Author name: sgmoore

KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, Open Source Software, Packaging, snaps

KDE Applications snaps 25.04.3 released, plus new snaps and fixes!

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I have released 25.04.3 I have upgraded the QT6 content snap to 6.9! Fixed a bug in kde-neon* extensions with cmake prefix path. New snaps! Audex: A CD ripping application. GCompris – An excellent childrens education application Labplot – Scientific plotting Digikam – 8.7.0 with exiftool bug fixed https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501424 Krita – 5.2.11 – Excellent Graphic art platform ( compares to Photoshop ) kgraphviewer – Graphiz .dot file viewer I am happy to report my arm is mostly functional! Unfortunately, maintaining all these snaps is an enormous amount of work, with time I don’t have! Please consider a donation for the time I should be spending job hunting / getting a website business off the ground. Thank you for your consideration!

KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, Open Source Software, Packaging, snapcraft, snaps, Software, Software development, Uncategorized

KDE Application snaps 25.04.2 released!

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Release notes: https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.2/ Now available in the snap store! Along with that, I have fixed some outstanding bugs: Ark: now can open/save files in removable media Kasts: Once again has sound WIP: Updating Qt6 to 6.9 and frameworks to 6.14 Enjoy everyone! Unlike our software, life is not free. Please consider a donation, thanks!

KDE, Kubuntu, Open Source Software, Packaging, snaps, Software, Software development

KDE Application Snaps 25.04.1 with Major Bug Fix!,Life ( Good news finally!)

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Snaps! I actually released last week 🙂 I haven’t had time to blog, but today is my birthday and taking some time to myself! This release came with a major bugfix. As it turns out our applications were very crashy on non-KDE platforms including Ubuntu proper. Unfortunately, for years, and I didn’t know. Developers were closing the bug reports as invalid because users couldn’t provide a stacktrace. I have now convinced most developers to assign snap bugs to the Snap platform so I at least get a chance to try and fix them. So with that said, if you tried our snaps in the past and gave up in frustration, please do try them again! I also spent some time cleaning up our snaps to only have current releases in the store, as rumor has it snapcrafters will be responsible for any security issues. With 200+ snaps I maintain, that is a lot of responsibility. We’ll see if I can pull it off. Life! My last surgery was a success! I am finally healing and out of a sling for the first time in almost a year. I have also lined up a good amount of web work for next month and hopefully beyond. I have decided to drop the piece work for donations and will only accept per project proposals for open source work. I will continue to maintain KDE snaps for as long as time allows. A big thank you to everyone that has donated over the last year to fund my survival during this broken arm fiasco. I truly appreciate it! With that said,  if you want to drop me a donation for my work, birthday or well-being until I get paid for the aforementioned web work please do so here: GoFundMe Patreon Github Donorbox

KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, Open Source Software, Packaging, snapcraft, snaps, Software, Software development

KDE Snaps and life. Spirits are up, but I need a little help please

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I was just released from the hospital after a 3 day stay for my ( hopefully ) last surgery. There was concern with massive blood loss and low heart rate. I have stabilized and have come home. Unfortunately, they had to prescribe many medications this round and they are extremely expensive and used up all my funds. I need gas money to get to my post-op doctors appointments, and food would be cool. I would appreciate any help, even just a dollar! I am already back to work, and continued work on the crashy KDE snaps in a non KDE env. ( Also affects anyone using kde-neon extensions such as FreeCAD) I hope to have a fix in the next day or so. Fixed kate bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503285 Thanks for stopping by.

KDE, Kubuntu, Linux, Open Source Software, Packaging, snaps, Software, Software development

KDE Applications 25.04 Snaps and Kubuntu Plucky Puffin 25.04 Released!

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Very busy releasetastic week! The versions being the same is a complete coincidence 😆 https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.0 Which can be downloaded here: https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde ! In addition to all the regular testing I am testing our snaps in a non KDE environment, so far it is not looking good in Xubuntu. We have kernel/glibc crashes on startup for some and for file open for others. I am working on a hopeful fix. Next week I will have ( I hope ) my final surgery. If you can spare any change to help bring me over the finish line, I will be forever grateful 🙂

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