Last week I heard it not once, not twice but three times in three different conversations with three different people that building KDE software and getting involved was mysterious and perceived as difficult. We have documentation on the KDE wikis for this, but I admit that it can take time to read through everything and find the shortest path from point A (e.g. a machine with Linux installed) to point B (building software from git.kde.org).
Video tutorials were suggested .. and so last night after finishing my work for the day (as if it is ever "finished" .. ha!) I sat down and recorded two episodes of what has, it appears, become a series. In these videos you will find out how to set up your system and be compiling KDE software in no time at all. I try and pace things so it doesn't go too quickly, but even then the first two episodes are only around twenty minutes all together, by the end of which you are a source compiling monster. Or at least your computer is.
I've started a playlist for these videos and will upload a new one every few days until we're at something resembling a useful conclusion. If there is something you'd like to see covered in this series, drop a comment below and I'll do my best to work it in.
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Well done man. This is the best way to involve people in playing around with the code... and maybe produce (some day) something useful for all.
Thanks
You never cease to amaze me, Aaron. Thank you! this is *exactly* what I've been looking for, for about...oh I don't know, the past 5 years. Thank you!!
building it right now. thanks aaron. this is really usefull.
Maybe it's just me, but I never had problems building kde. It was more running and debugging things like plasma / kwin which gave me headaches.
Thanks for the video.
May be this is already in your todo list :)
Hope you can create a video to compile basic kde component need to start kde master from kdm.
Thank you Aaron, for all the time you put in making the world a better place. My favorite quote is from Gandhi-
"...be the change you want to see in the world."
From what I see, you are living it. Thank you.
Hi Aaron,
I am asking again, what happened to the Vivaldi project?
Please, for the sake of others who love free software and hardware. Give us a report, a status. Where it failed? What happened?
You can't just come back on blogging on "small" manners, ignoring all the buzz that vivaldi created.
Then the project goes down(?) and no comment about it? not a blog ?
@linuxpixie: i'll be sharing news and an update on Vivaldi at tomorrow night's video cast (live on Google+ Hangouts; posted directly thereafter to youtube)
Completely cool. Great idea & totally useful. Thanks for giving of your time for this.
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