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KDE will get hosting a regional meeting of KDE for the Northwestern United States April 28 and 29, 2012 at LinuxFest Northwest 
<a href="https://linuxfestnorthwest.org">https://linuxfestnorthwest.org</a>
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Akademy 2012<br/>
30th June - 6th July 2012, Tallinn, Estonia<br/>
<a href="https://akademy.kde.org/">https://akademy.kde.org/</a>
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KDE is 15 years old. <br/>
Kool Desktop Environment
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KDE desktop is called the Plasma Workspace<br/>
Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE. (from Wikipedia)
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Owncloud 
<a href="https://owncloud.org/">https://owncloud.org/</a>
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Krita - Painting and Image Editing
<a href="https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/krita/">https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/krita/</a>
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This OS is open unlike other tablet operating systems.<br/>
plasma-active.org
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<a href="https://makeplaylive.com/">https://makeplaylive.com/</a>
Vivaldi Tablet
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Anyone can attend this KDE gathering which is co-located with LinuxFest Northwest
Plasma Active is not locked down and has office applications
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Calligra 
<a
href="https://www.calligra-suite.org/">https://www.calligra-suite.org/</a><br/>
Word Processor, spreadsheet presentation software, drawing optimized for touch
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Calendaring, PIM aspect to KDE  has been refocused to touch and is avaiable right now
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Some KDE programs are still being optimized for the touch environment
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Qt-questions about its openness has been resolved
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Might be some Raspberry Pi's at the gathering and they will be raffled after the KDE coders get done with them at the LinuxFest Northwest world famous raffle.
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You can make your own tablet and use the OS for your project.
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OS uses Qt and C++
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QT Quick
<a href="https://qt.nokia.com/qtquick/">https://qt.nokia.com/qtquick/</a> 
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A continuation of Megoo - Mer
<a href="https://merproject.org/">https://merproject.org/</a>
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Can be used on some smart phones
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basyskom.com
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Check out KDE and Plasma Active
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These notes based on the interview by David Whitman with Carl Symons and John Blanford for Hacker Public Radio. 
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