Re: KDE at Qt World Summit 2017 - let's make it the best yet!
Surprisingly, I hear there is still some space! I'm happy to help as well. (Sent via my android phone) On 21-Aug-2017 4:48 PM, "David Edmundson" wrote: If there's sitll space, I'm happy to come help out. David
Registrations for conf.kde.in closing soon!
Hey everyone, Just a warm reminder that the registrations for the conf.kde.in[1] 2017, to be held in IIT-Guwahati in the beautiful state of Assam, in India, from 10-12 March have been open for over a week now and will be closing soon. Make sure you book your place at the event by registering yourself at the earliest. You can register yourself at : http://cki2017.doattend.com/ If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a mail to us at c...@kde.in or contact Bhushan Shah. Hurry up ! [1] https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-india/2017-January/001305.html -- Cheers, Harish
Re: Happy 20th Birthday, KDE!
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Hey folks :) > > Today is KDE's 20th birthday. I'm proud of all the things we've > achieved since Matthias sent his announcement email 20 years ago > today. I've written a short text for the dot here: > https://dot.kde.org/2016/10/14/happy-20th-birthday-kde I'd love to see > many personal reflections from all of you on PlanetKDE. And here's mine : https://harishnavnit.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/kdes-20th-anniversary/ > > I want to take the time to ask us all 2 questions: What are you most > proud of in KDE? What are you most excited about in KDE right now? I've written in detail in my blog post. To conclude briefly, I'm very proud to have organized the conf.kde.in in Southern India and am also proud of the work some of the newcomers, whom I had a chance to help initially, are putting in. I'm really exicted about new and upcoming projects and excited by the work being done by the plasma team on their respective projects. Cheers, Harish
Re: Cleaning up mailing lists?
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > Hi everyone, > recently I went through lists.kde.org and saw that there are lots of > lists there for some short-term projects in the past, or for projects which > have long since been abandoned. > Given that it probably doesn't give a good impression if someone > subscribes to one of those lists only to notice that nothing has happened > there for years, would it perhaps make sense to clean up our mailing lists, > killing those that are not used anymore? > Yes it does. But could you please tell which ones you're talking about ? Also worth noting here, is that a project not seeing much development doesn't automatically equate to a project with no users and the mailing lists are the easiest way for a user to reach out for support. But of course, if you know of any obvious cases then it totally makes sense to clean them up. C heers, Harish
Re: [kde-community] KDE's 20th birthday
Hi, On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:23 PM R.Harish Navnit > wrote: > >> I really like the idea of a KDE1 theme for plasma. Looking forward to >> that ! :-) >> >> In addition, I have a rather wild idea. What do you think about making a >> short video(s) depicting a typical day in a KDE >> developer/contributor/sysadmin's life ? Or a short documentary(need not be >> so intense or professional FWIW) on people behind KDE. I know there is >> behindkde.org , and we could just add a few more interviews there, if >> nothing else. >> But I feel doing interviews(not your regular hangout sessions and stuff, >> a bit more like a documentary, sort of) would be really interesting and >> would definitely be an attention grabber. >> >> Considering the occasion, I feel attempting something like this is worth >> a shot. Of course, we'll need volunteers for this. If you like the idea, >> feel it's relevant, let me know. As of now, I'm most likely the only >> volunteer. Anyone willing to join in ? >> > > Hey :) > > I really like this idea. Let's make it happen! Are you able to handle the > coordination on the promo mailing list? > Just a quick update here that I had a discussion with Mario Fux and Lays Rodrigues who have volunteered in filming some activities at the upcoming Randa meetings, with the aim of creating some content to be used for the 20th brithday celebrations too. I can't wait to see how things pan out in Randa, fingers crossed :-) Thanks, R.Harish Navnit The Enigma <http://harishnavnit.wordpress.com> ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] [kde-promo] Call for volunteers - Shortfilms on KDE community members
