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KDE 3.4.2 is the second maintenance release which provides corrections of problems reported using the KDE bug tracking system and greatly enhanced support for existing translations and new translations. Changelog and download.
Preview of KDE 3.5
A blog entry by Jure Repinc tells us about some of the new features in KDE 3.5 which according to this schedule isn't quite finished yet. Amongs other things, there will be a Storage Media Notification dialog and some more eye candy in Kicker.
KDE 3.4.1 First Desktop from OpenSolaris Community
KDE 3.4.1 is the first modern desktop environment being compiled, packaged and working fully on the OpenSolaris platform. While KDE is known to compile out of the box on Solaris with GCC, using the Sun ONE Studio 10 Compiler still presents a challenge which requires a lot of patches. Dot.KDE has an interview with the Kde on Solaris team leader.
KDE Development News From SVN
People Behind KDE: Antonio Larrosa
The People Behind KDE interviews are back with a new series. First in the hot seat is aKademy organiser Antonio Larrosa. The People Behind KDE interviews take a look at the human side of KDE development by asking the important questions to our team of coders, artists, translators and everyone else who helps KDE.
KDE Announces The 24 Google Projects
The KDE Project and Google announce the 24 KDE projects selected for the "Summer of Code" project. The lucky students and the KDE e.V. will receive a total of $120,000 if they can complete their projects in the allotted two months.
Wikimedia / KDE Collaboration Announced
At LinuxTag, Wikimedia Foundation chairman Jimmy Wales has announced plans for a co-operation with KDE to create "The knowledge-integrated desktop". This will comprise two components 1) a Wikipedia web services API (applicable to any application / desktop environment) and 2) KDE APIs for easy integration of applications with Wikipedia / Wiktionary. This announcement follows news that the next release of the Amarok media player will incorporate Wikipedia lookup for instant access to band biographies.
KDE 3.5-beta Observations
A few screenshots of an early build of the upcoming KDE 3.5 release. Among notable features, Konqueror gets Adblock, and KDE gets some usability features that were introduced in GNOME 2.10. This will be the final release of KDE in the 3 series.
Konqueror passes ACID2 Test
KHTML Developer Allan Sandfeld announced
that KDE's browser Konqueror now passes the ACID2 test from webstandards.org.
While some patches were taken from the Safari fixes, a good part of the fixes have been written from scratch. Konqueror is the second browser to actually tackle the hard test.
KDE 3.4.1 released
KDE 3.4.1 has been released. It is a maintenance release which "provides corrections of problems reported using the KDE bug tracking system and greatly enhanced support for existing translations and new translations. "
KDE Developer clarifies KHTML/Webcore relationship
In an effort to stem the tide of misinformation that has swirled around this topic since the initial blog post was picked up several weeks ago, Kurt Pfeifle has authored an 18 point article , which clarifies the KHTML/Webcore relationship in hopes that the confusion will stop. Comments on this story on dot.kde.org indicate that a lot of work is going on behind the scenes; it is not being mentioned in public (such as through blogs) due to the amount of flaming the topic has caused thus far.
Firefox lead engineer scolds KDE project
Debate between Apple and the open source KDE project over a rendering engine replacement intensified yesterday as Firefox lead engineer Ben Goodger backed the vendor.
KDE developers, usability experts complement each other
Usability has always been a controversial aspect of free software development, but one that is becoming increasingly important along with the uptake of GNU/Linux distributions in businesses and homes. Developers' discussions about usability are often marked by shrill accusations and defensive responses. Implementing usability suggestions can mean giving up months of feature-building. But according to a few developers and usability experts working on KDE, bringing usability experts into the hackers' work processes can be a big help.
Jakub Stachowski: Zeroconf Support in KDE
Last month's release of KDE 3.4 was the first to feature Zeroconf's service discovery. Relevant applications can advertise their services, such as shared folders or networked games, which can then be browsed with the zeroconf:/ ioslave. KDE Dot News spoke to the man behind KDE's Zeroconf support Jakub Stachowski to find out more on this exciting technology.
Tenor: Beyond Search and into the Contextual for KDE
There's been quite a lot of buzz around so-called 'search' tools lately, from the on/off WinFS, to Beagle and Apple's Spotlight. Tenor is KDE's proposed 'framework' for taking this even further. Kurt Pfeifle, along with insights from Scott Wheeler (one of Tenor's authors and primary designers), sat down to talk about the current problems, Tenor itself, how the thinking is different and how KDE's flexible technology provides a solid basis for making it happen.
KDE 4 and beyond: The Linux Box interviews Aaron Seigo
The Linux Box has interviewed Aaron Seigo on their latest episode of The Linux Box Show. He discusses Appeal and the plans for making KDE 4 the leader for usability, development and cool eye candy. Specific topics he covers include KControl, package management, KOffice and using high level programming languages. Start 5 minutes in for a brief history of KDE and 10 minutes in for the interview, or read the transcript.
KDE-Bluetooth 1.0-beta1 Released
The KDE Bluetooth Framework is a set of tools built on top of Linux' Bluetooth stack BlueZ. It provides easy access to the most common Bluetooth actions. The first beta of the upcoming 1.0 version is available for testing. My Take: I had a quick look and I was positively surprised by the level of depth and abilities offered in this beta (notification icon & daemon, action's kio addons, kcontrol pref panels, konqueror registered protocol, other utils). However, much work remains to be done in the usability department, as it's pretty complicated to do anything more than send a file to another Bluetooth device (many of the related dialogs are scattered in many places and they feel disconnected).
Kubuntu Hoary Snapshots
The Kubuntu project has released their latest test images of Hoary Hedgehog, featuring the hot-off-the-press KDE 3.4. OSDir has your sweet screenshot goodness.
KDE 3.4 Review
Tuxmachines has a KDE 3.4 review and declares it to have "more shine and polish than ever experienced with any desktop environment in existance today."