Promo/Events/Parties/KDE 6th Megarelease

This page is for KDE's 6th Megarelease release party listings. Please follow the following template for readability and keep it sorted.

KDE's 6th Megarelease is planned for February 28 2024, of course there is no need to celebrate the same day.

We use the term "party" but it can be anything you want, a dinner, a meeting in a cafeteria, a talk in your local Free Software group, be creative!

If you have questions email [email protected] or [email protected].

An example of how you need to enter the information is given below :

Continent

Country

Place

• Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within two weeks of the anniversary)
• Time: 00:00 - 00:00
• Place: 12 Krazy Ave, Krazytown, Krazyland (link to map)
• Organizer: Airplane (email)
• Other info:
  • Bring your own beer!

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Brian
  • Melissa

• What are we doing?
  • Melissa will give a talk about cool KDE srugg, demoing new features
  • have a few beers
  • We sing KDE songs and play guitar
  • eat cake with a nice 20 + KDE logo on it
  • have fun

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Europe

Germany

Berlin

• Date: to be decided
• Time: to be decided
• Place: to be decided

• Organizers:
  • Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss [email protected]
  • Lydia Pintscher [email protected]

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come; make sure Lydia or Joseph has your contact info or join https://matrix.to/#/#kde-berlin:kde.org so we can contact you when we finalize date/time/place!)
  • Lydia Pintscher
  • Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss

• What are we doing?
  • to be decided
  • Game ideas: https://discuss.kde.org/t/party-games-for-kdes-megarelease-6-in-february/9435

Nürnberg

• Date: 2024 February 29
• Time: 19:00 - 21:00
• Place: SUSE Office, Frankenstraße 146, 90461 Nürnberg
• Organizers:
  • Dirk Müller [email protected] (please contact for logistics)

• Who is coming?
  • Dirk Müller
  • Cornelius Schumacher
  • Hannah von Reth
  • Klaas Freitag

• What are we doing?
• Presentation: Refresher on KDE History (Cornelius Schumacher)
• What's new in KDE 6
• Drinks and snacks

UK

Cambridge

• Date: to be decided
• Time: to be decided
• Place: TBD

• Organizers:
  • David Edmundson [email protected]

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come, drop me a ; make sure David has your contact info
  • David Edmundson
  • Jose Millan Soto

• What are we doing?
  • Going to the pub, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over

Spain

Barcelona

• Date: March 2nd
• Time: 19:00 for drinks, 21:00 for dinner
• Place: to be decided

• Organizer: Albert Astals Cid [email protected]

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come, make sure Albert has your contact so he can contact you when we finalize date/time/place!)
  • Albert Astals Cid
  • Josep M. Ferrer
  • Carlos Cabezas
  • Albert Vaca Cintora

• What are we doing?
  • Drinks & Dinner - Email [email protected] to be told if the plans change at last minute

Málaga

• Date: to be decided
• Time: to be decided
• Place: to be decided

• Organizer: Agustín Benito ([email protected]), Paul Brown ([email protected])

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come, make sure Agustín or Paul has your contact so he can contact you when we finalize date/time/place!)
  • Agustín Benito
  • Paul Brown
  • Antonio Larrosa
  • ...

• What are we doing?
  • to be decided

Hungary

Budapest

• Date: 28/02/2024
• Time: 18:00 (to confirm)
• Place: A Grund (1082 Budapest, Nagy Templom utca 30.)
• More info: https://gettogether.community/events/48137/kde-plasma-6-kiad%C3%A1si-party/

• Who is coming?
  • Áron (aronkvh)
  • More people on Gettogether

• What are we doing?
  • Demo of the new features in Plasma
  • informal chat afterwards

America

Canada

Montréal

• Date: 08/03/2024 (2024-03-08)
• Time: to be decided
• Place: Suite 33B, 999 du Collège, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H4C 2S3
• Language / Langue: English / Français
• More info: currently ask on #foulab on irc.libera.chat (see also here)

• What are we doing?
  • Demonstration of the new Plasma 6 features & bug fixes
  • Exploration of the lesser-known apps that are part of KDE (like KGeography, Boko…)
  • Hopefully convince some people to move away from proprietary software