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KDE Snaps, Debian uploads and much more in the works!

Posted on January 28, 2023 by sgmoore

Witch Wells, AZ Snow
Witch Wells, AZ Snow

It has been a very busy few weeks as we endured snowstorm after snowstorm!

I have made some progress on the Mycroft in debian adventure! This will slow down as we enter freeze for bookworm and there is no way we will make it into bookworm as there are some significant issues to solve.

  • lingua-franco uploaded and accepted
  • pako uploaded and accepted
  • speechpy-fast uploaded
  • fitipy ready to upload

On the KDE side of things:

  • Plasma-bigscreen uploaded and accepted
  • skanpage uploaded and in NEW

In the Snap arena, I have made my first significant contribution to snapcraft upstream! It has been a great learning experience as I convert my Ruby knowledge to Python. Formatting is something I need to get used to!

https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/pull/4023

Snaps have been on hold due to the kde-neon extension not having core22 support and the above pull request fixes that. Meanwhile, I have been working on getting core20 apps ( 22.08.3 final KDE apps version for this base. ) rebuilt for security updates.

As many of you know, I am seeking employment. I am a hard worker, that thrives on learning new things. I am a self starter, knowledge sponge, and eager to be an asset to < insert your company here > !

Meanwhile, as interview processes are much longer than I remember and the industry exploding in layoffs, I am coming up short on living expenses as my unemployment lingers on. Please consider donating to my gofundme. Thank you for your consideration.

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Debian: Coming soon! MycroftAI! KDE snaps update.

Posted on January 8, 2023 by sgmoore

https://mycroft.ai/about-mycroft/

I am excited to announce that I have joined the MycroftAI team in Salsa and working hard to get this packaged up and released in Debian. You can track our progress here:

https://salsa.debian.org/mycroftai-team

Snaps are on temporary hold while we get everything switched over to core22. This includes the neon-extension, that requires merges and store requests to be honored. Hopefully folks are returning from holidays and things will start moving again. Thank you for your patience!

I am still seeking work if you or anyone you know is willing to give me a chance to shine, you won’t regret it, life has leveled out and I am ready to make great things happen! I admit the interviewing process is much more difficult than in years past, any advice here is also appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.

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KDE Gear Snaps fixes and new releases

Posted on October 31, 2022 by sgmoore

Another continuation of https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-gear-snaps-round-3 ! This week I solved a few more problems.

  • Lokalize: Dictionaries are now available via the hunspell content snap! To enable:

sudo snap install hunspell-dictionaries

sudo snap connect lokalize:hunspell-dictionaries-plug hunspell-dictionaries:hunspell-dictionaries

  • Ktorrent: First time release on both amd64 and arm64! Closes bug 412734
  • Kdenlive: Glaximate animations are now available! Closes bug 459338
Kdenlive with Glaximate animations!
  • Okular
  • Kgeography
  • Kpatience
  • Palapeli: Now launches! Closes bug 426177
  • Krdc: Now on arm64!
  • Kdiamond: Now with sound!

More coming tomorrow!

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KDE Gear snaps round 3!

Posted on October 26, 2022 by sgmoore

First Snow! Witch Wells Arizona

While trying to stay warm in our first snow of the year, I got several apps tested and released in round 3 of https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-gear-snaps-round-2/ ! All of these are being ( re ) tested on both arm64 and amd64. Hence, the release is going slower than it will in the future. Thank you for your patience.

  • Kalzium ( again ) Molecule editor works. Known bug downloading molecules. Just go to Home/Documents and rename the file hotsuff-access.xml to themolecule.cml and load molecule as a temporary work around until a permanent fix comes about. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461027
  • Ktuberling
  • Kbounce
  • Kmplot
  • Kbreakout
  • Knavalbattle
  • Kubrick ( Not on chromebook unfortunately, opengl errors need looking into. )
  • Kbruch
  • Knetwalk
  • Kwordquiz
  • Knights ( Sound is fixed! )
  • Kollision
  • Lokalize
  • Kfourinline

More rounds of bug gardening has been done, if you find bugs, or know one of your bugs is related to it being a snap, please assign to me. https://bugs.kde.org

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New KDE Gear snaps in the works

Posted on October 17, 2022 by sgmoore

KDE Extras 22.08.2 was released! https://kde.org/announcements/gear/22.08.2/

So… I am working on new snaps! This release also includes a new content snap I made with frameworks 5.98 and Qt 5.15.6. With all the new goodness, I am (Re) testing all snaps to make sure they are working as expected.

You can find a link to all of my snap releases from the KDE Snap Store Releases on the menu above.

Some notable releases that have new fixes and improvements are:

  • Kalzium: Molecular editor now works!
  • Artikulate: Now works on arm64 ( eg. Rasberry Pi )
  • Dragon: Now works on arm64
  • Minuet: Now works on arm64

New 22.08.2 releases re-tested on arm64 and amd64:

  • Picmi
  • Kturtle
  • Ksudoku
  • Konquest

More coming soon!

Please consider donating! I am seeking employment, but until then, I need assistance with gas to power my generator to power my laptop. Solar doesn’t work great in these coming winter months 🙁 Thank you for your consideration! https://www.patreon.com/sgmoore

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KDE is all about the apps!

Posted on October 1, 2022 by sgmoore

Hello everyone. I am back to bringing KDE to your desktops in a variety of formats. I am always working on Debian packages, but now I will be working diligently to get these packages in Debian proper. Along with Debian packaging, I will be working on getting KDE into a variety of new packaging formats that are self contained packages of awesomeness. These formats are Snaps, Appimages and Flatpacks. I am starting with Snaps because I started the effort many years ago, but didn’t have the time to keep them up. As such, they are in a sad state, so I am working hard with Jonathan and ppd to get them back in shape. Keep an eye out in your favorite store for shiny new apps from KDE!

https://snapcraft.io/search?q=KDE

https://www.appimagehub.com/find?search=KDE

https://flathub.org/apps/search/KDE

Our latest snap releases can be found here:

https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-snap-store-releases/

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