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== Blogs and Movies == | == Blogs and Movies == | ||
Here for the first time and hungry for more? See how the project is unfolding in the blogosphere: | Here for the first time and hungry for more? See how the project is unfolding in the blogosphere: | ||
=== July 2012 === | |||
*[http://lwn.net/Articles/507048/ Akademy: Contour and Plasma Active] (LWN, Jake Edge, 20120718) | |||
=== June 2012 === | === June 2012 === | ||
*[http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/plasma-active-new-approach-tablet-computing Plasma Active - a New Approach to Tablet Computing] (Stuart Jarvis, 20120612). [http://br.kde.org/Plasma_Active_Uma_Nova_Abordagem Brazilian Portuguse translation]. | *[http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/plasma-active-new-approach-tablet-computing Plasma Active - a New Approach to Tablet Computing] (Stuart Jarvis, 20120612). [http://br.kde.org/Plasma_Active_Uma_Nova_Abordagem Brazilian Portuguse translation]. | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 29 July 2012
Contact
Contacting the Plasma Active team is easy:
- IRC: #active on irc.freenode.net
- Mailing list: [email protected] (Subscription page)
- Forum: Plasma Active - KDE Community Forums
- Personal: Sebastian Kügler <[email protected]> - Marco Martin <[email protected]>
FAQ
We have created a Beginner's FAQ which will be continually updated as new questions arise and are answered.
open-slx also provides a definitive Guide for Plasma Active. Just under construction.
Press Clippings
Vivaldi
- Akademy: Plasma Active and Make Play Live (LWN, Jake Edge, 20120704)
- Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way (ZDnet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols & Paula Rooney, 20120201)
- Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer? (Datamation, Matt Hartley, 20120206)
- Talking Spark tablets with KDE developer Aaron Seigo (video) (Liliputing, Brad Linder, 20120229)
- Spark Open Source tablet developer Aaron Seigo and his KDE Plasma (Youtube, 20120313)
- Installing PlasmaActive/Mer image on the Vivaldi or Zenithink C71 (OpenTablets.org, 20120325)
Release Two
- KDE Plasma Active Two released (LWN, 20111214)
- KDE Plasma Active Two Sees Release (Joey Sneddon, 20111214)
- Get the Beauty of KDE on Your Tablet (Katherine Noyes, PCWorld, 20111215)
- Plasma Active Two, sistema para tablets do KDE (Marco Picão, Guia do Hardware, 20111216)
- Nine Open Source Discoveries I Made in 2011 (Bruce Byfield, Datamation, 20111219)
Release One
This is what the media are saying about Plasma Active. Don't see your site here? Then you're not reporting on how the Free Desktop crawled out of the seas and gambolled off onto the boundless plains of mobility.
- KDE's 'Plasma Active' Tops GNOME 3 and Unity (Bruce Byfield, Datamation, 20111011)
- KDE Targets Android, iOS with Open Source Plasma Active One (ITPortal, Ravi mandalia, 20111012)
- Plasma Active: KDE va alla conquista dei tablet (TuxJournal, Francesco Apollonio, 20111011)
- KDE's 'Plasma Active' Tops GNOME 3 and Unity (Datamation, Bruce Byfield, 20111011)
- KDE releases Plasma Active One (TechWorld AU, 20111011)
- Plasma Active One attempts to make Linux more tablet-friendly (Liliputing, 20111011)
- Plasma Active One veröffentlicht (Der Standard, 20111010)
- KDE pitches Plasma Active against Android (Rethink Wireless, Caroline Gabriel, 20111011)
- Plasma Active für Tablets veröffentlicht (golem.de, 20111010)
- KDE Team veroeffentlicht Tablet Oberflaeche Plasma Active (heise online open source, amu, 20111010)
- Plasma Active (ZDNet Australia, Chris Duckett, 20111010)
- KDE Umgebung fuer Tablets (Linux Community, Ulrich Bantle, 20111010)
- Plasma Active One KDEs Antwort auf den Tablet Boom (Linux Magazin, Ulrich Bantle, 20111010)
- KDE takes on Android, Apple's iOS on smartphones and tablets (ZDnet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols & Paula Rooney, 20111009)
pre-Release
- New KDE project aims at tablets, mixed UIs (Rodney Gedda, cio.com.au 20110412)
- KDE's New Project for Portable Devices (Susan Linton, ostatic.com 20110411)
- Plasma Active für Touchscreens (jt, golem.de 20110412)
- Testing Plasma Active (Susan Linton, ostatic.com 20110412)
- KDE запускает проект Plasma Active для различных устройств (Дмитрий Шурупов, nixp.ru, 20110412)
- KDE looks beyond desktops and notebooks with Plasma Active (Lee, liliputing.com 20110413)
- New KDE Project Aims at Tablets, Mixed UIs (Thom Holwerda, OSNews 20110413)
- Plasma Active KDE project for mobiles and more (ehe, The H, 20110414)
- Contour for MeeGo (ash, meegoexperts.com, 20110414)
- Se KDEs projekt som utmanar Apples Ipad (Niklas Andersson, idg.se, 20110414)
- KDE推出移动设备领域新项目Plasma Active (lupaworld.com, 20110414)
- Contour brings a context-sensitive interface to KDE Plasma Active (Lee, liliputing.com 20110415)
- Plasma Active - nowy interfejs twórców KDE (lucas__, dobreprogramy.pl, 20110515)
- Video Demo of Contour on Plasma Active – MeeGo at DeskTop Summit (MeegoExperts, 9 Aug 2011)
- basysKom – More Hands On – Contour on Plasma Active (MeegoExperts, 11 Aug 2011)
- Running Plasma active desktop on top of Nokia N900 Community Edition (MeegoExperts, 31 Aug 2011)
- Plasma Active will mit iOS und Android gleichziehen (Golem.de, 8 Aug 2011)
- Video: Neuerungen in Plasma Active - kurzes Hands-on (Golem.de, 8 Aug 2011)
Blogs
Blogs and Movies
Here for the first time and hungry for more? See how the project is unfolding in the blogosphere:
July 2012
- Akademy: Contour and Plasma Active (LWN, Jake Edge, 20120718)
June 2012
- Plasma Active - a New Approach to Tablet Computing (Stuart Jarvis, 20120612). Brazilian Portuguse translation.
