Testing KScreen packages available for openSUSE
Yesterday Alex Fiestas showed on his blog a video of a recent development version of the KScreen library, created to handle easily multiple monitor setups in KDE, almost in an “automagic” way. As this...
View ArticleUpcoming changes to openSUSE KDE repositories
Since KDE has released the first beta of Platform, Workspaces, and Applications 4.11, there will be some changes in the packages offered in the openSUSE repositories. In short: KDE:Distro:Factory will...
View ArticleQt5 on openSUSE (including experimental KF5 packages)
In the past few days, the openSUSE KDE team has been working hard, following the footsteps of the nice work done by the Kubuntu and Arch Linux communities, to provide Qt5 packages for the distribution....
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An expedition in the QML realm
Among the different widgets I use on my desktop, there is a small one which tells me my current public IP address. The reason I’m having it is due to the fact that my own ISP uses a NAT for almost all...
View ArticleBeing Current
It is not news that openSUSE, through to the effort of the openSUSE community KDE team, offers several third-party repositories for those who want the latest software from KDE. Since a while, stable...
View ArticleUnlocking KWallet with PAM
Requests to unlock KWallet automatically on login (assuming the wallet password and user password are the same), like gnome-keyring can do, have been going on for years: in fact, bug reports requesting...
View ArticleChanges in KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 5 packaging in openSUSE
Since a couple of weeks the packages offered by openSUSE in the KDE:Unstable:Frameworks repository have undergone a series of changes. In particular, the packages now install to /usr. For the...
View ArticlePlasma 5 live images for openSUSE and on the default openSUSE desktop
A lot has been happening on the KDE side of openSUSE… this post summarizes what’s been going on so far. Live media for Plasma 5 One of the most-often requested ways to test Plasma 5, given it can’t be...
View ArticleDynamically static
Since 26th December 2005, I’ve been runnning this blog with Wordpress. At the time there were little alternatives and finally I had got hold of a host (Dreamhost, at the time) that supported PHP and...
View ArticleThe Big Forum Cleaning
In the past week, the KDE Community Forums administrators had been discussing how to improve the current forum layout. There are a few reasons in favor of a reorganization. First of all, to reflect...
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Where are my noble gases? I need MORE noble gases!
As KDE software (be it the Frameworks libraries, the Plasma 5 workspace, or the Applications) develops during a normal release cycle, a lot of things happen. New and exciting features emerge, bugs get...
View ArticleTwo in one
As you may know (unless you’ve been living in Alpha Centauri for the past century) the openSUSE community KDE team publishes LiveCD images for those willing to test the latest state of KDE software...
View ArticleThe heroes we deserve
You may be aware that openSUSE Leap 42.2 is now in the release candidate stage, and there’s a lot of activity aimed at squashing those pesky bugs before they hit the final release. One particular bug...
View ArticleTesting the untestable
Admit it: how many times you have seen “software from this branch is completely untested, use it at your own risk” when you checked the latest code from any FOSS project? I bet you have, many times....
View ArticleKilling the redundancy with automation
In the past three weeks, the openSUSE community KDE team has been pretty busy to package the latest release of Applications from KDE, 16.12. It was a pretty large task, due to the number of programs...
View ArticleSystemd and KDE Workspaces in openSUSE 12.3
openSUSE is migrating to the use of systemd for the upcoming 12.3 version, given the difficulties that emerged in trying to co-maintain two different init systems (SysV + systemd). While I am not going...
View ArticleKDE Workspaces and Applications 4.10 on live images courtesy of openSUSE
The 4.10 release for the KDE Development Platform, Workspaces and Applications is drawing nigh… as you may have read, there is now an additional release candidate in order to test some last-minute...
View ArticleTest the upcoming openSUSE 12.3 and KDE Workspace, Applications and Platform...
Following up on my previous post, a different type of image has been made by the openSUSE KDE community members. In particular, alin has created images sporting the same software from KDE (4.10 RC2)...
View ArticleKDE Platform, Workspaces, Applications 4.10 RC3: openSUSE packages available
Following up on the announcement from KDE, the openSUSE KDE team is happy to announce the availability of 4.10 RC3 packages. Remember that they are packages meant for testing and reporting bugs, so...
View ArticleKDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.10 available for openSUSE
Hot on the heels of the announcement from KDE, the openSUSE KDE team is happy to announce the availability of packages for the latest stable release of the KDE Platform, Workspaces, and...
View ArticleKDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.10.2 packages available for openSUSE
KDE has released its monthly update for the 4.10 release, and after a brief wait while the Open Build Service worked over the released tarballs, the openSUSE KDE team is pleased to announce the...
View ArticleKDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.10.3 for openSUSE
KDE released 4.10.3 versions of the Platform, Workspaces and Applications yesterday, with more than 70 bugs being fixed. Notably:Several fixes in handling encrypted mails in KMailFixes for KDEPIM...
View ArticleKDE Platform Workspace, and Applications 4.10.4 for openSUSE
These posts kind of sound like a broken record, right? ;) Anyway, since KDE has released new versions of Platform, Workspaces and Applications as part of the stable release cycle, thanks to the OBS we...
View Article4.11 beta 1 packages available for openSUSE 12.3
As a consequence of [the recent changes in the repositories]({{ site.url }}/2013/06/upcoming-changes-to-opensuse-kde-repositories), the openSUSE KDE team is happy to announce the availability of...
View Article4.11 beta 2 openSUSE packages available
KDE released the second beta of the KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.11, and after the necessary time for the OBS to build packages from the released tarballs, packages are available for...
