While you wait for #Akademy2026, here’s some #Akademy2025 nostalgia.

Watch “Handling Negative Feedback” by Akseli Lahtinen, reflecting on hate mail, public criticism, and the good feedback that keeps FOSS devs going.

Links:
https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/ib3eurRrGKw6aLmab25NUy

https://youtu.be/clARvO_AthM

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If you missed it at #Akademy2025:

Watch Paloma Oliveira’s keynote “The Politics of the Pull Request” to learn how open standards shape inclusion, power, and who gets heard in open source.

🔗https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/puRBmJNkcCLZ6YqY9d56AC
🔗https://youtu.be/RdKq5D75PkU

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Watch Alexander Rosenthal’s #Akademy2025 session “Open by Design: How Governments Can Lead the Shift to Digital Sovereignty.”
A quick, practical look at how Schleswig-Holstein is moving toward Open Source.

Perfect to watch while waiting for #Akademy2026!
PeerTube: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/xAnWxCEmr87b6FuFnoTiLU
YouTube: https://youtu.be/kEqsm2As9ik

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Want to level up your #Qt skills?

At #Akademy2025, Emilia Valkonen-Damjanovic highlighted new training resources, certification pathways, and the expanding @qt Talent Network connecting developers, teachers, and industry.

Watch the talk here:
https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/jUUnbKWS8TAHnkHHi8yMrt
https://youtu.be/ALhjqSKtS9c

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Plasma Lessons Learned and Our Path Forward in 2026 and Beyond with David Edmundson!
A look back at a decade of lessons and the mindset shaping Plasma’s future.

Watch #Akademy2025 recap now:
🔗https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/uV1XA66Wn7wC1Ky2jwyRWr
🔗https://youtu.be/UXiomvrGHXE

💙 Support KDE, your contributions help fund Akademy: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

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"Getting Hired to Work on FOSS - The Do-s, Don't-s and Pitfalls for Everyone Involved" is what my friend Till Adam talked about at #Akademy2025. He also has a short section on why Free Software is worth more compared to proprietary software, so you should take higher rates and principals should be willing to pay more. And he draws from experience of contracts that @intevation and @kdab did together.

Video: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/14aypZbV4wwZxQf5XzkNvS?playlistPosition=10

Presentation: https://conf.kde.org/event/9/contributions/279/

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KDE Linux: Banana Growth Cycle
A year after planting the KDE Linux “banana,” Harald Sitter shares a fun and insightful look at how far it’s grown.

Watch the full #Akademy2025 talk:
🔗https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/hw7WtEwYtpecM2WhaEYXeL
🔗https://youtu.be/PA03J1CAYoA

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#Akademy #KDE #TechTalk #Linux #KDELinux

Whether you missed it or want to relive the excitement, you can now watch every moment from #Akademy2025. Talks, panels, keynotes, and more!

Watch now on your favorite platform:
PeerTube: https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/p/14aypZbV4wwZxQf5XzkNvS
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsHpGlwPdtMrmR5QxoSYGbuiy2we0uMmt&feature=shared

#KDE #Akademy #FOSS #OpenSource #TechEvent

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