Re: [kde-community] intro to kde-community mailing list

2013-04-27 Thread Carl Symons
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Agustin Benito Bethencourt (toscalix) wrote: > Hi, > > I think that it is a good practice that we introduce ourselves since this is a > new open list. > ... snip ... > > Agustin Benito Bethencourt (toscalix) > KDE.e.V Treasurer > aben.

Re: [kde-community] KDE ev board candidacy

2013-05-22 Thread Carl Symons
r in any of many other ways. The KDE-community mailing list is intended to keep people informed whether or not they are KDE e.V. members. Carl Symons, KDE News editor (dot.kde.org) [1] http://ev.kde.org/ [2] http://ev.kde.org/corporate/board.php [3] http://ev.kde.org/members.php > > On

Re: [kde-community] Tupi: Open 2D Magic

2013-06-22 Thread Carl Symons
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Gustav González wrote: > Hello there! > > My name is Gustav Gonzalez, and currently I'm the leader and the only > developer > of Tupi, a (vector) 2D animation tool based on an abandoned project called > KTooN. > > Tupi [1] is developed using Qt (4.8) and is covered

[kde-community] Fwd: Pearson Ed's Women in Technology OSCON full pass contest

2013-06-24 Thread Carl Symons
Contest for full conference pass to OSCON in Portland Oregon USA http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013 Travel and accommodation NOT included. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bill Wright Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:04 AM Subject: Pearson Ed's Women in Technology OSCON full pass contest

Re: [kde-community] Why were there no talks about Ubuntu Mobile at Akademy?

2013-08-16 Thread Carl Symons
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote: > On Friday 16 August 2013 10:12:29 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: >> On Friday, August 16, 2013 01:49:56 you wrote: >> > Anyways, the question is why Canonical didn't have any talks about Ubuntu >> > Touch. I personally found it a bit weird and would

Re: [kde-community] Call for Hosts published for Akademy 2014

2013-08-31 Thread Carl Symons
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Heya folks :) > > We published the call for hosts for Akademy 2014. > http://dot.kde.org/2013/08/31/akademy-2014-call-host > Akademy is our most important meetup and we are looking for a team to > host it next year. Hosting an Akademy is an

Re: [kde-community] The Future of Speech Recognition in KDE: Proposal

2013-08-31 Thread Carl Symons
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Peter Grasch wrote: > Hello, > > for those of you that do not yet know me, my name is Peter Grasch and I > currently maintain the Simon project (http://simon.kde.org), a speech > recognition project in KDE's extragear. > > Over the course of the summer, I have been

[kde-community] (no subject)

2013-09-16 Thread Carl Symons
KDE has a major opportunity related to Qt Developer Days North America. Registration has just opened at www.qtdeveloperdays.com/northamerica. November 6 - 8, 2013 The San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront This is the premier event for Qt developers throughout North America. It is an opportuni

Re: [kde-community] Statement of support for our devs?

2013-10-20 Thread Carl Symons
On Sunday, October 20, 2013 13:08 Alvaro Soliverez wrote: > Hello, > I think this post by Mark Shuttleworth ( > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1295 ) deserves some kind of > formal statement of support for our devs. > It is an unequal statement, and it was a personal attack on one of > KD

Re: [kde-community] Statement of support for our devs?

2013-10-21 Thread Carl Symons
On Monday, October 21, 2013 07:54 Martin Graesslin wrote: > On Sunday 20 October 2013 09:42:29 Carl Symons wrote: > > On Sunday, October 20, 2013 13:08 Alvaro Soliverez wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I think this post by Mark Shuttleworth ( > > > http://www.markshutt

Re: [kde-community] Proposal: KDE Manifesto wording revision

2013-11-10 Thread Carl Symons
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 18:28 Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello community, > > After the publication of the initial version of the manifesto, I said I'd > act as curator for the time being and that it should be a living document > which would get updated from time to time. > > I didn't really live

Re: [kde-community] Discussion: KDE Manifesto, "web services"

2013-11-10 Thread Carl Symons
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 19:12 Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello community, > > In the principles section of the manifesto, we have the following point: > "Projects that choose not to host their web services on KDE infrastructure > need to provide administrative access to the KDE sysadmin team; or,

Re: [kde-community] Discussion: KDE Manifesto, "established practices"

2013-11-10 Thread Carl Symons
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 19:00 Kevin Ottens wrote: > Hello, > > In the principles, section of the manifesto we have the following point: > "The project stays true to established practices common to similar KDE > projects unless special considerations force it to deviate". > > I guess after le

Re: [kde-community] KDE Manifesto Revision (round 2)

