Lydia Pintscher

@nightrose@mastodon.online
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charmer of all things free and open - portfolio lead of #Wikidata, vice-president of #KDE e.V. and editor of Open Advice
websitehttps://lydiapintscher.de
Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18016466

Plasma 6.4 is out and it's' more welcoming than ever!

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

Check out the tweaked tiling that lets you have different layouts for every virtual desktop; the overhauled Spectacle that makes capturing your desktop faster; how KRunner now understands color; and in general the literally dozens of other fixes and features that make Plasma friendlier and easier to use.

#freesoftware #opensource #desktop #linux #plasma6

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

🎉 Exciting news! The #CoolestToolAward returns for its sixth edition!
🛠️ Nominate your favorite (Wikidata or otherwise) tools and celebrate the incredible developers who made them.
Nominate now: [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2025].
Top tools to be announced at Wikimania 2025. #wikimedia

Want to work on the best knowledge there is? We have an opening for a software engineer on the @wikidata team!
https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/56640059/Software-Engineer-Wikidata-all-genders-/

#wikidata #getfedihired

Software Engineer (Wikidata) (all genders) – Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.

We are looking for: Software Engineer (Wikidata) (all genders), Full or Part Time, Berlin

Software Engineer (Wikidata) (all genders) – Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.

How can #OpenSource and #security be interconnected?
What will be the future of funding the open source-dependent public digital infrastructure?

These and many other questions will guide the discussion of our panelists:
🔸@bagder from #cURL
🔸@melanierieback from @ros
🔸Matteo Mole from @EuropeanCyber SecurityOrganisation
🔸Nicholas Gates from @OpenForumEurope
🔸Mirko Boehm from #TheLinuxFoundation

Join the webinar : https://europeanopensource.academy/form/webinar-open-source-and-cybersec

The End (of Windows 10) is nigh!

On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.

This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.

Yours may be one of them!

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Learn more: https://endof10.org/press

Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10

#Linux #GNU #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows

🎉 #WikidataAndSisterProjects2025 is almost here!
🧩 Explore how Wikidata powers Wikipedia, Commons & more
📅 May 29–June 1 | Online & interactive
🎟️ Register to get your Jitsi link: https://w.wiki/DCo2
📄 Program: https://w.wiki/E6ZB
I’ve just realized how RADICAL it feels to open a Wikipedia app on my phone and look up a topic without anyone trying to sell me something, steal my data or hit me with random genAI nonsense. What have we done?
The Wikidata and Sister Projects program for 2025 is out! Check out the sessions and discussions that will take place online May 29 - June 1 on how Wikidata connects with other Wikimedia Projects:
🧩 Find out what a Wikidata integration means
📚 Learn how Wikidata is used to support workflows and content in other WM Projects
🛠️ Workshops & Livecoding
🎲 Games, community & more!
📆 Program: https://w.wiki/E6ZB
🔔 Event registration to receive updates and access: https://w.wiki/DCo2
Event:Wikidata and Sister Projects - Wikidata

<3 on the #wikidata team fixing accessibility issues on a Friday
You know what never gets old? Watching knowledge spread one @wikidata sitelink addition at a time.
Today there are already Wikipedia articles about Pope Leo XIV in 123 languages and if you watch the Wikidata Item's edit history you'll see when the next one gets written: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6109517
Leo XIV

267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church