KDE Archive

KDE 4.0 Beta 1 Released

Submitted by irbis 2007-08-02 KDE 96 Comments

Five weeks later than planned, the KDE project has released KDE 4.0 Beta 1. "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the integration process which will bring the powerful new technologies included in the now frozen KDE 4 libraries to the applications." Update: Screenshots.

Open Source Semantic Desktop Is Coming

Submitted by AdamW 2007-07-14 KDE 50 Comments

"PC users have volumes of information saved on their computers, most of it disconnected and disparate save for a basic directory system. The answer to connecting all the information into a local semantic Web of information is closer than you might think. Thanks to the open source NEPOMUK (Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-based Management of Unified Knowledge) effort, the Semantic Desktop isn't a dream; it's an emerging reality and will be here with the upcoming release of KDE 4 for the Linux desktop."

The LXer Interview: Sebastian Kügler of KDE

Submitted by sharkscott 2007-07-12 KDE 6 Comments

A look inside what makes KDE tick and a glimpse of what the future holds and more in the LXer interview of Sebastian Kügler.

Quick Look: KDE 4.0 Alpha 2

Submitted by Johan Thelin 2007-07-11 KDE 62 Comments

A quick look at the state of KDE 4, including screenshots. "Over all, KDE 4 alpha 2, was a pleasant experience. Not much worked on a user level, but large parts of the underlaying infrastructure seems to be in place. I'm looking forward to the more releases and the final version due in October."

Mandriva Adds Semantic Layer to KDE 4; aKademy Keynotes

Submitted by AdamW 2007-07-05 KDE 27 Comments

Mandriva has sent out a press release to highlight NEPOMUK, the semantic framework (think metadata) being developed by Mandriva and several partners and will be integrated in the upcoming KDE 4. It includes a link to a video demonstrating NEPOMUK integration into Dolphin, the KDE 4 file manager. In addition, "aKademy 2007 has kicked off! The first weekend hosted our user conference, which brought many talks about various topics, ranging from very technical to more practically oriented, which were spread over two tracks. The tracks were interweaved with keynote talks. Read on for the report of the aKademy 2007 keynotes."

KDE 4.0 Alpha 2 Released

Submitted by diegocg 2007-07-04 KDE 42 Comments

"The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second alpha release of the K Desktop Environment. This release comes straight out of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland where aKademy is currently taking place. For the bravehearts who want to try KDE 4.0 Alpha2, please refer to the alpha 2 info page to find ways to have a peek at the current status yourself."

KDE’s Plasma Is Heating up

Thom Holwerda 2007-06-21 KDE 94 Comments

"If you visited the Plasma project's outdated Web site in past weeks, you might have gotten the impression that the team behind the project to revitalize the KDE desktop hasn't been up to much these past months. Delve into KDE's SVN repository, mailing lists, or the mind of lead developer Aaron Seigo, however, and you'll find a more exciting story." More here.

Interview: Lars Knoll, Creator of KHTML

Submitted by Francis Kuntz 2007-06-13 KDE 17 Comments

"Ars Technica sat down today to talk with KHTML developer and Trolltech employee, Lars Knoll. We talked about his involvement in the project that ultimately became the HTML rendering engine for Apple's Safari web browser, as well how Apple's involvement has shaped the future of web browsing for browsers on just about every platform imaginable."

KOffice 1.6.3 Released

Thom Holwerda 2007-06-08 KDE 30 Comments

The KOffice team has released KOffice 1.6.3. "This is the last maintenance release of the 1.6 series, containing mainly bug fixes. There are bug fixes for almost all of the components. See the complete changelog for the complete information."

Semantic Desktop: State, Plans of Nepomuk-KDE

Submitted by liquidat 2007-05-31 KDE 10 Comments

"Nepomuk-KDE is the basis for the semantic technologies we will see in KDE 4. Sebastian Trug, the main developer behind Nepomuk-KDE, provided me with some up to date information about the current state and future plans. The Semantic Desktop describes the idea where users will not only be able to search existing information, but also to search for the meaning and relation of these information. The Nepomuk project creates open standards and APIs around this idea. Nepomuk-KDE is the implementation of these standards for KDE."

KWin Composite Brings Bling to KDE4

Submitted by diegocg 2007-05-30 KDE 30 Comments

"KWin, KDE's window manager, has been around since KDE 2.0 (replacing KWM in KDE 1.x) and has grown to be a mature and stable window manager over the years. For KDE 4, however, there were a few people rumbling about visual effects, and perhaps KWin was feeling a little envious of its younger cousins Compiz and Beryl. While these new effects have created a lot of buzz around Linux and UNIX, long-term KDE users have wished they can enjoy the effects of Compiz/Beryl while still having the tried and tested window manager that is KWin. As a result, for KDE 4, KWin has received a huge graphical upgrade, with composite and GL support."

