Re: On a brighter note

2021-03-28 Thread Clemens Toennies
Thanks Valorie for raising that topic. There is surely a very important aspect about ownership of hardware and software and the right to truly change things around as one likes, instead of just "look, but don't touch (in fear you might break it)", which turns any sw/hw into a mere

Re: Formal request to set up a KDE Discourse instance

2021-03-06 Thread Clemens Toennies
Maybe it's an indication that putting monetary resources into these infrastructure projects (especially in light of KDE's current job hire initiative) would be a good idea? To be clear, this is not to say anything about the imo outstanding jobs of the current voluntaries. On Feb 23, 2021 23:53,

Re: Some Nice Things

2020-06-26 Thread Clemens Toennies
Thanks Aniqa for sending these! And thanks to anyone contributing code or in any other way to KDE software and community! Greetings, Clemens. On Jun 26, 2020 09:49, "Aniqa Khokhar" wrote: > Hello KDE Community, > > > > It is so easy to feel down when you read negative feedback from the users. >

Re: Qt, Open Source and corona

2020-04-09 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Apr 9, 2020 11:34, "Jens" wrote: > > > Hosting of the website also wouldn't be an issue (and if it ends up > > being high traffic, as long as the content is cacheable we can rely on > > Cloudflare). People would need to step up to write the content and > > produce any necessary graphics though

Re: Finalizing my position as Marketing Contractor

2020-02-19 Thread Clemens Toennies
Thanks Ivana for all the work you've done! I think you did a great job nevertheless! Wishing you the best for your new endeavours, Clemens. On Feb 19, 2020 11:21, "Ivana Isadora Devcic" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > hope you're doing well! > > As most of you know, I have been employed by KDE

Re: Trying to reach out the maintainer of kde-servicemenus-rootactions

2019-12-07 Thread Clemens Toennies
Hi Shinjo, what imdeed seems to be odd is that it looks like there's no real source repository for this. Even AUR seems to be using a "clone" git repo where they put the code: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kde-servicemenus-rootactions/ Maybe one idea is to add a new repo on KDE and continue

Re: vote invitation sent out for goal voting

2019-08-22 Thread Clemens Toennies
Hi, it feels a bit weird to have to choose 10+ answers. 1-3 minimum should be viable, to not skew results in some form imo. Greetings, Clemens.

Re: Invent/gitlab, issues and bugzilla

2019-07-04 Thread Clemens Toennies
On 04.07.2019 02:10, Elv1313 . wrote: So, proposed alternative solution: We make sure that all projects that want a public-facing bug tracker have a product on bugzilla, and that they communicate that as the only bug tracker to users for the time being. Would that work? Probably not. 1. As

Re: KDE at Kirchentag in Dortmund

2019-03-27 Thread Clemens Toennies
Sounds great. Since it is close to Bielefeld, I like to join but dont neccesarily need accomodation. Any more info on which days exactly what is planned and when/where to meet to help organizing, etc.? Greetings, Clemens. On Mar 27, 2019 08:34, "Olaf Schmidt-Wischhöfer" wrote: > Hi, > > the

Re: FOSS-North

2018-04-25 Thread Clemens Toennies
Thanks Adriaan for the nice wrapup and everyone who run the booth! Clemens. On Apr 25, 2018 11:16, "Adriaan de Groot" wrote: > Hi KDE Community and e.V., > > On the weekend of 21-22 april 2018 I traveled to Sweden to the FOSS-North > conference, in Gothenburg. I went there for

Re: do you need www.kde.org write access?

