KDE Education SuiteRishab Arora

whoami● Student● KDE Developer● Contributor to KStars● GSOC 2012 student

We are KDE!

About KDE● International team● Very strong and active community● Open Atmosphere● A large number of members● Focused● Has a very active Indian community (KDE-

In)

KDE SC● KDE Software Compilation● Synced Software Update Cycle● Recently released KDE SC 4.10● Consists of packages which consist of

multiple applications and/or libraries

PackagesKDE-LibsKDE-BaseKDE-Plasma-AddonsKDE-NetworkKDE-PimKDE-GraphicsKDE-MultimediaPhononKDE-Accessibility

KDE-UtilitiesKDE-EduKDE-GamesKDE-ToysKDE-ArtworkKDE-AdminKDE-SDKKDE-Bindings

About KDEdu● Started in 2001 by Anne-Marie Mahfouf ● Free Educational Software (GPL license)

within the KDE environment● Aimed to schools, to students and to parents

at home as well as to adults● Used all over the world● From Brazilian educators to a remote West

Bengal village

Applications● KLettres● Kig● KBruch● Cantor● Marble● KmPlot● Kanagram● Blinken● KWordQuiz● Kiten

● KHangMan● Parley● KTouch● KStars● KTurtle● Step● Rocs● Kalzium● KAlgebra● KGeography

KLettres

Kig

Blinken

KBruch

KGeography

KHangman

KmPlot

Kiten

Kalzium

KAlgebra

Rocs

KTurtle

Pairs

Parley

KStars

Step

Contribute!● Spread the word!● Localization● Find bugs● Fix bugs!● New features

How to contribute● Mentored Methods:

○ GSoC○ SoK○ GCI

● Regular way○ Send patches○ Translations○ Add features

Choose the project● Large number of projects● Multimedia programs to Scientific Utilities● Varied codebase sizes

Get the code!● techbase.kde.org● Most of the code repos use Git● Build instructions available

Talk to us!● IRC

○ #kde-devel○ #kde-edu○ #kde-in○ Project specific channels. eg. #kde-kstars

● Mailing Lists○ Project mailing lists

Contribute● Use it!● File bugs● Translations● Manuals● Graphics● Code● Promotion

Perks● Meet awesome people● Feels good!● Make a mark● Prove + Improve● Show off your skills● Get appreciated for your work

Questions?You just survived an embarrassingly bad talk by

Rishab Arora

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