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Lays Rodrigues wrote: > > Hi Harish, Hi Lays ! > I'm interested in help. But I'm in Brazil, how can we do it? Thank you for offerring your help. So, I'm in India and that's not ideal either. So assuming we want to have make these films in time for the 20th birthday, i.e October 14, we can team up at QtCon and maybe spend an extra week or two in filming some stories. We might even be able to find a few more volunteers at QtCon if we're lucky. Would that work fine for you ? But if we want to showcase the films at QtCon, that's going to be a little difficult indeed(as majority of the long term KDE folks are in based in Europe). I think meeting up at QtCon and then moving forward would be the most effective(cost and otherwise) way to go forward. Do you have any suggestions ? P.S: Sorry for the late reply. I was busy with my university exams. > Regards, > > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:15 AM, R.Harish Navnit > wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> Few weeks ago, I proposed the idea[1] of making shortfilms/documentaries on >> the people who work on KDE's projects and how it has affected their lives >> and how their work is impacting the lives of others. This should be done in >> time for the 20th anniversary(or do we want to showcase it at QtCon ?) >> >> Personally speaking, I'm really excited at this idea and would love to see >> it happen. >> For that however, we need some folks to volunteer and help out. Would you >> like to help out and more importantly be available for maybe a week or two. >> Yes, we might have to go out and gather footage from the daily lives of >> people, who don't mind being on camera and who have made an impact on the >> KDE community. >> >> There are two types of volunteers I'm looking for. (i) Those who can help in >> filming stories and (ii) people who are willing to be a part of the films, >> depicting their stories. Depending on the number of volunteers, we can >> split up into teams and cover a few stories. >> >> Is there any interest in this ? Kindly let me know at the earliest. >> >> I made some notes on an notes.ko and if you have something to add, please >> feel free to do so : https://notes.kde.org/p/twentieth-anniversary-promo >> >> I hope we can make it big. Thank you for your time. >> >> [1] https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2016q2/002618.html Cheers, Harish ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
[kde-community] Call for volunteers - Shortfilms on KDE community members
Hey everyone, Few weeks ago, I proposed the idea[1] of making shortfilms/documentaries on the people who work on KDE's projects and how it has affected their lives and how their work is impacting the lives of others. This should be done in time for the 20th anniversary(or do we want to showcase it at QtCon ?) Personally speaking, I'm really excited at this idea and would love to see it happen. For that however, we need some folks to volunteer and help out. Would you like to help out and more importantly be available for maybe a week or two. Yes, we might have to go out and gather footage from the daily lives of people, who don't mind being on camera and who have made an impact on the KDE community. There are two types of volunteers I'm looking for. (i) Those who can help in filming stories and (ii) people who are willing to be a part of the films, depicting their stories. Depending on the number of volunteers, we can split up into teams and cover a few stories. Is there any interest in this ? Kindly let me know at the earliest. I made some notes on an notes.ko and if you have something to add, please feel free to do so : https://notes.kde.org/p/twentieth-anniversary-promo I hope we can make it big. Thank you for your time. [1] https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2016q2/002618.html Cheers, Harish ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] KDE's 20th birthday
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:23 PM R.Harish Navnit > wrote: >> >> I really like the idea of a KDE1 theme for plasma. Looking forward to that >> ! :-) >> >> In addition, I have a rather wild idea. What do you think about making a >> short video(s) depicting a typical day in a KDE >> developer/contributor/sysadmin's life ? Or a short documentary(need not be >> so intense or professional FWIW) on people behind KDE. I know there is >> behindkde.org , and we could just add a few more interviews there, if >> nothing else. >> But I feel doing interviews(not your regular hangout sessions and stuff, a >> bit more like a documentary, sort of) would be really interesting and would >> definitely be an attention grabber. >> >> Considering the occasion, I feel attempting something like this is worth a >> shot. Of course, we'll need volunteers for this. If you like the idea, feel >> it's relevant, let me know. As of now, I'm most likely the only volunteer. >> Anyone willing to join in ? > > > Hey :) > > I really like this idea. Let's make it happen! Are you able to handle the > coordination on the promo mailing list? Thank you. I've subscribed to the promo mailing list and will send out a mail, asking for volunteers/ideas etc regarding this once I'm done with my university examinations, which is the 14th of this month. Look forward to having a productive discussion :-) > > Everyone else: If you have not added your idea to > https://community.kde.org/20th_birthday yet please go ahead and do it. I'd > like to discuss this at the board meeting next weekend. Cheers, Harish ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] Telegram Relay Service
