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digiKam, KDE's full-featured photo management software, releases version 8.6.0.

You can look forward to a smarter face management tool, an improved auto-tagging system that identifies elements in your images, fully automatic red-eye removal, and a new image quality feature that classifies images according to their aesthetic quality.

We also fixed 140 bugs!

https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0/_release/_announcement/

#photography #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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Valve's Steam Deck updates to Plasma 6.2.5!

The games console has a slow update cycle to guarantee stability for users, but #Valve announced yesterday that both the #Arch base system and the #Plasma desktop environment are being updated to new preview releases.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/529841158837240756

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Steam #gaming #linux

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I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to format PHP in Kate and can't do it. I downloaded phpcbf.phar and it works on local files, naturally, but can't use it for remote files which is the majority of how I work (ftp through Dolphin.) So, I need one of two things (I think):

Some sort of tool I can use through Kate to format PHP file in the editor

or

Figure out if Kate is using a local folder for tmp storage of the file from ftp, and what that folder is.

I love Kate, but this is kind of a show stopper for me. I've got a workaround but it's several steps. In VSCode it's one keyboard shortcut, but I hate it, especially compared to Kate.

This Week in Plasma brings file transfer progress graphs, per-virtual-desktop custom tile layouts, improved KRunner search result ordering, and much more to your favourite desktop.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/15/this-week-in-plasma-file-transfer-progress-graphs/

#Plasma #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop #Linux

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Really hating all the crap being put into VS code and want a switch.

Im mostly working in C and some Python/Lua and just want to know if I can get parameter hints the same way I do in VS code. It’s a bummer to have to peek at the docs every time I forget what parameters something takes.

I like lightweight programs so Kate is my first thought but if it does t I’ll just go to Kdevelop. Currently using Geany for my really small projects or tests.

Bonus question, if I’m using raylib for game dev, how would those hints work (if at all) in Kate? If Kate is using an LSP for autocompletion, how would that work for a library like Raylib? Sorry I’ve never actually considered this all before now!

Thanks all

I've been trying to create my own splash screen but there's not exactly a lot of documentation out there. I've created an SVG for it but it's not working properly. Is there limited functionality? I suspect it might be because my install is pretty fudged and I'm missing some package but before i go reinstalling my OS I thought I'd check.

Today KDE is at #FOSSASIA in Bangkok!

Come visit our booth at the True Digital Park West, 111 Sukhumvit Rd, Bang Chak, Phra Khanong, #Bangkok 10260; chat with KDE contributors, try out bleeding edge software and grab some stickers to deck out your computer!

https://www.eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27

#thailand #opensource #freesoftware #apps

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/83295

Text version of this video:
https://thelibre.news/kde-board-member-nate-graham-announces-for-profit-company-2/

Edit: I got answers on the Fedora forum and used this command in my parallels VM and restarted: sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args=video=Virtual-1:3456x2234@120.

I'm trying to get a custom resolution & refresh rate in KDE Wayland. I can get 120hz working on X11 by getting a modeline with cvt 4112 2572 120 and using xrandr commands, but how about Wayland? Perhaps be done with kscreen-doctor?___

Title. Also what is this backends menu that has replaced the list of devices? version: kdeconnect-kde-master-4864-macos-clang-arm64.dmg

This Week in KDE Apps brings LSP Support in KDevelop, systemDGenie rewrite and big UI changes in Dolphin.

You can also look forward to changes in KStars, #Krita, #Kdenlive, KOrganizer, Merkuro, Kleopatra, Itinerary, Neochat, Kate, KDevelop, Okular, Kastsm Gwenview, and more.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/09/this-week-in-kde-apps/

#freesoftware #OpenSource #apps

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I installed this maximized window gaps Kwin script on KDE 6. It works fine but I'm wondering if there's a way to show shadows when windows are maximized.

You're still in time to visit KDE's booth at #SCaLE22x!

Come see us at the #Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA, and don't miss the chance to try out the newest KDE software, grab some merch and chat with community members and contributors.

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x

Last day today!

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #linux
#desktop

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

This week #Plasma has received quite a lot of fixes,

like you can now remove the titlebar and frame from a window directly from the Task Manager, the digital clock gets a nicer-looking font picker dialog, and we have simplified the info shown on Display Configuration, among many other improvements and changes.

https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/08/this-week-in-plasma-a-very-fixy-week/

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#opensource #freesoftware #Plasma6

"Finally #Linux🐧on the official work laptop 💻. I am one of the first in the state administration of #SchleswigHolstein to be allowed to try out the "+1 Linux workstation". 😀"

https://norden.social/@jze/114120937965523403

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We are at #SCaLE22x!

In the Pasadena area? Come visit our booth, try out KDE's newest software, talk to contributors, and grab some stickers!

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x

Our friends from @kubuntufocus will also be running KDE demos on some fancy high-end hardware. Don't miss it!

#events #california #opensource #freesoftware

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Hi,

I followed this blog post on how to exclude alt+tab from "ignore global shortcuts" since I have a game that behaves a bit weird with global shortcuts but I want to be able to tab out of it.

Since I'm on openSuse, I followed the blog-entry and an openSuse guide to create a patch and I've created one for kglobalaccel-5.x as follows:

***
a/src/runtime/component.cpp	2024-05-04 13:39:39.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/runtime/component.cpp	2025-03-03 23:56:39.073843737 +0100
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@
 void Component::deactivateShortcuts(bool temporarily)
 {
     for (GlobalShortcut *shortcut : std::as_const(_current->_actionsMap)) {
+        if (shortcut->uniqueName() == QLatin1String("Walk Through Windows")){
+            continue;
+        }
         if (temporarily //
             && _uniqueName == QLatin1String("kwin") //
             && shortcut->uniqueName() == QLatin1String("Block Global Shortcuts")) {

Just to realize afterwards that I'm using KDE6 and not KDE5...

I've downloaded the source for kglobalaccel-6.x afterwards to change it there, but there is no component.cpp...

Does anyone know where I can insert this or a similar (if possible with the code) if-clause for the alt+tab shortcut to be excluded from ignoring all shortcuts for a specific window?

I've found a component.cpp in kglobacceld with this method, but I'm not sure if I did it right since it doesn't exclude the shortcut. If it makes a difference, my system language is set to German.

Thanks in advance for any help :)

I would like to backup some KDE settings but don't really know which files to copy from .config

Searching for their names in github.com/KDE has given me some idea about their purposes but I couldn't find any comments or documentation there either.

Is it possible to edit the "open folder with" context menu of Konsole?