2018-03-08 Thread Clemens Toennies
On 08.03.2018 08:44, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: On Thursday, 8 March 2018 07:57:27 CET Ben Cooksley wrote: On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:42 AM, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: On Wednesday, 7 March 2018 12:31:21 CET Sebastian Kügler wrote: Hi all, We have been working on a modernized

Re: KDE receives 200,000 USD-donation from the Pineapple Fund

2018-02-19 Thread Clemens Toennies
Absolutely awesome! Thanks to the KDE community in general and those who made this happen. Greetings, Clemens. On Feb 19, 2018 10:36, "Paul Brown" wrote: > Hello, > > As you probably know by now, KDE received an incredibly generous donation > of > 200K USD from the

Re: Re: KDE and Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-01-19 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Jan 19, 2018 6:11 PM, "pointedstick" wrote: > > While we're at it, let's not only re-work existing KCMs, but try to take the opportunity to simplify and consolidate where possible. For example, the Launch Feedback KCM consists only of two checkboxes that could easily be

Re: Please help us push the fundraiser with a blog post about your work in 2017

2017-12-26 Thread Clemens Toennies
I think it has been mentioned before, but the white text on parts of the background image makes it hardly readable. Is there someone who can fix this? Happy holidays, Clemens. On Dec 26, 2017 04:25, "Lydia Pintscher" wrote: Hey folks :)

Re: QtWS 2017 update: team rally call; asset prep; Telegram group

2017-08-25 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 21.08.2017 um 10:50 schrieb Eike Hein: > Hi! > > I decided to start a new thread because no one reads monster threads :) > > Things to talk about: > > (1) QtWS KDE team > > Currently I have gotten responses from: > * Eike (yes I talk to myself) > * Helio > * Rohan > * Adriaan > * Aleix > * Sune

Re: latest draft for mission (and strategy)

2017-07-06 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 06.07.2017 um 10:09 schrieb Sebastian Kügler: > On donderdag 6 juli 2017 01:45:59 CEST Clemens Toennies wrote: >> Am 05.07.2017 um 22:58 schrieb Alexander Neundorf: >>> On 2017 M07 5, Wed 15:05:26 CEST Clemens Toennies wrote: >>>> On Jul 5, 2017 13:14, "Seba

Re: latest draft for mission (and strategy)

2017-07-06 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 06.07.2017 um 07:30 schrieb Kevin Ottens: > Hello, > > On Thursday, 6 July 2017 01:19:00 CEST Clemens Toennies wrote: >> More like "Practical Freedom"? >> The KDE community imo shouldnt be about "technicalities", thats up to >> how each project tr

Re: latest draft for mission (and strategy)

2017-07-05 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 05.07.2017 um 22:58 schrieb Alexander Neundorf: > On 2017 M07 5, Wed 15:05:26 CEST Clemens Toennies wrote: >> On Jul 5, 2017 13:14, "Sebastian Kügler" <se...@kde.org> wrote: >>> Should we make privacy our main focus for the next 5 years? >> How abo

Re: latest draft for mission (and strategy)

2017-07-05 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 05.07.2017 um 16:23 schrieb Kevin Ottens: > Hello, > > On Wednesday, 5 July 2017 15:05:26 CEST Clemens Toennies wrote: >> On Jul 5, 2017 13:14, "Sebastian Kügler" <se...@kde.org> wrote: >>> Should we make privacy our main focus for the next 5 year

Re: latest draft for mission (and strategy)

2017-07-05 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Jul 5, 2017 13:14, "Sebastian Kügler" wrote: > > > Should we make privacy our main focus for the next 5 years? How about Freedom? Fits "KDE - be free". There is also no freedom without privacy. Greetings, Clemens.

Re: Kubuntu and other KDE distribution's use of KDE infrastructure

2017-01-16 Thread Clemens Toennies
Blue Systems is not really involved after the shift to Neon.

Re: [kde-community] DigitalOcean is now a sponsor!

2016-07-06 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 06.07.2016 um 07:45 schrieb Boudhayan Gupta: > HI Alexander, > > On 6 July 2016 at 04:27, Alexander Potashev wrote: >> 2016-07-05 22:36 GMT+03:00 Boudhayan Gupta : >>> I'm excited to announce that DigitalOcean is sponsoring the KDE >>> Community. Under

Re: [kde-community] KDE Mission - let's do this!