2013-11-22 Thread Carl Symons
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Kevin Ottens wrote: > On Thursday 21 November 2013 21:24:21 Eike Hein wrote: >> +1 from me, too, though iirc native speakers requested 'writable by' :) > > You mean it should say: > * All source materials are hosted on infrastructure available and writable by > all

[kde-community] help inform about Akademy

2014-08-04 Thread Carl Symons
The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today (https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014-program-schedule-fast-fun-inspiring) Please help get the word out to (possible) users, sponsors and attendees. KDE is a prominent player in technology and one of the most successful venerable technolog

Re: [kde-community] help inform about Akademy

2014-08-05 Thread Carl Symons
Blog badges are now available thanks to Eugene Trounev https://community.kde.org/Akademy/2014/badges Please share your Akademy experiences and plans. On 08/04/2014 07:16 AM, Carl Symons wrote: The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today (https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014

[kde-community] Please participate in Akademy success

2014-08-22 Thread Carl Symons
C'mon folks, jump in. Akademy is an extravaganza by the people for the people. Carl On 08/04/2014 07:16 AM, Carl Symons wrote: The Akademy schedule was announced earlier today (https://dot.kde.org/2014/08/04/akademy-2014-program-schedule-fast-fun-inspiring) Please help get the word out to

[kde-community] KDE/Linux-able netbook

2014-09-13 Thread Carl Symons
David Weinberger is one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto. Influential techie. Earlier today, he tweeted: Just spent 3 of my first 5 hours with my new Windows computer removing redirect malware. It was 1/3 price of a Mac. Worth it? Hmmm. I replied: @dweinberger Just spent ~1 hour inst

Re: [kde-community] KDE/Linux-able netbook

2014-09-13 Thread Carl Symons
On 09/13/2014 10:53 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: On 13/09/2014 16:02, Carl Symons wrote: David Weinberger is one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto. Influential techie. Earlier today, he tweeted: Just spent 3 of my first 5 hours with my new Windows computer removing redirect malware. It was

Re: [kde-community] KDE/Linux-able netbook

2014-09-21 Thread Carl Symons
On 09/13/2014 10:46 AM, Helio Chissini de Castro wrote: Suggest to test a live distro on the computer above with KDE. No need to buy a new piece if everything works and the distro probably will offer an install option. Tweeted. Thank you. Carl On Sep 13, 2014 12:02 PM, "Carl S

kde-community@kde.org

2014-09-29 Thread Carl Symons
Hello KDE Community... especially those who are in US-Cascadia (aka The Pacific Northwest). KDE will have an exhibit space at the LISA 14 conference in Seattle[1]. Your participation is warmly invited. We will be presenting KDE software, along with other magic from the KDE Community. If you w

kde-community@kde.org

2014-09-30 Thread Carl Symons
On 09/29/2014 11:59 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Carl Symons wrote: Hello KDE Community... especially those who are in US-Cascadia (aka The Pacific Northwest). KDE will have an exhibit space at the LISA 14 conference in Seattle[1]. Your participation is

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-06 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/05/2014 09:11 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:21 PM, John Layt wrote: Hi, Just a heads-up that I will not be attending FOSDEM next year and will not be assisting in any way with preparations for FOSDEM or providing any hardware. This is the result of the FOSDEM or

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-07 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/06/2014 04:26 PM, Rick Timmis wrote: STOP, That is Enough !! This conversation does not belong here, it is devisive, confrontational and can not be resolved here.. WE - The KDE Community have a responsibility, and duty first and for most to protect the unity of our community PLEASE Cea

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/08/2014 12:27 PM, Rick Timmis wrote: Bless you Sebastian You expanded my think with clarity and intelligence, thank you. Same here. Thank you, Sebas I am sorry i SHOUTED, that was not necessary Thank you Rick. And I apologize for the harsh tone of my message. I agree re person

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-23 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/08/2014 08:14 AM, Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: On Saturday 06 December 2014 08:36:35 Carl Symons wrote: At least some of the FOSDEM organizers believe that it's important. They have a social conduct policy. It's published in the front of the program brochure. Apparently John doe

Re: [kde-community] [kde-promo] [kde-promo] FOSDEM

2014-12-24 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/23/2014 11:39 AM, Rick Timmis wrote: On December 23, 2014 1:25:23 PM GMT, Lydia Pintscher wrote: ...snip... We've got t-shirts covered now it seems. Can we get some of the little Konquis to sell? Anyone up for getting manifesto cards printed? Anyone up for getting a few FLAs print

Re: [kde-community] Location and dates of Akademy 2015 announced

2015-01-20 Thread Carl Symons
URL changed... https://dot.kde.org/2015/01/20/akademy-2015-coru%C3%B1a-spain-25-31-july Carl On 01/20/2015 08:47 AM, Kenny Duffus wrote: Hi Akademy 2015 is announced to be taking place in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain from the 25th to 31st July For more details see the announcement on the dot: ht

Re: [kde-community] stackexange site for krita

2015-02-25 Thread Carl Symons
On 02/25/2015 08:12 AM, Laszlo Papp wrote: I would personally much prefer integrating this into the KDE infrastructure rather than KDE going to Stack Exchange: http://www.osqa.net/ osqa.net looks good. There's also an established service (answerhub.com/), which could be implemented quickly.