Kiosktool Locks Down KDE Users’ Desktops

Submitted by FreeRhino 2007-05-30 KDE 3 Comments

"Recently I wrote about locking down the GNOME desktop environment with Pessulus. In this article, I'll show you how to do the same for KDE, using Kiosktool, a front end for changing the KDE configuration files in users' home folders and the /etc/kde* folders."

KDE 3.5.7 Released

Submitted by Olaf Schmidt 2007-05-22 KDE 24 Comments

KDE 3.5.7 has been released. "This release has a renewed focus on KDE PIM applications. KAddressBook, KOrganizer and KAlarm received attention with bugfixes, while KMail additionally witnessed new features and improvements with both interface work and IMAP handling: it can manage IMAP quota and copy and move all folders." In addition, Munich's KDE distribution LiMux has been certified to meet the international usability standard ISO 9241.

KOffice ODF Sprint Report

Submitted by superstoned 2007-05-15 KDE 9 Comments

Last friday, the KOffice team started their ODF meeting in Berlin. Many people showed up at the KDAB office, and spend their time discussing, designing, and hacking on KOffice. They came up with some new things.

KDE 4.0-alpha1 Released

Submitted by diegocg 2007-05-11 KDE 79 Comments

"The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first alpha release of the KDE Desktop Environment, version 4.0. The release is a basis for the integration of powerful new technologies that will be included in KDE 4. It has been given the codename 'Knut'." Meanwhile, the KDe HIG team is looking for help with finding applications that violate the (unfinished) KDE HIG.

Interview: Sebastian Trug, Lead Developer of k3b

Submitted by AdamW 2007-05-10 KDE 80 Comments

"k3b is one of the most important applications for many Linux users. The immensely popular and fully-featured CD/DVD writing application has been a mainstay of the standard Linux desktop since its early releases. Since last year, Sebastian Trüg, the initial author and present lead developer of k3b, has been employed by Mandriva both to work on k3b and to work on the Nepomuk desktop project. We asked Sebastian a few questions about k3b, Mandriva and Nepomuk."

The Road to KDE 4: Solid Brings Hardware Configuration to KDE

Submitted by elsewhere 2007-04-25 KDE 28 Comments

"One of the many new technologies for KDE 4 is the often mentioned, but seldom explained Solid hardware API. Hardware has always been a bit of an annoying element of using Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, but Solid hopes to fix that for KDE 4. In many ways, Solid is like Phonon, in that it's a Qt/KDE style API around already existing components at the lower level, such as freedesktop.org's HAL. It is already quite functional in the backend, and it's already affecting visible KDE components."

KDE 4 Snapshot Screenshot Tour

Submitted by linuxbeta 2007-04-23 KDE 86 Comments

"Stephan Binner, a well-known KDE and openSUSE developer, has released a set of live CDs featuring the latest development snapshot of KDE 4 (screenshots). Unlike the SLAX-based live CD called KLAX, which he used to develop in order to demonstrate new KDE releases, his 'KDE Four Live' images are based on openSUSE. After a large, uncompressed live DVD released earlier in the week, a set of smaller live CDs (compressed with Squashfs) is now also available for download. Don't expect trouble-free computing with these early KDE 4 snapshots, but as demonstration tools designed to give KDE users an early taste of things to come, they aren't too bad. The first alpha build of KDE 4 is scheduled for release early next week."

The Road to KDE 4: Strigi and File Information Extraction

Submitted by dylansmrjones 2007-04-12 KDE 12 Comments

"After a short delay due to a heavy dosage of 'Real Life', I return to bring you more on the technologies behind KDE 4. This week I am featuring Strigi, an information extraction subsystem that is being fully deployed for KDE 4.0. KDE has previously had the ability to extract information about files of various types, and has used them in a variety of functional contexts, such as the Properties Dialog. Strigi promises many improvements over the existing versions."

KDE 4.0 Release Schedule Finalised

Submitted by SQwerl 2007-03-21 KDE 40 Comments

The KDE Community and the release team have put together a release plan for the long anticipated version 4.0, which is planned to be released in October 2007. KDE 4.0 will likely contain initial versions of all the major subsystems that have been described in recent Dot articles. These 'Pillars' of KDE set the stage for desktop and application growth and maturity over the life of the KDE 4 series.