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Luigi Toscano wrote: > R.Harish Navnit ha scritto: >> Just wanted to add here that having telegram bot synced with your IRC >> channel really works for me. I think it's the easiest way for me(and >> probably for most newbies too) to always stay connected and keep track >> of the logs. >> >> I cannot afford a server yet which means I'm disconnected most of the >> times and because we have members in the community from varying >> timezones, I feel this is a huge drawback. Of course, I don't expect >> everyone to have/afford a server and so far, I feel syncing telegram >> to an IRC channel is the easiest, if not the best(probably not the >> best, admittedly) way to stay connected. > > About this specific point, all KDE developers can request an IRC bouncer: > https://community.kde.org/Sysadmin/BNC Yes, I wasn't aware of this. Thank you very much ! > > Not saying that it must be used instead of setting up the sync bot with > Telegram, just using this to advertise a service that maybe it's not too > known. > Cheers. Harish ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] Telegram Relay Service
Hi, Just wanted to add here that having telegram bot synced with your IRC channel really works for me. I think it's the easiest way for me(and probably for most newbies too) to always stay connected and keep track of the logs. I cannot afford a server yet which means I'm disconnected most of the times and because we have members in the community from varying timezones, I feel this is a huge drawback. Of course, I don't expect everyone to have/afford a server and so far, I feel syncing telegram to an IRC channel is the easiest, if not the best(probably not the best, admittedly) way to stay connected. Kudos from my side. Infact, I just filed a ticket to register #kde-publictransport as an official KDE channel and a telegram relay service for the channel too. Cheers. Harish On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: > >> El 7 may 2016, a las 07:26, Myriam Schweingruber escribió: >> >> Also, Telegram is >> intrusive, as the web client only works if you have it running on your >> phone as well, which eats up battery life to no end, > > This is not true. The web client connects directly to Telegram in the same > way as the phone client or the desktop client. It doesn't need your phone > active. It doesn't even need the app installed on your phone (not sure about > first-time signup). > > WhatsApp Web does everything through your phone (and people hate it). > Telegram Web doesn't. > >> and the breach of >> privacy because you have to share your private phone number with >> people you don't know in RL, > > People can contact you via your "alias" without needing your phone number, in > which case they won't see your phone number either. You can also join a group > whether you have an alias name or not, and others in the group will not see > your phone number (unless they already have it in their contacts). > > > I don't disagree with your other points, just avoiding misinformation on the > above two. > > -- > Nicolás > ___ > kde-community mailing list > kde-community@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] KDE e.V. Community Report for 1st Half of 2015
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > On Freitag, 8. April 2016 02:47:12 CEST Sandro Andrade wrote: >> Hi there, > > Hi Sandro, > >> I'm happy to inform you that we have just published the KDE e.V >> Community Report for 1st half of 2015: > > Thank you for doing this... > >> http://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-quarterly-2014_Q4.pdf > > ...this is the wrong link, though ;) > > Here is the correct one: > https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2015H1/ Wow, It has come together really nice. Kudos ! I spotted a minor typo in the conf.kde.in article though. Look for " dot.de.org contributors" and replace it with "dot.kde.org contributors". Thanks, R.Harish Navnit The Enigma <http://harishnavnit.wordpress.com> ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
Re: [kde-community] KDE's 20th birthday