View ArticleKDE releases 4.11 RC1, and openSUSE packages follow!
The latest release from KDE moved from beta to RC stage, thus finding and reporting bugs is more important that ever. At the same time, the distribution packaging teams are also working in polishing...
View ArticleLast round of testing: 4.11 RC2 packages for openSUSE
The latest release of the KDE Platform, Workspaces, and Applications (4.11) is around the corner: in fact, the last RC was recently made available. We’re almost there, but it doesn’t mean that testing...
View Article8 months with KDE and openSUSE - looking back after the 13.1 release
And so, finally openSUSE 13.1 is out of the door (I couldn’t celebrate like I wanted, as I’ve been very busy). This release has lots of improvements, and of course, the latest stable software from KDE....
View Article4.13 Beta 1 Workspaces, Platform and Applications for openSUSE: start the...
Yesterday KDE released their first beta of the upcoming 4.13 version of Workspaces, Applications and Development platform. As usual with the major releases from KDE, it’s packed with a lot of “good...
View ArticleKDE:Current and 4.13 packages for openSUSE
This is a guest post by Raymond “tittiatcoke” Wooninck, with contributions from myself and Hrvoje “shumski” SenjanIn the next hours the [KDE:Current]({{ site.url }}/2014/03/being-current/) repository...
View ArticleLatest 4.13, newest 4.14 beta and Plasma 5 in openSUSE
Congratulations to KDE (of which I’m proud of being a part of) for the newest release of the Plasma workspace! At the same time, the 4.x series has seen a new beta release, and the stable branch got...
View ArticleKDE Applications and Platform 4.14.2 available for openSUSE
Following up on KDE’s announcement of the latest stable release, we have now packages available for 12.3 and 13.1 (a 13.2 repository will be made available after it is out). You will find them in the...
View ArticleKDE PIM changes in openSUSE Tumbleweed
Short version: the KDE PIM in openSUSE Tumbleweed is moving from 4.14.x to the KF5 based version. More details below.Some historyAs you may know, up to now the default PIM suite for Plasma 5 in...
View ArticlePlasma 5.2 for openSUSE? You bet!
The ever-amazing Plasma team from KDEjust put out a new release of Plasma. I won’t spend much describing how big of an improvement it is - the release announcement at KDE has all the details needed to...
View ArticleSometimes they come back: Danbooru Client ported to KF5 and C++
Some of you may remember a semi-complex application I wrote back in the days, namely [Danbooru Client]({{ site.url }}/projects/danbooru-client/). Written in PyKDE4, it provided a semi-decent interface...
View ArticleDanbooru Client 0.2.0 released
After my previous post, development went quicker than expected, so I’ve actually managed to get a real version out. ;) So without much ado… here’s Danbooru Client 0.2.0!This redesigned C++ version...
View ArticleDanbooru Client 0.3.0
Following up on yesterday’s release, I’ve released Danbooru Client 0.3.0.This early new release is mostly due to the fact that the QML view file wasn’t installed (sorry!) so part of the UI would not...
View ArticleKDE Applications 15.08 RC for openSUSE
KDE has recently released the newest Release Candidate of the Applications 15.08 release. Among the new features and changes of this release, there is a technology preview of the new KF5-based KDE PIM...
View ArticleDanbooru Client 0.5.0 released
A new version of Danbooru Client is now available!What is Danbooru Client?Danbooru Client is an application to access Danbooru-based image boards (Wikipedia definition).It offers a convenient, KF5 and...
View ArticleOf gases, Qt, and Wayland
Ever since the launch of Argon and Krypton, the openSUSE community KDE team didn’t really stand still: a number of changes (and potentially nice additions) have been brewing this week. This post...
View ArticleDanbooru Client 0.6.0 released
A new version of Danbooru Client is now available!What is Danbooru Client?Danbooru Client is an application to access Danbooru-based image boards (Wikipedia definition).It offers a convenient, KF5 and...
View ArticleI have a problem...
Every day, a sizable number of people posts problems on the KDE Community Forums and the ever-helpful staff does their best to solve whatever issues they’re facing. But what exactly does one do when...
View ArticleDanbooru Client 0.6.1 released
A new version of Danbooru Client is now available!What is Danbooru Client?Danbooru Client is an application to access Danbooru-based image boards (Wikipedia definition).It offers a convenient, KF5 and...
View ArticleThere can never be enough testing
As you may already know (if you don’t, please check theseolder posts) openQA, the automated testing system used by openSUSE runs daily tests on the latest KDE software from git. It works well and...
View ArticleDolphin and openQA and other assorted bits
Part of this post is about openQA, openSUSE’s automated tool which tests a number of different scenarios, from installation to the behavior of the different desktop environments, plus testing the...
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Providing KDE software updates from git for fun and profit in openSUSE
If I look back at the last post I made on ths blog… let’s say quite a lot of time has passed. The reason? Well, first of all, one would call it a lack of motivation1, and afterwards, the emergence of a...
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Refreshed look
You might have noticed that the blog has a markedly different look than before. It has not only changed visually, but also under the hood. This (brief) post summarizes the reasons behind the...
View ArticleFixed comments
The migration happened and well… it turns out that it was not as smooth as I expected. In particular, comments weren’t working at all due to a filesystem permission on the database (which meant nothing...
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DIY KVM over IP with pikvm
(Note: this post also appears in Planet KDE and Planet openSUSE because I thought this might be interesting to others)As I mentioned in some other posts, I have a small “server” which I use as a NAS to...
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