Re: Joint blog with KDAB about KDE Frameworks libraries

Hi Frances, Paul,

I'd be happy to consult on technical matters, feel free to reach out for
any questions.

Cheers

Nico

On 1/21/21 12:35 PM, Frances Tait wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Thanks for the update on KDE’s marketing profile these days :-)
> I went with Ivan’s suggestion as the recording was yesterday
> afternoon, but now I know what to say in the future!
>
> Any progress on the blog?
>
> Do you need anything from me?
>
> Frances
>
>> On 20 Jan 2021, at 17:37, Paul Brown <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> On miércoles, 20 de enero de 2021 12:30:31 (CET) Frances Tait wrote:
>>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Hello Frances,
>>
>> Sorry for not answering earlier. My email borked and I just got it back.
>>
>>> An unrelated question: I’m writing a very short intro for our Kalle
>>> Dalheimer and Ivan Čukić for a C++ audience and want to mention their
>>> involvement in KDE. Is it accurate/ok to describe KDE like this
>>> (NOTE this
>>> is already longer than I need it to be, and the audience may not
>>> even have
>>> heard of KDE):
>>>
>>> "KDE, the free/open source, graphical environment project".
>>
>> KDE used to be a synonym of that, but not anymore. KDE now describes the
>> community. And the community creates KDE the software, which is not
>> only the
>> graphical desktop environment (which is now known as "Plasma").
>>
>> KDE does develop Plasma, the desktop, correct, but also a bunch of
>> popular
>> apps, like Krita for digital artists; Kdenlive for video editors;
>> Kdevelop for
>> developers; Okular for reading, annotating and signing documents
>> (like PDFs);
>> LabPlot for data analysts; a full-featured web browser called Falkon; an
>> educational suite of activities for kids from 2 to 10 called
>> GCompris; Kontact
>> for managing email, calendars, contacts, etc.; ... It is a very long
>> list!
>>
>> KDE also produces frameworks that facilitate development. Probably
>> the most
>> popular of which right now is Kirigami, that helps developers create
>> software
>> that works on all kinds of devices, like computers, mobiles, TVs, car
>> infotainment systems, etc. But Kirigami is not the only framework
>> either, but
>> Ivan will be able to fill you in better than me.
>>
>>> I wanted to emphasise the breadth of what KDE offers (not just
>>> desktop). If
>>> you have something punchy and SHORT that’s better, I’d be very grateful.
>>> SHORT NOTICE: I need it by this afternoon :-)
>>
>> So, riffing off of Ivan's suggestion, maybe something like:
>>
>> "KDE, the Community that produces the biggest free and open source C++
>> projects, ..."
>>
>> or something like that?
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul
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