Re: [kde-community] stackexange site for krita

2015-02-27 Thread Carl Symons
On 02/27/2015 03:02 AM, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: On Thu, 26 Feb 2015, Laszlo Papp wrote: I doubt that this assertion in the Qt and especially the KDE community to be honest. You're missing one very big and important point: this isn't about the Qt and the KDE community. This is about the Krita

[kde-community] LISA conference opportunity - Washington, D.C.

2015-04-25 Thread Carl Symons
Hello KDE Community, We have an exceptional opportunity to participate in LISA15 in Washington, DC. The full conference is from November 8–13, and the Expo is open on November 11–12. Below is some information about the conference from the LISA15 organizers. LISA (Large Installation System Adm

Re: [kde-community] stackexange site for krita

2015-05-13 Thread Carl Symons
On 05/13/2015 06:02 PM, Scott Petrovic wrote: I started configuring the Q&A site plugin. https://answers.kde.org/ You can search for questions or add your own. One issue I am having with this plug-in is you cannot filter by category(product) before you ask a question. All of the different produ

[kde-community] Fwd: LISA conference opportunity - Washington, D.C.

2015-05-22 Thread Carl Symons
27;ve ever thought about doing something extra to support KDE, this is the real deal. Email me for more information. Details below. Carl Forwarded Message Subject: LISA conference opportunity - Washington, D.C. Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:36:10 -0700 From: Carl Symons Organizati

[kde-community] thank you for Akademy

2015-07-29 Thread Carl Symons
Thanks to everyone who contributed to making Akademy happen. I especially appreciate Kenny Duffus (seaLne) and Kenny Coyle (automatical) who devote a lot of time and effort on Akademy throughout the year. Both of them work on the registration system, although it's mostly Kenny Coyle's baby.

Re: [kde-community] Renaming KScreenGenie

2015-08-24 Thread Carl Symons
On 08/24/2015 07:36 AM, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: On 24 August 2015 at 16:00, Luigi Toscano wrote: Jaroslaw Staniek ha scritto: On 24 August 2015 at 15:53, Martin Klapetek wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Boudhayan Gupta wrote: On 24 August 2015 at 18:45, Martin Klapetek wrote: KSna

Re: [kde-community] Renaming KScreenGenie

2015-08-26 Thread Carl Symons
On 08/26/2015 09:23 AM, Boudhayan Gupta wrote: On 26 August 2015 at 21:01, Lydia Pintscher wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Jos van den Oever wrote: Pixie <3 This throws a spanner in the works: https://trademarks.justia.com/867/00/pixie-86700104.html It's a trademark filing by LG E

[kde-community] sprint fundraising campaign

2015-08-28 Thread Carl Symons
Hello KDE Community, We are running a fundraising campaign[1] and need your help...in two ways. 1 - donate Please donate to the campaign. Any amount helps. 2 - spread the word Tell people about the campaign. Everyone on this mailing list has at least some interest in KDE. For some, KDE is an i

[kde-community] KMail wow!

2015-09-08 Thread Carl Symons
The new KMail (4.14.10) is mighty nice. I stopped using it for a while because of various difficulties. It was embarrassing to send emails to people using "another brand". Today, I tried again. Everything went smoothly. All the hard work really shows. The Kontact PIM suite beats everything else

Re: [kde-community] Renaming KScreenGenie

2015-09-18 Thread Carl Symons
On Saturday, September 19, 2015 12:17:00 AM Boudhayan Gupta wrote: > On 19 September 2015 at 00:00, Eike Hein wrote: > > I'd like to object to using Kapture for a number of reasons > > ... apologies for getting involved at this late hour, I was > > on vacation for most of this thread :) > > > > *

Re: [kde-community] Renaming KScreenGenie

2015-09-19 Thread Carl Symons
Blink PrtSc On Saturday, September 19, 2015 05:36:22 PM rajeev bhatta wrote: > I personally agree with Luigi that the name should not be a generic name, > specifically to not get multiple confusing results in search engines. > > > Like the name selfie..but it will be nightmare finding the app i