2016-04-26 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 26.04.2016 um 22:41 schrieb Alexander Neundorf: > On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 07:44:03 Martin Graesslin wrote: > ... > >> And yes from the wider community we don't get the support for such things in >> Plasma. Rather the opposite. We get pushback for anything leaving the >> traditional

Re: [kde-community] KDE Mission - let's do this!

2016-04-24 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 23.04.2016 um 22:36 schrieb Alexander Neundorf: > Hi, > > On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 22:43:03 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> now that we've finally agreed on a vision for KDE [1] and have that out of >> the way, we can fully focus on how we want work towards that vision. >> Alex

Re: [kde-community] user stats for Neon

2016-04-16 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Apr 16, 2016 7:31 AM, "Frederik Schwarzer" wrote: > > > > Anyway, if wee feel the need to do it, I would vote for an opt-in solution shown in the first install wizard. +1 Greetings, Clemens. ___ kde-community mailing list

Re: [kde-community] KDE's 20th birthday

2016-03-31 Thread Clemens Toennies
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

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - final version

2016-03-19 Thread Clemens Toennies
+1 Regards, Clemens. On Mar 16, 2016 1:09 PM, "Sebastian Kügler" wrote: > On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:53:03 PM David Jarvie wrote: > > This may read a bit better, although it does slightly alter the emphasis: > > > > "A world in which everyone has control over their digital

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - second draft for discussion

2016-02-24 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 24, 2016 21:16, "Alexander Neundorf" wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 22:59:35 Riccardo Iaconelli wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 07:37:07 PM Ingo Klöcker wrote: > > > "KDE creates technology for a world in which everyone has freedom, > > > privacy

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-12 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 12, 2016 9:14 PM, "Alexander Neundorf" wrote: > > On Friday, February 12, 2016 21:00:37 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > ... > > Maybe what you want is an overarching product vision instead of a community > > vision, after all? > > I think I can answer at least for everybody from

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-12 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 12, 2016 9:56 PM, "Alexander Dymo" wrote: > > >> Maybe what you want is an overarching product vision instead of a community > >> vision, after all? > > > > I think I can answer at least for everybody from the alternative-draft team, > > maybe also for the people who

Re: [kde-community] Vision, mission and manifesto - what is their definition and purpose?

2016-02-12 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 12, 2016 9:15 PM, "Alexander Neundorf" wrote: > > On Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:17:03 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > In a do-ocracy such as KDE, you take part and are able to influence > > direction, or you stand at the sidelines and watch, but you don't stand at > > the

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-12 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 12, 2016 10:10 PM, "Alexander Neundorf" <neund...@kde.org> wrote: > > On Friday, February 12, 2016 21:37:23 Clemens Toennies wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2016 9:14 PM, "Alexander Neundorf" <neund...@kde.org> wrote: > > > On Fri

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-12 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 12, 2016 9:58 PM, "Alexander Dymo" <a...@alexdymo.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Clemens Toennies > <starb...@netrunner-os.com> wrote: > > And you're "overarching (product) vision" to be adopted by all of KDE would > &

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-10 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 10, 2016 10:01 PM, "Alexander Neundorf" wrote: > > So let's just assume Inkscape, since it was brought up here by Jos. Clearly a > GUI application, cross-platform and free. So far, clearly in. Our draft says > "familiar and consistent KDE user experience [...]. This is

Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - first draft for discussion

2016-02-09 Thread Clemens Toennies
On Feb 9, 2016 11:42 PM, "Sebastian Kügler" wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2016 23:07:56 Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2016 10:41:07 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > ... > > > > > As Martin said very well already: By defining our goals not in terms of > > >

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM wrapup

2016-02-03 Thread Clemens Toennies
Am 03.02.2016 um 22:13 schrieb Rohan Garg: Hey The Frameworks leaflets were really useful to hand out as a means of explaining "these are libraries that everyone can use in their Qt applications". While the leaflets are awesome, one of the most obvious questions I got asked, which was not