Carl Schwan :kde:

Hello, I'm Carl. I'm French-German and I currently live in Berlin. In my free time, I contribute to the KDE project where I (co-)maintain multiple applications: Tokodon, Kalendar, NeoChat as well as the websites. Aside from coding, I like cycling and playing board games.

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carlschwan_at_floss.social@mostr.pub

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2024-08-08 21:14:40

Little evening fun: porting Braindump to Qt6
#kde #calligra
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2024-07-23 20:58:11

Kirigami Addons 1.4 is out! This release includes a shortcut editor and a command bar popup. You might already know them from Merkuro and Marknote, but now more applications can make use of that without massive code duplication.
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/07/23/kirigami-addons-1.4/
#kde #kirigami #linuxMobile
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2024-07-21 08:51:43

Lakes around Berlin are awesome!
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2024-07-03 17:34:10

The command bar and shortcut editor of Merkuro and Marknote was up-streamed to Kirigami Addons. Now more application should benefit from this without having to copy thousands line of code everywhere :)
#kde #kirigami
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2024-07-02 11:07:21

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@npub1m9m…rl3e oh I will need to keep an eye on https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5717
This would be amazing 🤩

2024-07-01 20:56:20

Here is a small update on my new password manager project (for those who missed it https://carlschwan.eu/2024/07/01/initial-work-on-keychain/).
Keychain now supports opening KDBX files encrypted with a key file and an hardware token.
#kde #plasma #linux #security
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2024-07-01 12:19:32

I wrote a bit last night about my progress on a new password manager for Plasma :) For the moment this is more a proof of concept than anything usable in production, but I am already quite happy with the state
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/07/01/initial-work-on-keychain/
#kde #security #linux
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2024-06-26 11:44:22

And another release is Hash-o-Matic 1.0.1 which only contains translation updates and some small visual tweaks.
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/06/25/hash-o-matic-1.0.1/
#kde #LinuxMobile #linux
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2024-06-26 11:29:30

Kirigami Addons 1.3.0 is out with many improvements to the settings related components. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/06/26/kirigami-addons-1.3.0/
#kde #kirigami #LinuxMobile #linux
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2024-06-14 21:57:56

First day of the KDE PIM sprint in Toulouse. Aside from the wonderful cakes, we actually managed to get quite a few stuff done.
#kde #merkuro #kmail #linux
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2024-05-31 15:49:31

Finally wrote about a topic, I have been thinking for a long time: a KDE Apps initiative. There are already more than 200 KDE Apps, but this is not enough. So let's more KDE apps together!
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/05/31/kde-apps-initiative/
#kde #linux #OpenSource

2024-05-18 13:06:54

🚀 MarkNote, KDE’s WYSIWYG note-taking app, just released a new update! Enjoy improved note management, enhanced Markdown support, initial sketching features, and more.
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/05/17/marknote-1.2/
#kde #LinuxMobile
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2024-05-09 21:01:21

Kirigami Addons 1.2 is out now! It's a small release and you can find all the juicy details on my blog https://carlschwan.eu/2024/05/09/kirigami-addons-1.2/
#kde #kirigami
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2024-04-27 12:30:07

Best place to do some KDE hacking 🤩
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2024-04-01 15:21:08

First release of the day: Kirigami Addons 1.1.0! This contains a bunch of new components that you can use in your Kirigami/QML apps.
https://carlschwan.eu/2024/04/01/kirigami-addons-1.1.0/
#kirigami #kde
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2024-04-01 14:19:15

Do you know about KNOME already? It was the nice Aprils fools we did a few years ago with #GNOME and #KDE. While we lost the original domain, I still host a version of it on my server.
https://knome.carlschwan.eu/
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2024-03-30 22:19:16

Made some further changes to Marknote, the new rich text editor from KDE, today :)
Now with support for images, links and check-boxes as well as an overhaul of all the dialogs. 😍 Another release is planned soon ;)
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2024-03-22 11:26:36

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And it looks like they removed this particular citation, maybe they realized that what they wrote didn't make sense.

