Everyone, at least in the free software world, probably knows by now that KDE 4.2 has been released yesterday. It was released just a few moments after the release party started in Kiberpipa/Cyberpipe multimedia centre here in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Just in case you still don’t know about KDE 4.2 release, you should definitely read KDE 4.2 release announcement and take a look at the excellent visual guide to new features in KDE 4.2. You’ll see that the solid new foundations laid out with KDE 4.0 are really showing through now and the work invested into them is starting to pay off heavily. At this fast rate of development it is hard to imagine what KDE 4.3 will bring us. And it’s only 6 months away.

The party in Kiberpipa was also a similar success. Everything was not perfect, though. Computers that would be used for workshops didn’t have KDE 4 installed on them, but this got solved quickly and after the presentations ended all was ready for participants with most interest into KDE 4. Hopefully some of them become contributors in the future. Oh, talking about attendance… When the idea about the party started to grow inside my head, I was expecting about 20 people coming to the party. Well I was pleasantly surprised in the end. Somewhere between 40 and 50 people joined the party. Maybe the number was exactly 42 Well in the following photo you can see some of us who were partying late into the night:

The presentations were recorded. When videos become available I’ll let you know. The slides will also be published together with videos. In the meantime you can read presentation notes about What’s New in KDE 4.2 and Plasma, which were taken by Jure Čuhalev, one of the participants on the party. Thanks to all who came to the party and thanks to all helping to organise it. Who knows, maybe we meet again in six months. Best wishes to all the KDE 4.2 release parties that are still coming. We’re up to 22 party locations now. Also twice as much as I expected when I started pushing for parties. And if there is no party near you, join people partying on KDE Forum.

Update 1: Photos from the party are available in Kiberpipa’s KDE 4.2 Release Party Gallery

Update 2: Videos from the party are available: Video 1 (Youtube), Video 2 (Youtube).

Tags: kde, kde4, kde42, desktop, free software, prosto programje, open source, odprta koda, slovenia, slovenija, linux, lugos, cyberpipe, kiberpipa

Who would have thought that my enquiring about the probability of releasing KDE 4.2 on January 27, as scheduled, would lead to 12 registered KDE 4.2 release parties all around the world. It all started just so we could determine the best date for one short KDE 4.2 presentation in Kiberpipa/Cyberpipe, here in Slovenia. With encouragement from KDE Promo team this evolved into a call for organisation of KDE 4.2 release parties and now… well, everyone knows about the parties now.

Regarding the Slovenian party, the one short presentation expanded into a nice event with four presentations (about KDE 4.2, Plasma, Amarok 2 and, D-Bus), three workshops (creating a Plasma theme, creating a Plasma widget, and helping with translation), and after that some free socialising with some snacks and drinks. We tried to get Mr. Lancelot (Ivan Čukić) from Serbia as our guest speaker, but unfortunately there was not enough time to get the visa. Next time we sure have to start getting papers in order earlier.

What follow is the announcement of the party in Slovenian.

Zabava ob izidu KDE 4.2

Kdaj: 27. januarja 2009
Kje: Kiberpipa, Kersnikova 6, Ljubljana - zemljevid

27. januarja bo izšel KDE 4.2, ki je končno primeren tudi za širše občinstvo in ne le za razvijalce in preizkusne uporabnike. KDE 4.2 predstavlja pomemben mejnik v razvoju KDE in skupnost KDE bo pripravila vrsto prireditev in zabav ob izidu te nove različice.

Tudi v Sloveniji bomo organizirali prireditev ob izidu KDE 4.2, in sicer v torek 27. januarja ob 18:00 v okviru Pipinih odprtih terminov.

Program

• 18:00 - Predstavitev KDE 4(.2) (Andrej Vernekar)
• 18:30 - Plasma (Jure Repinc)
• 19:00 - Amarok 2 (Andraž Sraka)
• 19:15 - Adijo, DCOP; zdravo, D-Bus! (Gašper Fele-Žorž)
• 19:30 - Delavnice
  • Izdelava teme za Plazmo (Jure Repinc)
  • Izdelava gradnika za Plazmo (Ambrož Bizjak)
  • Kako pomagati s prevajanjem (Andrej Vernekar)
• 20:30 - Pogostitev/druženje/pijača/zabava

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Update 1: Photos from the party are available in Kiberpipa’s KDE 4.2 Release Party Gallery

Update 2: Videos from the party are available: Video 1 (Youtube), Video 2 (Youtube).

Tags: kde, kde4, kde42, desktop, free software, prosto programje, open source, odprta koda, slovenia, slovenija, linux, lugos, cyberpipe, kiberpipa