- Archos Releases SDE For Gen 9 – basysKom Releases Plasma Active Images Ready To Install (basysKom, 20120628)
May 2012
- Maliit and Plasma Active (Marco Martin, 20120521)
- Okular on touch screens (Marco Martin, 20120523)
- ideas to build content stores on (Aaron Seigo, 20120530)
April 2012
- new plasma quick module: plasmaextras (Sebastian Kügler, 20120403)
- Plasma Active resource browser (Marco Martin, 20120417)
- plasma active balsam updates available (Sebastian Kügler, 20120429)
March 2012
- plasma active 3 sprint ongoing (Sebastian Kügler, 20120307)
- Spark becomes Vivaldi(Aaron Seigo, 20120315)
- forums, bodega client code, partners :) (Aaron Seigo, 20120323)
February 2012
- a network (Aaron Seigo, 2012010)
- add-ons app (Aaron Seigo, 2012016)
- Spark pre-orders closed! (Aaron Seigo, 2012021)
- next steps (Aaron Seigo, 2012021)
- Plasma Active lock screen (Aaron Seigo, 2012022)
January 2012
- active settings: modular, embeddable configuration (Sebastian Kügler, 20120106)
- http://www.notmart.org/index.php/Software/Plasma_QML_documentation (Marco Martin, 20120118)
- Plasma active device profiles documentation (Marco Martin, 20120125)
- The Reveal: The first tablet computer that comes with Plasma Active pre-installed (Aaron Seigo, 20120128)
December
- Plasma Active Two (Marco Martin, 20111214)
- Plasma Active Two Released (Carl Symons, 20111214)
- Plasma Active Two Released (basysKom, 20111214)
November
- Nokia N950 Running Plasma Active on Mer (MeeGoExperts, 20111107)
- Components towards a new plasma (Marco Martin, 20111127)
- Plasma Active on Archos G9 tablet (Carl Symons, 20111130)
October
- Humanizing metal and electrons (Marco Martin, 20111009)
- Plasma Active Perspectives: The App Story (Sebastian Kügler, 20111011)
- Active building blocks: Nepomuk (Marco Martin, 20111011)
August
- Installing Plasma Active on the ExoPC (WeTab) Blog (Sebastian Kügler, 20110816)
- Plasma Active on OpenGL-ES Blog (Sebastian Kügler, 20110819)
June
- Plasma Active Updates Blog (Sebastian Kügler, 20110622)
April
- Plasma Active, A Desirable UX Blog (Sebastian Kügler 20110409)
- Demo Movie (Marco Martin)
- Demo Movie showing Plasma Active and apps (Sebastian Kügler)
- Reactivate Blog (Marco Martin 20110409)
- Older Demo Movie (Marco Martin )
- Active Routes Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110410)
- Plasma Active: Quick! Blog (Aaron Seigo 2010411)
- Contour joins the Plasma Active track Blog (Eva Brucherseifer 20110411)
- Welcome Contour Blog (Marco Martin 20110411)
- Plasma Quick Redux Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110412)
- Plasma Active: Contour Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110412)
- Plasma Active: Active Apps Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110413)
- Plasma Active: Operating Systems Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110414)
- Plasma Active: Vendor Interaction Blog (Aaron Seigo 20110415)
- plasma active: designing flexible and adaptive user interfaces Blog (Sebastian Kügler 20110417)
- Plasma Active: A Box of Crayons Blog (Sebastian Kügler 20110417)
March
- Towards a Declarative Plasma Blog (Marco Martin 20110320)
- Build Device Scalable User Interfaces Blog (Marco Martin 20110328)