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#Kdenlive 24.05 is out with a huge performance boost and the usual batch of quality of life, user interface and usability improvements. It also comes with a few exciting new features like Group Effects and Automatic Subtitle Translations.

https://kdenlive.org/en/2024/05/kdenlive-24-05-0-released/

#videoediting

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In the Region & Language section of the System Settings, when choosing formats, a list of locales is displayed.

The entries of this list are similar to those in the system (e.g. /usr/share/i18n/supported in Debian) but not identical.

E.g. en_DK.UTF-8 is present in the system but absent from the Plasma locale list; en_SE.UTF-8 is present in the Plasma list, but absent from the system.

Why does Plasma use a separate list of locales?

Where is the Plasma locale list located in the file system?

Is it possible to add a locale absent in Plasma from the system to Plasma?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/plasma-integration/

Opt out? Opt in? Opt Green!

50% of consumers buy new devices due to unsupported software, while the "tsunami of #eWaste" continues to rise.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource can keep those devices in use and out of the landfill. Today!

Say hello to the new #KDEEco project "#OptGreen: #SustainableSoftware For Sustainable Hardware".

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-05-29_introducing-ns4nh/

You don't need new hardware for a secure, up-to-date device; you just need the right software!

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#KDE #FOSS #RightToRepair #Sustainability

Hi,

Crystal Dock v2.0 and Crystal Remix icon theme v2.1 are out now!

Crystal Dock v2.0

Crystal Dock is a cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to use, and cross-desktop support.

Version 2.0 now supports KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland, as well as brings some visual refresh.

KDE Store link: https://store.kde.org/p/2105085

GitHub: https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock

Crystal Remix icon theme v2.1

Crystal Remix is a Crystal icon theme for modern Linux desktop environments, created by combining/mixing different versions of the Crystal icon theme (that were originally created for KDE 3 desktop).

Version 2.1 brings updates for KDE Plasma 6.

KDE Store link: https://store.kde.org/p/1226130

GitHub: https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-remix-icon-theme

The image shows Crystal Dock with Crystal Remix icon theme.

Blog post: https://dangvd.blogspot.com/2024/05/crystal-dock-v20-and-crystal-remix-icon.html

Hope you like them, and enjoy the rest of the week!

Ever since upgrading to Plasma 6 (fedora 40) my chrome web apps have been misbehaving when I try pinning them to the icon-only task manager (is that still what it's called?)

1.They randomly disappear from taskbar although i have pinned them

2.Sometimes they are there but wont work (i get a weird "chdir: not found" error)

3.Pinned chrome apps work but wont survive reboots.

Have you experienced a similar problem? I've tried both stable and beta versions of Google Chrome.

I am running multiple screens from different brands. Because they are not the same, they must be set to different brightness values to look the same.

The problem is that whenever I boot up, the Plasma brightness setting is changed, or Night Light kicks in, Plasma sets all my screens to the same value. This results in one screen being too bright and the other too dark. Every time this happens I must change the value back manually in my screen's built-in menu, which is annoying.

In the Gamma settings panel there appears to be an upcoming feature where different screens can be set to different values but it is grayed out for the moment (running Plasma 6.0.4 on Tumbleweed).

How do I disable this feature while I'm waiting for the ability to set individual brightness values to individual screens to come around?

I made a simple script and timer for a friend to automatically switch between light and dark theme on Plasma. In case anybody needs this.

This week in KDE: Triple buffering and other sources of amazingness

https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/25/this-week-in-kde-triple-buffering-and-other-sources-of-amazingness/

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Digital sustainability workshop in Berlin 3 June!

KDE Eco and the Berlin groups of #FSFE (@fsfeberlin) and #BitsundBaeume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will host an installation workshop from 18-21h CEST at @cbase in #Berlin.

At the workshop we'll dive deeper into the topic of digital #sustainability following our joint table at the #Umweltfestival in April.

To accommodate all participants, contact us to confirm your attendance.

See you there!

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Is it possible to bind a key (e.g. context/menu key) as right click in KDE plasma on wayland ?

KDE Gear 24.05 is out! It comes with new versions of Dolphin, Kdenlive, Merkuro, Elisa, Kate, many more apps, and no ads or spyware.

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.05.0

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cross-posted from: https://floss.social/users/LabPlot/statuses/112484470459165421

Below is just a small sample of plots that were created with #lLabPlot.

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#LabPlot is a FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Data Analysis software.

Would you like to share with us your plots made in LabPlot?

#DataAnalysis #DataScience #Data #DataViz #DataVisualization #Science #Statistics #Mathematics #Math #STEM #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #KDE

In view of the latest news coming out of Microsoft...

Yeah, KDE's Plasma doesn't do that either. Your stuff is safe.

https://kde.org/distributions/
https://kde.org/hardware/

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#recall #microsoft #windows11 #privacy

The last (scheduled) release of Plasma 6.0 is here, with another round of bugfixes. Next up: The Plasma 6.1 series, initial version will be released on June 18th (if everything is going to plan).

KDE 5 had a feature in the keyboard shortcuts in settings where you could set a Window Action as a trigger instead of a keyboard shortcut (Documentation in the link). This means that KDE would do something every time a certain window appeared. This was very useful, my use case was changing the TeamViewer authorization prompt to NT logon as I don't use the normal TeamViewer password. I think there should be a workaround if it's truly gone, but for the life of me I can't remember or search for the name of this software that does something every time a certain window is created.

I have a monitor with multiple modes which include "standard" (good for most things) and "movie". I want to conveniently switch modes when I change programs. Ideally giving keyboard focus to mpv or similar programs would switch the video mode to movie and taking keyboard focus away would switch it to standard.

Is there a way to do this in KDE Wayland? I looked at the "Window Rules" section in the settings but that doesn't seem to support such things. I googled it and there are some viable answers for X11 (like have a script that detects window focus and does what I want) but xdotool etc don't run on Wayland.

Lately, I found out that Application Launcher also features all the functionality I use from KRunner.

In my particular experience, Application Launcher is snappier at first launch and also returns results rather quickly. For me, this begs an obvious question.

What's the use case for using KRunner over the Application Launcher?

So far I've noticed that pressing Enter on the Calculator results makes the entry be copied on KRunner, but this does not happen for the Application Launcher. I'm certain there must be something else to it, otherwise people would not be using it (even I found myself using it from time to time, but could not understand why).

If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

1. Ditch Windows
2. Install Plasma
3. Your computer is ready.

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

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