panel; and the playlist.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Timothée and Aiswarya Giet, contributors to KDE's #educational suite #GCompris, visit #Kerala ( #India ) on holiday, and end up helping local officials improve their #FreeSoftware setup, adding two new languages to #GCompris and getting featured in the press.

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The Hindu newspaper cutting showing the headline: "French graphic artist and free software developer Timothée Giet visits KITE" Timothée talks to KITE officials. Timothée and Aiswarya pose with members of KITE (Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education) surrounding a monitor showing the words "Welcome Mr. Timothée Giet to KITE". Another newspaper cutting, but in Malayalam, a language unfortunately I can't read 😬, but there is a photo of Timothée looking on as kids work on computers in a school computer lab.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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KDE's GSoC report is out!

Read the full report to discover all the work mentees have carried out to improve, Krita, Kdenlive, Cantor, KDE Linux, Karton, and more.

mentorship.kde.org/blog/2025-11...
KDE's ISO Image Writer let's you download images directly from the Internet and burn them in one fell swoop The GCompris educational suite of activities gets an editor so teachers can customise activities The mathematical frontend Cantor improves its support for Python The Karton virtual machine manager adds new features
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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[< Continued from prior post]
* digiKam: a powerful image/photo management software, ideal for people with massive collections
* NeoChat: talk over the free and federated Matrix chat platform with this app that works on your desktop and phone
* Kolf: another KDE classic—play minigolf on your desktop
A screenshot of digiKam showing the main editing window and a picture of handsome doggy. A screenshot of NeoChat on mobile, showing previews of different rooms. A screenshot of the second level of Kolf, surprisingly addictive and tricky mini-golf simulator.
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The first 5 apps up for adoption are:

* Tokodon: KDE's native Fediverse client that works on your desktop and phone
* Knavalbattle: the classic game of battleship you can play against the computer or over the network

[Continues in next post >]
Tokodon, KDE's Fediverse client, working on a phone and showing KDE's feed. Screenshot of KNavalBattle, a classic "Battleships" game.
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"Adopt an App" is back! You can now show your love for your favorite apps through our fundraiser.

Pick an app, donate €50 or more, and tell us about your choice in the comments:

kde.org/fundraisers/...

You will appear as a supporter on the apps apps.kde.org page.
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Enjoy being creeped out? Check out our two Halloween special fundraiser horror stories 🦇 "Night of the Living Bed" and "The Colour out of Waste".

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#fundraiser #donations #halloween #FreeSoftware
In a dark dank ruinous bedroom, evil luminous eyes peer out from under the mattress... In a dead blackened wasteland, a dead tree stands as a haunting warning for unwitting travellers...
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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... And thus we have reached the season of witches, d[a]emons 😈 and zombie [procceses] 🧟!

Checkout KDE's fundraiser as it enters its spookiest 👻 phase yet, and help us ward of tech hobgoblins and proprietary waifs that threaten your rights and freedoms.

kde.org/fundraisers/...

#fundraising
Konqi cosplaying as Bernard Bernoulli and Konqi ghost art CC BY-SA leggy2fast
October 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Awesome fundraiser news: €53,000 raised!

Thanks to your generous support, we have reached our initial goal, and then surpassed it in a little over two weeks! We have set our next stretch goal and are now looking to raise €75,000 for the KDE Community.

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#fundraiser #donation
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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"This Week in KDE Apps" brings the news that #Krita improves its brushes color interpolation, #Itinerary simplifies the journey selection feature, Calligra Plan gets ported to Qt6, and #Kdenlive turbo-charges its audio editing module.

blogs.kde.org/2025/10/26/t...

#TWiKA #apps #FreeSoftware
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Amazing generosity from all of you!

We're down to 1 (one, uno, ein, एक, واحد) copy. Who wants it?

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A scene from the book in which the people from the town protest against Zanglemann's stranglehold on ice-cream flavours.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Donate €200 and get a signed copy of "Ada & Zangemann"!

Matthias Kirschner, the author, will be signing and personalising the books exclusively for donors to our fundraiser.

Help a great cause and get a great perk!

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Only five copies available!
Cover of the book "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", with the lanky tall Zangermann scowling down at the sassy Ada on her motorised skateboard Inside the book, we are treated to a view of the village where Zangermann and Ada live.
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Help us bring Plasma 6.5 and the rest of KDE's software catalogue into the mainstream.

Experience Plasma 6.5 and you will realise we are on to something big.

70% of our funding comes from you, friends and users. Donate now and help KDE on its way to world acceptance:

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KDE's drabble of multi-colored dragons are here to make a better world through free software and empathetic technology.
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to cool interface re-designs (rounded corners! Automatic smooth light-to-dark transitions!), features (smart KRunner searches! Pinned clipboard items!) and tons of usability and accessibility improvements:

kde.org/announcement...
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Community-driven free software projects like digiKam exist because people like you help us with your generous donations.

Keep the world creative and free by donating to KDE's 2025 fundraiser here:

kde.org/fundraisers/...

#fundraiser #freesoftware #donations
Konqi, KDE's pet dragon, is out and about, collecting footage, images and recordings for his new documentary. He is carrying a camera and pointing a microphone at you, because he wants to know your opinion. At the same time he's taking notes. Konqi is multi-talented like that.
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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digiKam, KDE's photo 📷 and image manager, reaches version 8.8.0.

New features: Importing and exporting tag hierarchies to text files; consistent color representation across macOS, Windows and Linux; enhancement tool to blur backgrounds; among more improvements.

www.digikam.org/news/2025-10...
eneral view of digiKam with previews of pictures across the top, a full size view of the selected image in the central pane, and the image's metadata in a pane on the right. A screenshot of the Tag Manager and the menu item that lets you export tags to a text file. Screenshot of the color management dialog showing a triangle of color. Screenshot of the new editor enhancement showing a selected element (a boar) in a picture.
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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"This Week in Plasma" brings the news that the Application Dashboard gets a makeover, highlighted menu items get rounded corners, and the community celebrates 29 years of KDE kicking off its yearly #fundraiser push:

blogs.kde.org/2025/10/18/t...

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A screenshot of the Application Dashboard with a light gre background. Close up of a highlighted top menu item with rounded corners.
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM