Plasma 5.6.5 and Frameworks 5.23 now in Backports for Kubuntu 16.04
Plasma 5.6.5 and Frameworks 5.23 have hit the Backports PPA people! Plasma 5.6.5 brings bugfixes and translations from the month of June thanks to contributors, while Frameworks 5.23 brings new fixes in KWallet, KWayland, Breeze and much more! Plasma: https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.6.5.php Frameworks: https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the…
Kubuntu Podcast goes Open and Unplugged
Podcast fans will know that we were struck down with lucky show thirteen. Google Hangouts crashed out twice, and we lost the live stream. We ended up half an hour late, with no Hangouts, and a hastily make-shift YouTube live stream hooked together in record time by the #awesome Ovidiu-florin…
Kubuntu Dojo 2 – Kubuntu Ninjas
Want to get deeper under the hood with Kubuntu? Interested in becoming a developer? Then come and join us in the Kubuntu Dojo: Thursday 30th June 2016 – 18:00 UTC Packaging is one of the primary development tasks in a large Linux distribution project. Packaging is the essential way of…
Plasma 5.6.4 available in 16.04 Backports
The Kubuntu Team announces the availability of Plasma 5.6.4 on Kubuntu 16.04 though our Backports PPA. Plasma 5.6.4 Announcement: https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.6.4.php How to get the update (in the commandline): 1. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports 2. sudo apt update 3. sudo apt full-upgrade -y Here is a great video demoing the some of…
Kubuntu Party 4 – The Gathering of Halflings
Come and join us for a most excellent Gathering of Halflings at Kubuntu Party 4, Friday 17th June 19:00 UTC. The party theme is all about digging out those half finished projects we’ve all got lying around our Geekdoms, and fetching them along for a Show ‘n’ Tell. As ever, there…
Kubuntu Party 3
Friends it just keeps getting better; we are going to crack open another case of Kubuntu Geek Fun! If you’re behind the curve on Kubuntu party then this previous post will fill in the gaps. Friday 20th May 20:00 UTC, we may or may not dressing up in party frocks,…
Kubuntu Dojo – Ninja developer training
Want to get deeper under the hood with Kubuntu? Interested in becoming a developer? Then come and join us in the Kubuntu Dojo: Thursday 26th May 2016 – 18:00 UTC Packaging is one of the primary development tasks in a large Linux distribution project. Packaging is the essential way of…
Kubuntu 16.04 LTS Release Anouncement
The Kubuntu team is excited and delighted to announce the release of Kubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus. This is the first release from the team since we became a completely volunteer group, just after the release of 15.10. Delivering an Long-Term Release (LTS) release is a superb achievement, and testimony to…
Party 2 in Review
Last night (Friday 15th April, 19:00 UTC) we held the second of our Kubuntu packaging parties. Using the new conference server provided by BigBlueButton (BBB), things worked like a dream. Our last party was difficult to orchestrate as we were operating across multiple channels. Internet Relay Chat, Mumble voice server,…
Kubuntu 16.04 LTS Beta 2
We are preparing Kubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04 LTS) for distribution on April 21, 2016. With this Beta 2 pre-release, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our next stable version. We would love to get some testing by our users. Plasma 5, the next generation of…