Git Commit Template
One nice feature of Git is the ability to configre a default Commit Message Template that appears for you to edit whenever you create a commit. This enables a project to display reminders about how...
View ArticleTechBase
While cleaning up the TechBase Getting Started pages for the Git move, I've been noticing a lot of other pages that are either incorrectly located in the TechBase hierarchy, are lacking in quality or...
View ArticleMissing Something?
Ana posted a good blog about small KDE3 applications missing in KDE4 which spawned some good comments and suggestions for more apps that we are missing. Rather than let such ideas disappear into the...
View ArticleCamp KDE 2011
Greetings from San Francisco where I'm currently attending Camp KDE, that geek-fest that is the annual North American KDE community meet-up. We're well into the second and final day of the conference...
View ArticleGSoC 2011 Project Ideas
The Google Summer of Code student submission deadline is looming in a couple of days and I want to make a little noise around some ideas that I'd like to see students applying for.First up are some...
View ArticleKDE Git Documentation
Just a reminder to people we have some Git documentation on TechBase detailing some recommended Git configuration options and some common Git Recipes to follow when doing common Git tasks. There's a...
View ArticleRanda Ramblings
[Edit: Updated the sponsors list]I'm home from the Platform 11 Sprint in Randa, Switzerland, where I had a fantastic 7 days with the KDE Core team discussing the future of KDE's Development Platform....
View ArticleDesktop Summit, Take 2
My Desktop Summit was a very busy one, I gave a talk, chaired three BoFs, was on a RadioTux discussion panel, wore a red-shirt but didn't die, attended the eV AGM, participated in many other BoFs, and...
View ArticleKF5 Localization and Printing Plans
As most of you will know by now, the KDE Development Platform team have been working on a plan for the next generation of our libraries under the working title of KDE Frameworks 5 (aka KF5 or KFV)....
View ArticleTablet Fun and Games
I've had a little time to play with my ExoPC tablet kindly provided by Intel, and after a brief look at the MeeGo/Intel tablet UX decided that Plasma Active was the way to go (sorry Intel!). The MeeGo...
View ArticleMusic collection software?
Dear Lazyweb :-)Barely having enough time to draw breath at the moment, I thought I'd abuse the Planet again for some help. My brother Paul is the volunteer technical manager of his local community...
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Where does the time go?
Wow, some 7 months since my last blog post, I have been bad :-) Obviously life has been rather busy this last 9 months since going back to full-time work, strangely my employer expects a full 8 hour...
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Focusing on printing in Qt 5
With the necessary work on Localization for Qt 5.0 winding down In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been able to concentrate more on my role as maintainer for the Qt Printing module. As maintainer I get...
View ArticleFame Akademy
Interested in eternal fame and fortune within the KDE community? Want to be forever known as the person who implemented the Number 1 most requested feature in KDE? Read on and find out how!In Luca's...
View ArticleICU - Did U C Me?
The more observant of you out there may have noticed me popping up in the background of the recent KDE PIM Sprint, my first real KDE appearance in a while. Work has left me with very little time this...
View ArticleUrgent fund-raiser for Daniel Nicoletti.
Many of you will know Daniel Nicoletti, aka dantti, a KDE contributor to many projects such as the Print Manager, colord, Apper, PackageKit, etc. You may also remember a couple of years ago that we...
View ArticleKDE at Qt Developer Days
***UPDATE 2013-08-27: KDE e.V. has now approved travel and accommodation sponsorship for a limited number of ticket applicants. If this would enable you to attend, please email me requesting a ticket,...
View ArticleQtDD Tickets, EMail Disasters
Just a reminder we still have sponsored tickets available for Qt Dev Days in Berlin in October, and a limited amount of travel and accommodation sponsorship to help you get there. See my previous blog...
View ArticleHelp Test QtPrintSupport Changes in Qt 5.3 Beta 1
Significant changes have been made to the internals of QtPrintSupport in Qt 5.3 in an effort to resolve many of the page layout bugs and inconsistent behaviour across platforms, as well as preparing...
View ArticleRanda Is Special
Randa is a special event in the KDE calendar.Randa is special as it is a tiny village high in the Swiss Alps with few distractions beyond the stunning scenery. Participants have little else to do than...
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