Essex Lord shares Downton Abbey-esque way of living in mansion that has impressive links to Queen Victoria I and King Henry VIII
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LIZ JONES: He says he loves me. Oh god... I need to buy more underwear
Finally, David 2.0 replied to my frantic text asking, 'Was the German angry I wrote about meeting him?'
Why are men so slow to reply? Come on! 'He thought it was funny.'
Taylor Swift 'spent $42k on lavish gifts for Travis Kelce ahead of the new NFL season' - after Chiefs star's team blasted 'split contract' as fake
Kelce and the Chiefs began their bid for a historic 'three-peat' in perfect fashion on Thursday night after picking up a 27-20 victory over the Ravens in their first outing of the season.
Infant girl who was 'beaten to death by her babysitting aunt and boyfriend' lived around guns and death her whole life
One-year-old Kali Moore lived among guns, death, and chaos before she was allegedly beaten to death by her aunt and their boyfriend while they babysat her in her Memphis home.
Community transforms eyesore bus shelter into art display - only for the council to tear it down
Art collective Kabinett spent around a month clearing out a dirty bus shelter in Camberwell, south London. But it was suddenly ripped up by the council without warning.
Britain's richest plumber Charlie Mullins puts his £12m penthouse up for sale as he flees Britain to avoid Labour tax raid
Charlie Mullins, who founded Pimlico Plumbers, has said he wants to have 'no assets in the UK whatsoever' and intends on not paying tax next year as he leaves the country.
George W Bush has finally made a decision on the 2024 president race - after VP Dick Cheney's SHOCK move
Former President George W. Bush has decided who he will vote for in the 2024 presidential election. Bush served from 2001 to 2009 and comes after his former vice president endorsed Kamala Harris.
Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif hits out at Elon Musk for 'cruel' attack in emotional interview: 'You hate me but you don't even know me'
The Algerian boxer, who was competing in the women's welterweight category, claimed a gold medal out in Paris despite the fierce controversy surrounding her gender.
KDE Developer: Why Plasma 6.2 Includes a Once-a-Year Popup for Donations
"If you're plugged into KDE social media, you probably see a lot of requests for donations..." writes KDE developer Nate Graham on his personal blog. But "We know that the fraction of people who subscribe to these channels is small, so there's a huge number of people who may not even know they can donate to KDE, let alone that donations are critically important to its continued existence..."
From 6.2 onwards, Plasma itself will show a system notification asking for a donation once per year, in December. The idea here is to get the message that KDE really does need your financial help in front of more eyeballs — especially eyeballs not currently looking at KDE's public-facing promotion efforts... [W]e tried our best to minimize the annoying-ness factor: It's small and unobtrusive, and no matter what you do with it (click any button, close it, etc) it'll go away until next year. It's implemented as a KDE Daemon (KDED) module, which allows users and distributors to permanently disable it if they like. You can also disable just the popup on System Settings' Notifications page, accessible from the configure button in the notification's header.
Ultimately the decision to do this came down to the following factors:
— We looked at FOSS peers like Thunderbird and Wikipedia which have similar things (and in Wikipedia's case, the message is vastly more intrusive and naggy). In both cases, it didn't drive everyone away and instead instead resulted in a massive increase in donations that the projects have been able to use to employ lots of people.
- KDE really needs something like this to help our finances grow sustainably in line with our userbase and adoption by vendors and distributors.
The blog post also answers the question: what are you going to do with all that money?
This is a question the KDE e.V. board of directors as a whole would need to answer, and any decision on it will be made collectively. But as one of the five members on that board, I can tell you my personal answer and the one that as your representative, I'd advocate for. It's basically the platform I ran on two years ago: extend an offer of full-time employment to our current people, and hire even more! I want us to end up with paid QA people and distro developers, and even more software engineers. I want us to fund the creation of a next-generation KDE OS we can offer directly to institutions looking to switch to Linux, and a hardware certification program to go along with it. I want us to to extend our promotional activities and outreach to other major distros and vendors and pitch our software to them directly. I want to see Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop ship Plasma by default. I want us to use this money to take over the world — with freedom, empowerment, and kindness.
These have been dreams for a long time, and throughout KDE we've been slowly moving towards them over the years. With a lot more money, we can turbocharge the pace! If that stuff sounds good, you can start with a donation today.
A reaction from GamingOnLinux:
I think it is fair for KDE to expose that they need funding and asking that from inside the UI would not hurt for a software that delivered so much for free (as in freedom and as in "gratis").
Linux magazine points out that other new features for 6.2 "include the ability to block apps from inhibiting sleep mode, a new 'fill' mode for wallpaper, an overhauled System Settings Accessibility page, and the usual slew of bug fixes."
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Essex food delivery driver found with drugs and firearm
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I'm a female solo traveller these are the FIVE Asian countries I felt safest in... one I was pleasantly surprised by
Posting to TikTok about her experiences on the continent while voyaging alone, Courtney, under the handle @shetravelledtheworld, shared her list on the social media platform.
We left 'horrible' Australia and moved back to Scotland with our kids after just 18 months. This is why we've come back - and think everyone should do the same
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Inside the dark fetish world of 'Feederism': The women worshipped as 'goddesses' for getting dangerously fat - and the men who pay thousands... just to watch them eat
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Elle Macpherson makes bombshell cancer claim and reveals she's in 'utter wellness' despite top doctor's ominous warning
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The secret behind Demi Moore's youthful appearance: Hollywood muse, 61, has had '£250,000 worth of cosmetic surgery' including breast implants and a nose job - but STILL feels 'insecure' about her body
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The gorgeous medieval market town crowned the best place to live in Essex
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Being shot to fame on Coronation Street ruined my mental health - soap bosses offered no support but I found a lifeline that kept me going, admits Simon Gregson
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Emma Raducanu looks glum as she tries to go under the radar during a stroll in London - two weeks after the British star's tearful US Open exit
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Jeremy Clarkson admits he is losing '£10 per customer' at his Cotswolds pub - as he reveals he's opened a VIP area at the bar just for farmers
The Farmer's Dog which open its doors last month only uses produce from Great Britain all in the hopes of further supporting British farmers.
Billionaire James Packer reveals he's on Ozempic but still gaining weight due to a secret addiction - and opens up on the real reasons for his string of failed relationships
In a candid interview onboard the billionaire's $300million superyacht off Tahiti, the 57-year-old revealed he had been battling severe mental health issues for over three decades.