Re: Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE
Yes, thanks to Paul and anybody else who helped. The editor is already looking at the article. But Albert: if you have a good background in the basic X technology, or know the long history of X, you can help improve earlier sections of the article. Please check this URL and request access (or ask me to send the text directly to you): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVphw7jY2VUi9N3FlhlFdo1_Hltskr3KszwNmcbMxxU/ On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 5:50 PM Paul Brown wrote: > On Friday, 4 June 2021 23:08:53 CEST Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > El diumenge, 30 de maig de 2021, a les 10:52:11 (CEST), Andy Oram va > escriure: > > > kde-community@kde.org > > > > > > Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE > > > > > > The Linux Professional Institute is going to publish an article on the > X > > > Window System, and a few paragraphs discuss KDE and GNOME. I'm seeking > one > > > or two people to check the article for accuracy. The audience for the > > > article is students or other people who are interested in free > software, > > > but who don't have much technical background. > > > > > > I could use someone who knows: > > > > > > * The history of KDE itself > > > > > > * The much longer history of the X Window System and its technology > > > > > > Please reply just to me if this task interests you. > > > > If you don't have any volunteer yet, I can give it a try. > > We already helped revise the relevant bits. As Andy asked we answer to him > alone, it slipped my mind mention it here. > > My apologies, Albert. > > Cheers > > Paul > -- > Promotion & Communication > > www: http://kde.org > Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@kde > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ > Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kde > > > -- Andy preferred pronouns: he, him, his Backtraces: Three Decades of Computing, Communities, and Critiques https://praxagora.com/backtraces/
Re: Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE
On Friday, 4 June 2021 23:08:53 CEST Albert Astals Cid wrote: > El diumenge, 30 de maig de 2021, a les 10:52:11 (CEST), Andy Oram va escriure: > > kde-community@kde.org > > > > Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE > > > > The Linux Professional Institute is going to publish an article on the X > > Window System, and a few paragraphs discuss KDE and GNOME. I'm seeking one > > or two people to check the article for accuracy. The audience for the > > article is students or other people who are interested in free software, > > but who don't have much technical background. > > > > I could use someone who knows: > > > > * The history of KDE itself > > > > * The much longer history of the X Window System and its technology > > > > Please reply just to me if this task interests you. > > If you don't have any volunteer yet, I can give it a try. We already helped revise the relevant bits. As Andy asked we answer to him alone, it slipped my mind mention it here. My apologies, Albert. Cheers Paul -- Promotion & Communication www: http://kde.org Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@kde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kde
Re: Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE
El diumenge, 30 de maig de 2021, a les 10:52:11 (CEST), Andy Oram va escriure: > kde-community@kde.org > > Request for a reviewer to check an article mentioning KDE > > The Linux Professional Institute is going to publish an article on the X > Window System, and a few paragraphs discuss KDE and GNOME. I'm seeking one > or two people to check the article for accuracy. The audience for the > article is students or other people who are interested in free software, > but who don't have much technical background. > > I could use someone who knows: > > * The history of KDE itself > > * The much longer history of the X Window System and its technology > > Please reply just to me if this task interests you. If you don't have any volunteer yet, I can give it a try. Cheers, Albert
Re: KDE is all about the apps goal
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 2:39 AM Aleix Pol wrote: > > Hi everyone, > As you might have seen in Adam's blog post [1], I'm planning on going > through a set of topics. Before diving into it all, I feel it could be > useful to have a call together before Akademy and see what this > process will look like and which ways we can make it so the creators > in our community get the most of it. > https://szopa.org.pl/kde/2021/05/23/KDE-Goals-May-2021.html > > If you'd like to be part of it, please add yourself into this poll so > we can find the correct time to meet. > https://framadate.org/DcTRSqyekJGUQ1pZ > > If you feel like you prefer discussing the actual topics rather than > the coordination, make sure to join our matrix channel > https://matrix.to/#/!yvNlQHUtUfWrfcFTUU:kde.org?via=kde.org=matrix.org Hi everyone, Let's meet then next Monday at 18h UTC, here. https://meet.kde.org/b/ale-cgt-bbb Looking forward to it! Aleix
Re: Akademy is co-located with the Qt Contributors Summit this year
On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:16 PM Lydia Pintscher wrote: > > Hey folks :) > > Akademy (https://akademy.kde.org/2021) is getting closer and this year > we will have the Qt Contributors Summit co-located with Akademy. This > is a great opportunity to work closely together with other Qt > contributors and discuss the future development of Qt. > If you are a contributor to Qt or want to bring KDE's perspective to > Qt development discussions then you should consider attending some of > the sessions or holding one yourself. > Organisation is happening on the Qt wiki here: > https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Contributors_Summit_2021_-_Program > > If you have any questions please let me know. > > > Cheers > Lydia > > -- > Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher > KDE e.V. Board of Directors > http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org Hey folks :) This is a quick reminder that we are 2 weeks away from Akademy. I'm really looking forward to seeing you all, even if "just" online. The Qt Contributors Summit is joining us and the schedule linked above is filling up with content relevant for Qt contributors. If you're joining for the Qt Contributors Summit please indicate this as part of your Akademy registration. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