2024-03-21 08:43:03

From Microsoft about the Redis licensing change 🤡
> By embracing source-available licenses, Redis aims to foster a more inclusive and sustainable ecosystem that encourages collaboration and innovation. These licenses ensure that developers have access to the latest Redis technologies while also preserving the integrity of the open-source community.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/redis-license-update-what-you-need-to-know/

2024-03-17 18:09:13

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@npub16ur…mx4u hmm UnifiedPush is implemented in Tokodon and NeoChat and soon enabled by default https://invent.kde.org/libraries/kunifiedpush/-/merge_requests/10

2024-03-13 13:47:20

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@npub1w7m…9wnp Any hint of that this could be? :)

2024-02-27 22:08:01

Big KDE Plasma 6 release tomorrow 🥳. Who is excited and what is the feature your are the most looking for with this release? #plasma6
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2024-02-23 14:09:48

There will be KDE/Plasma 6 release party a bit everywhere next week: Berlin, Nürnberg (Germany), Budapest (Hungary), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Barcelona and Málaga (Spain), Cambridge (UK), Montréal (Canada), Seoul (South Korea).
Don't hesitate to join one of them or host your own KDE release party in your city. It's a great occasion to meet fellow Linux and KDE users/contributors near you!
https://community.kde.org/Promo/Events/Parties/KDE_6th_Megarelease
#kde #linux

2024-02-15 14:33:53

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@npub185n…luq0
> das kommende Plasma 6 wird sogar nur noch eine Wayland-Sitzung starten
Plasma 6.0 unterstützt noch X11. Wayland wird nur die neue Standardkonfiguration sein.

2024-02-08 09:40:57

If you are a journalist, blogger, YouTuber, or someone you know who is and you are interested in writing an article about the next #kde Plasma 6 release, let me know. We finished working on the release announcement with all the juicy information, and I'll happily share a secret link with you and answer any of your questions.
Boost welcome
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2024-01-21 22:44:00

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@npub1s7y…u8ak @npub1zgk…x8cn (personal opinion with might or not be shared by the rest of the plasma mobile team)
postmarketOS is the best OS for testing Plasma Mobile at the moment. It's well maintained by @npub13rt…a602 and they even have a nightly and beta repo with the latest stuff from git :) https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Plasma_Mobile#Nightly_repository

2024-01-21 22:38:52

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@npub1s7y…u8ak @npub1zgk…x8cn The "no release for spacebar and dialer for more of one year" is definitively my fault :( I forgot to include them in either the plasma release cycle or application release cycle when we discontinued the mobile specific release cycle.
Good news is that end of February there will be a big release of everything and there is a lot of changes.

2024-01-15 09:50:37

KDE e.V. is hiring! The non-profit behind KDE is looking for a project lead and event manager for a new project to promote environmentally-sustainable software and long-term hardware and funded by the German government. It's a part time job (10h/week) and for a duration of two years.
If you are interested, here are some additional informaiton
https://ev.kde.org/2024/01/14/2024-01-14-job-project-lead-event-manager/
#FediHire @npub16le…pcp2

2023-12-22 08:05:58

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@npub10zm…zrpx @npub1tey…evjl it's an issue with the qt 6.7 beta

2023-12-19 13:25:20

I create a new KDE style called Brise.
This style contains some tweaks to the default Breeze style like larger and configurable border radius, a new tab style, and more.
https://carlschwan.eu/2023/12/19/announcing-brise-theme/
@npub1tey…evjl

2023-12-18 23:26:19

Looks like we will manage to port a large majority of #KDE software to Qt6 in time for the February release. Just this last 10 days, we ported KTimeTracker, SkanPage, Ark, KRegexEditor, Francis, Vail, Iso Image Writer, KGet, Okular, Wacomtablet.
And there are several more ports in progress.

2023-12-15 17:31:53

I'm now proudly supporting @npub12nq…a3hq on OpenCollective. Their work is super important for communities like us at @npub1fck…9h9g and all the other Linux Mobile projects.
Link to donate: https://opencollective.com/postmarketos
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2023-11-26 18:22:26

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@npub15cd…3mv2 I'm not maintaining it, it's just a list of famous french intellectuals who signed a petition against the age of consent and many of them were involved in child grooming :(

2023-11-26 18:15:59

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@npub15cd…3mv2 🤮 I will put him in my list of famous child abusers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_petitions_against_age_of_consent_laws#Signatories_to_the_January_petition

2023-11-10 19:36:18

The new Breeze style looks quite nice with Kate 😍
This got merged today, for more details see https://carlschwan.eu/2023/08/29/frameless-view-with-qtwidgets/
#kde #linux
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2023-09-08 11:37:32

Francis 1.0 is out. Enjoy this new Pomodoro app for Plasma. https://carlschwan.eu/2023/09/08/francis-1.0/ 😍
And thanks to @npub1mjv…k4w8 for his original work on it.