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Clemens Toennies wrote: > Am 31.03.2016 um 09:22 schrieb Lydia Pintscher: > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 3:49 PM Lydia Pintscher wrote: > >> Hey folks :) >> >> Next year in October we will celebrate KDE's 20th birthday. This is >> still quite a bit in the future but we should start brainstorming >> ideas for what to do. I've started a wiki page: >> https://community.kde.org/20th_birthday Please add your ideas. >> > > Hey folks :) > > I wanted to bring this up again as we need to get going in order to make a > splash at QtCon about our 20th anniversary this year. Please go ahead and > add your ideas. Even better: Anyone up for stepping up to lead this? > > > I really like what is already there, especially the points from Alex N. > They make it very clear how we aim to go for the KDE vision, so +1 from me. > I really like the idea of a KDE1 theme for plasma. Looking forward to that ! :-) In addition, I have a rather wild idea. What do you think about making a short video(s) depicting a typical day in a KDE developer/contributor/sysadmin's life ? Or a short documentary(need not be so intense or professional FWIW) on people behind KDE. I know there is behindkde.org , and we could just add a few more interviews there, if nothing else. But I feel doing interviews(not your regular hangout sessions and stuff, a bit more like a documentary, sort of) would be really interesting and would definitely be an attention grabber. Considering the occasion, I feel attempting something like this is worth a shot. Of course, we'll need volunteers for this. If you like the idea, feel it's relevant, let me know. As of now, I'm most likely the only volunteer. Anyone willing to join in ? Cheers, R.Harish Navnit The Enigma <http://harishnavnit.wordpress.com> ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
[kde-community] Announcing conf.kde.in 2016
Greetings everyone, We are very excited to announce the fourth edition of conf.kde.in, the biggest KDE conference in India. This two day conference scheduled in March will bring together Qt developers, KDE contributors, open source enthusiasts and users from all across the nation. The event will give you the opportunity to learn, share, contribute, innovate and create while providing you endless possibilities with Qt/KDE technologies. conf.kde.in is an excellent platform for you to learn about FOSS and start contributing to it. The participants will be introduced to the KDE community, and shall also be given an overview of the latest developments in it. The talks and interactive sessions shall help strengthen your basics and shall familiarize you with what it’s like to be a part of the KDE community and help you to contribute to KDE and maybe for future participation in programs like Google Summer of Code, Season of KDE and Google Code-In. Talks Every speaker at conf.kde.in is a bonafide contributor to KDE, some of them contributing since a decade. Attending the conference will give you the opportunity to meet seasoned open source contributors, discuss with them, exchange ideas with them, learn from them and also teach them something new. Call for papers have been activated and the last day to submit talk is 31st Jan, 2016. Do submit your talk at https://conf.kde.org/en/india2016/cfp/session/new. Many of these contributors work for great companies (which themselves are involved in various open source projects. Also you will find that many of these contributors were students until recently.) *Wondering what KDE/Qt is ?* KDE is one of the largest international free software community. It has an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and OS X systems. KDE is known for its Plasma Workspace, an environment provided as the default working environment on many Linux distributions, such as Kubuntu, Pardus, and openSUSE. To find more information about KDE, please visit http://www.kde.org/ <http://www.kde.org/>Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software with a graphical user interface (GUI) and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as command- line tools and consoles for servers. Qt is most notably used in Tesla Motors, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Skype, VLC media player, VirtualBox, Dassault DraftSight and Mathematica, and by the European Space Agency, DreamWorks, Google, HP, KDE, Lucasfilm, Autodesk Maya, The Foundry's Nuke, Panasonic, Philips, Blackberry applications, Samsung, Siemens, Volvo, Walt Disney, Animation Studios and Research In Motion. Qt runs on multiple platforms which include Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Embedded Linux, Blackberry 10, Android, Sailfish and Ubuntu Phone OS. To find more information about Qt, please visit http://qt-project.org/ <http://qt-project.org/>*Details about** conf.kde.in <http://conf.kde.in>*: Venue: The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 5th - 6th March, 2016 The registrations for the conference will be open next coming week. Please register yourself here (http://cki2016.doattend.com/). We are working very hard to make conf.kde.in 2016 a huge success and it will happen with the help of your participation. Looking forward to meet you all. Stay tuned for regular updates about this event on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kdeindia) / Twitter ( https://twitter.com/kdeindia) page. For any queries, feel free to reach us at fosslnm...@gmail.com Cheers! [1] http://conf.kde.in [2] https://kde.in/conf/cfp Thanks, R.Harish Navnit The Enigma <http://harishnavnit.wordpress.com> ___ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
