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Plasma and apps for mobile also getting overhauled for 6.
It's not only Plasma on the desktop that is getting a new version, as Devin Lin explains in his blog post,
https://espi.dev/posts/2023/12/plasma-mobile-towards-6/
developers are working hard on getting #PlasmaMobile 6 ready for the #megarelease scheduled for February.
... And then there are all the #apps that work both on Linux and #Android (and often Windows and macOS too). KDE Connect, Itinerary, @neochat, Kasts, etc., as @VolkerKrause tells us, are being updated for other platforms:
https://volkerkrause.eu/2023/12/16/kf6-android-porting-status.html
Remember you can help #support KDE by becoming a Supporting Member:
https://kde.org/fundraisers/plasma6member/
Or by #donating to our community:
A question: AFAICS, #KDEItenary only supports SNCF and DB QR code tickets up to now. Is that correct? Is there some documentation, of how to add other companies? I'd like to have SBB and ÖBB as well, and I'm sure, other railway companies wold be aprechiated by other people as well. I couldn't find anything, but I might just have missed it.
@cdonat @neochat @kde Importing tickets directly from the online shop by just entering your name and booking code is limited to DB/SNCF so far, yes. We'd love to have more operators covered, but not many have that capability, it's often not officially supported/documented and in some cases (e.g. ÖBB) it has unwanted side-effects like losing the ability to use a different train.
Importing tickets by other means (PDF, QR code, etc) however works for many more operators, including ÖBB and SBB.
I see. Last time I tried to import a QR code from an SBB PDF, it didn't work. But maybe I did something wrong. I'll try again next time. Thanks
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@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
I can't say how happy this upgrade makes me. I love this style of home screen so much more than Halcyon (although I understand the reason that needed to exist), and the most common complaint I've heard from people trying out #PlasmaMobile was the stability, so I really feel like this is an important one-two punch for improving #PlasmaMobile.
I'm still looking for ways that I can significantly help #PlaMo out without money or coding skills to spare. Call me if y'all need an icon, ok?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social kdeconnect is one of the best things ever 
@kde Definitely flashing this when it's out.
Hear me out… Maybe every app on your desktop doesn’t need to start with the same letter.
For better or for worse, starting every project with a K does make KDE software very recognisable. Their themes don’t jam with my setup so I use it as a way to avoid most of them, but it’s solid branding. KDE users used to be able to do the same thing with Gnome applications, but Gnome has switched away from that approach.
KOrganizer should just be filed under “o”, though. And I don’t know what krfb does, but it needs a name users can pronounce.
“kurrrrfb” not pronounceable for you?
Khere kre kther ketters??
Gwenview, Dolphin, digiKam, AudioTube, Elisa, NeoChat, GCompris…
Not sure what you’re trying to say here.
KDE apps that don’t start with the letter “K”. Also, many KDE apps a not tied to any particular desktop or indeed platform.
That’s cool and all but none of those apps are in this screen shot?
Khy not?
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
I have an old phone lying around. How can I try plasma on it?
@somegeek @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social You can try plasma mobile by installing postmarketos on your phone https://postmarketos.org/
@CQL @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
In the postmarketOS website I saw that my device ( smasung A6 2018) isn't supported. Do you have any suggestions?
@somegeek @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social it is supported (sort of) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_A6_2018_(samsung-a6lte)
although a lot of things don't work.
Cool!
What kind of devices would this run on?
I’m not a Linux mobile expert but I think you can get it on a handful of older devices like the OnePlus 6. Limited support sadly since ARM insists on not enforcing UEFI (among other things)
@kde @otter On any device supported by the distributions listed at https://plasma-mobile.org/get/
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social does kmail works in Plasma Mobile? Can we use it to fetch emails from google for example?
@itsoulos @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social It works of course, but it's interface isn't mobile friendly at all. Merkuro will be a better fit, it uses the same backend as KMail (Akonadi) anyway.
looks very dope.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Docked mode is exciting! That's the kind of thing I'm looking for. Getting a desktop session on an external monitor when you plug in would be amazing
Same here. I prefer to do 9/10 tasks on a desktop vs a phone, but sometimes I leave the house to go places. I would love to be able to dock my phone and carry a folding mouse rather than having to manage syncing a device for each stage of portability.