2023-09-03 13:38:43

I love encryption and this is why we should fight as much as possible the new #chatControl legislation proposed by the EU Commission.
#CelebrateEncryption #fnf23
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2023-08-16 20:45:09

Kirigami Addons 0.11.0 is out! This release brings some nice new components for your Kirigami and QML apps. https://carlschwan.eu/2023/08/16/kirigami-addons-0.11.0/
#kde #kirigami #mobileLinux
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2023-08-11 08:46:14

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@npub1sg4…xslc you can replace Alpine with any other open source projets and the sentence will remain true

2023-08-10 22:05:29

My GSoC student @npub1lkv…vg5j is doing an great job in implementing all the admin and moderation panels from Mastodon (what are available via the API) inside Tokodon.
He recently blogged about it here: https://k3yss.github.io/posts/gsoc_blog5/
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2023-07-12 10:31:31

Tonight, I'll be at the https://offline.place in Neukölln, Berlin for a Fediverse hack night. Feel free to come and hangout with @npub1k72…jc9p, @npub1k08…6xvn and myself :)

2023-07-10 12:20:10

I temporarily shutdown https://lemmy.kde.social/ due to an ongoing vulnerability (https://lemmy.world/post/1293336).
We should not be affected since we don't have any custom emojis but I want to do some double checking of the logs and the DB tonight after work. #lemmy #kde

2023-07-06 17:29:38

I started working on a library that allows to displays emails (both encrypted/signed and plain text emails)
https://invent.kde.org/carlschwan/mimetreeparser (mostly moving and cleaning up some code from Kalendar)
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2023-07-03 06:35:58

Kirigami Addons 0.9 is out! This release adds some neat new components. Thanks to everyone who contributted
https://carlschwan.eu/2023/07/03/kirigami-addons-0.9.0/

2023-06-30 14:23:20

Current status of my train trip. Screenshot of KDE Itinerary taken on my One Plus 6 with Plasma Mobile on it.
#linuxMobile
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2023-06-28 12:38:18

I will take 9 different trains from Friday to Tuesday next week.
Friday: Berlin -> Stuttgart -> Tübingen (for Tübix)
Sunday: Tübingen -> Esslingen -> Stuttgart -> Koblenz (to visit my grandma)
Monday: Koblenz -> Düsseldorf -> Erkrath (for the first day at new $work)
Tuesday: Erkrath -> Düsseldorf -> Berlin
Also, did I already say I love KDE Itinerary? It's nice to have all these tickets in one app :)
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2023-06-27 21:23:32

I have been rewriting @npub1cc6…ama2 's KWordQuiz to QML and Kirigami. Here are some screenshots of the current state :)
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2023-06-23 22:54:15

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@npub1k08…6xvn oh wait I took the screenshot on the wrong instance (lemmy.ml instead of lemmy.kde.social). But the comment from @npub1hem…vk3n is coming from lemmy.ml and is correctly federated.

2023-06-23 22:51:20

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@npub1k08…6xvn I see your post, so maybe it just took some time
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2023-06-23 20:10:47

I just set up a Lemmy instance for #KDE contributors :) https://lemmy.kde.social/ #lemmy

2023-06-19 08:42:57

I wrote a small blog post about roadmaps and asking when a specific feature will be implemented in an open source projects.
https://carlschwan.eu/2023/06/19/my-generic-open-source-project-faq/

2023-06-18 19:50:47

I'm currently porting the SailfishOS #nextcloud news client to Kirigami :) It's my first Nextcloud-related contribution in a long time.
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2023-04-25 10:27:58

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#[0] yeah for better security and privacy 🔏

2023-04-23 13:24:05

Konqi is cute and enjoy #[0] #[1]
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2023-04-18 10:59:32

Interesting training generative AI on some big labels music is a violation of copyright law but training generative AI on open source code is not. I guess it's only illegal if you have a lot of lawyers.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/18/ai-song-featuring-fake-drake-and-weeknd-vocals-pulled-from-streaming-services

2023-04-06 18:12:14

I wrote a small article on how to best do icon-only buttons in QML with accessibility in mind.
https://carlschwan.eu/2023/04/06/accessible-icon-only-buttons-in-qml/
#[0] #[1]

2023-03-11 11:26:38

Sad to see the #[0] community promote Bryan Lunduke (a racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic piece of ***) Linux Sucks series. This video series is really toxic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/11nxp0j/fellow_rust_enthusiasts_what_sucks_about_rust/

2023-01-29 18:55:02

Did you know you could use Mastodon as a comment platforms on your blog? I blogged about this 2 years ago https://carlschwan.eu/2020/12/29/adding-comments-to-your-static-blog-with-mastodon/ but since there has been a lot of newcomers recently, it might be a good idea to share it again 😜