On January 27, a year after the release of the very first version of KDE software suite of the fourth generation, here comes KDE 4.2 "The Answer". This is a significant release since it marks the time when KDE has matured enough to be appropriate for use by normal users and in production environments.

To celebrate the important event in KDE's history with our fans all around the world we would like to invite you to join us at one of the parties, or throw your very own party. This is a great opportunity to meet with other users of KDE and contributors who bring you this amazing collection of free software. Let's show people how cool KDE software and community are!

If you are organizing a party it's all up to you to make it just the way you like it. There could be presentations, workshops, maybe some translation marathons, a hacking contest, just some socializing fun with a drink or two. It can be short and sweet or long. You decide. Also, don't be afraid to invite some local press to the event to get the word about KDE out there.

If you decided to throw a party, do add it to the list of party locations below. Please keep the list ordered by alphabet.

See you all on the party!

KDE 4.2 Release Parties

Please add your parties by continent first, then in alphabetical order

Africa

South Africa

Cape Town: When: January 30, 18:00; Where: Starlight diner in Rondebosch (the corner of Rondebosch main road and Bellemont drive); Contact: A.J. Venter; More info: A.J. Venter will sponsor the first round of beers (for toasting) at 18:30

Asia

Indonesia

Bandung: Event: Collaboration of Indonesian openSUSE Community (openSUSE-Id); Bandung Region, and Tobucil & Klubs. openSUSE-Id gathers for their Bandung openSUSE 11.1 Release Party and celebrates this KDE 4.2 release with local community in Bandung.; When: Sunday, February 1, 15:30; Where: Tobucil, Aceh 56, Bandung 40113.; Contact: Andi Sugandi

Australia

Europe

Austria

Vienna: When: Tuesday, January 27, 19:00; Where: Metalab; Contact: red667

Denmark

Copenhagen: When: Wednesday, January 28, 19:00; Where: CBS, Howitzvej 60, 2000 Frederiksberg map; Contact: martin (at) sslug dot dk; Announcement

Estonia

Tallinn: When: Tuesday, January 27, 19:00; Where: Mauruse Pubi, Estonia pst 8, map; Contact: laur (at) estobuntu dot org GSM 58116469

Estonia, Tartu: When: Thursday, January 29, 19:00; Where: Cafe Shakespeare, Vanemuise 6, website; Contact: laur (at) estobuntu dot org GSM 58116469

Germany

Berlin: When: Tuesday, January 28, 19:00; Where: KDAB office Berlin, Adalbertstr. 7/8, 10999 Berlin (Kreuzberg); Contact: Frank Osterfeld

Frankfurt: When: Friday, January 30, 19:00; Where: Brotfabrik/KP21, Bachmannstr. 2-4, 60488 Frankfurt am Main; Contact: Claudia Rauch

Drop me a mail if you want to come :)

Stuttgart: Event: Together with the Free Software Foundation Europe. The FSFE gathers for their Southern German Fellowship meeting and celebrates the release with us.; When: Friday, January 30, 18:00; Where: Unithekle (near S-Bahn Universität) how to get there; Contact: Frederik Gladhorn

Italy

Naples: Organized by the KDE Italia team and the Openmind with the openSUSE support.; When: Saturday, February 7, 09:00-14:00; Where: Villa Vannucchi, San Giorgio a Cremano, Naples, Italy. The event is going to be in a mansion house of the 1700.; Contact: Giovanni Venturi and KDE Italia team: send us an email if you want to be here.; More info: here

Netherlands

Nijmegen: When: Sunday, februari 1, 14:00; Where: De Commanderie, Franseplaats 1, Nijmegen; Contact: KDE nl mailinglist; More info: many dutch KDE contributors will be there!

Norway

Oslo: When: Friday, January 30, 20:00; Where: Bugges, eftf, Leirfallsgate 6; Contact: Jesper Thomschütz; More info: Meet real live trolls from Qt Software!

Slovenia

Ljubljana: Four presentations (about KDE 4.2, Plasma, Amarok 2 and, D-Bus), three workshops (creating a Plasma theme, creating a Plasma widget, and helping with translation), and after that some free socialising with some snacks and drinks. For workshops you need to register. See more info link.; When: Tuesday, January 27, 18:00; Where: Kiberpipa, Kersnikova 6 - the map; Contact: Jure Repinc; More info: Zabava ob izidu KDE 4.2

Spain

Barcelona: When: January 30, 22:00; Where: Barcelona, Restaurant Sporting, Carrer Maspons 16; Contact: Albert Astals Cid

Switzerland

Zürich: After an introduction by Georg Greve of the Free Software Foundation Europe there will be a talk by Aaron Seigo. Food and drinks afterwards.; Event: KDE 4.2 Release Party; Date: Wednesday, January 28th.; Time: 17:30; Where: Auditorium Maximum, main building ETH Zürich, Rämistrasse 101; Important notice: still looking for a sponsor!; Website: http://www.project21.ch/kde42-release; Contact: Luca Gugelmann; Note that the event is absolutely free. The "fee" of ~100$ which was announced here is NOT necessary. The event listed here is not formally related to the AGS conference, it just happens to be at the same location.

For the AGS talk by Aaron Seigo "Democratic Software - the Implications of Open Source in Society" on Monday, January 26 see [1]. The edit introducing the fee was from a source unknown to the organizers.

South America

Argentina

Buenos Aires: When: Friday, January 30, 21:00; Where: Jobs Bar; Contact: juanman or #kde-ar in freenode irc chat

Brazil

Salvador: When: Tuesday, January 27; Where: Faculdade Area1FTE; Contact: Cristiano Furtado or more information here

São Paulo: When: Wednesday, January 28, 20:00-22:00h; Where: Feira Moderna Rua Fradique Coutinho, 1248, Vila Madalena; Contact: Mauricio Piacentini (if possible, send an email so we can estimate the number of people)

São Luis de Montes Belos: when: , Janeiro 28, 20:00; Where: Shop Dos Amigos - [2]; Contact: Jhonatam(se nao estivere, encontrando o local me liguem que dou instruçoes 64 8422-3846)

Sergipe: When: Tuesday, January 27, 19:00; Where: Ligue Pizza - Mapa]; Contact: Otavio Souza (if possible, send an email so we can estimate the number of people)

Nicaragua

Managua: When: Tuesday, January 27, 19:00; Where: Pizza Valentis Los Robles; Contact: fitoria; More info: LinuxTour

North America

United States

New York, NY: When: Wednesday, January 28, 8pm EST; Where: the Hungarian Pastry Shop on 1030 Amsterdam Avenue (between west 110th and 111th); Free; Contact: web announcement or Samat Jain

Washington DC: When: Friday January 30, 19:00; Where: Piratz Tavern, Silver Spring MD (map), Metro accessible, Parking available, Family friendly; Contact: Celeste Lyn Paul

KDE 4.2 Release Event on the Forum

The KDE Forum team is proud to announce an event to celebrate the release of KDE 4.2 at the end of January.

On this day we will open a Congratulation/Feedback thread in the KDE Releases Forum. There you can post what you like to say about this shiny new release.

But that's not all. For this particular day this thread will be __open to any guest all over the world__, no registration is needed.

Of course, to overcome possible abuse, every new post will be moderated.

And to make this something special, we want to make our first real record: We believe that it should be possible to get as much as 2000 posts in one day

So come onto the Forum and join the gratulations!