KDE Archive
KDE integrates OpenOffice.org
In this interview, Jan Holesovsky, author and leader of the KDE.OpenOffice.org project, now employed by SUSE, gives a glimpse of what to expect in terms of OpenOffice.org integration on the KDE desktop.
KDE on Cygwin: KDE 3.1.4 Available
The KDE on Cygwin project announced its KDE 3.1.4 release for Cygwin/XFree. New are native sound support, windows executables are usable in Konqueror, prelimary printing support using Ghostscript and much more, the Dot reports.
A look at KDE 3.2 Beta 2
"After developers finished squishing more than 2,000 bugs, KDE 3.2, codenamed Rudi, is available in Beta 2, codenamed Dobra Voda (which in Czech means "good water"). What are new features of the desktop environment? Does an update make sense?" Michael 'STIBS' Stibane asks in his review.
KDE 3.2-RC1 Tarballs Available
The source code of the first RC for the upcoming KDE 3.2 release is here.
ArtWork Source Code Troubles KDE’s 3.2 Release
In the dawn of the news that well known artist Everaldo, of CrystalSVG fame, now works for Lindows.com, a long discussion has started on kde-core-devel because Everaldo hasn't released the source code of some of the SVG icons that was supposed to be shipped with KDE 3.2. Update: Lindows.com's Kevin Carmony (President & COO) responds.
The KDE 3.2 Beta 2 User Review
Around 3 weeks ago, I downloaded the 2nd beta of KDE 3.2 from their FTP site. I've been using this release every day since then. The purpose of my writing this piece is not to highlight KDE 3.2's new features and applications - read the Changelog at KDE's site for that - but to give you a complete picture of how it measures up to its previous versions in terms of everyday use. Does it make me more productive? Is the command line more efficient yet? Or, even better, does it make me use the command line more effectively? Read on...
Kde 3.1.5 Released
Integrating KDE in GNOME Applications
KDE project is planning on announcing QtGTK library which was written by one of its core developers. The library integrates Qt event loop with GNOME. Thanks to that whole KDE framework can be used from any GTK+ application just like it would be a native part of it. The library itself is already available here. There seems to be also a tutorial on how to use it here. Reportedly Gimp already works with it.
Review Of KDE 3.2 Beta; KOffice on Mac OS X
Ben Mazer write a not-so-positive review of the KDE 3.2 beta. It can be found here. Our recent KDE review is here. Elsewhere, RangerRick now has a preliminary KOffice port (with some Qt font/drawing issues still to fix) to Mac OS X in addition to the recent Konqueror port.
The KDE Group Protests “GNOME-Only” Decision for UserLinux
The KDE Group - a group of KDE and/or Debian developers with a dedication to and interest in both projects - have written this detailed proposal opposing the decision to go with GNOME as the sole UserLinux GUI. Our Take: On Friday I emailed Bruce Perens on the issue, but he didn't reply. Following is my short email to Perens, trying to suggest a solution that might become acceptable by both camps.
KDE Keeps You Fit
ITBusiness.ca has an interesting
success story about how LinuxMagic switched FitnessWorld to Linux and KDE.
Although the article does not mention KDE, we know they are using KDE thanks
to this KDE Success Story that was submitted to
KDE::Enterprise.
Our Take: Last night we watched the X-Men 2 DVD and in the feature documentaries on the second DVD disk, in the one regarding the visual effects, one of the SGI animators was clearly using KDE as well.
A quick look at KDE 3.2 Beta 2; KOffice 1.3-RC2 is Out
KDE 3.2-beta2: Towards a Better KDE
The latest beta of KDE's 3.2, beta 2, was released a few days ago. I installed the provided Fedora RPMs and had a look in this early pre-release version of the popular X11 desktop environment. Six screenshots are included. We look at both the strengths and the weaknesses of the DE.
The KDE Desktop on The Linux Show
KDE developers George Staikos and Aaron J. Seigo joined in "The Linux Show". The archived version of the show is now available for download.
KDE 3.2-beta2 Available
The official release is here and you can start downloading the KDE 3.2-beta2 from here.
A Mac OS X User Reviews KDE
In this article, Mac user Paul Bissex decides to put an old computer to good use after his Powerbook crashed, and installs FreeBSD and KDE. He discovers that there's a lot to like about KDE, particularly network transparency in Konqueror and other applications, virtual desktops, the Quanta Plus web development tool and the KDE PIM suite. He also identifies some drawbacks to his KDE desktop, and compares it to Mac OS X.
KDE to Use KConfig XT as its Configuration Framework
KDE 3.2 will introduce an improved configuration framework, known as KConfig XT. This new framework extends, not deprecates, the current KDE configuration API. But if Gnome and KDE continue to have a different API for configuration, how easy freedesktop.org's goal would be to uniform the backends of the two popular DEs? We spoke to freedesktop.org's founder, Havoc Pennington, and here is what he replied after having a quick look at the new KDE API: UPDATE: Read on for KDE/SuSE's Waldo Bastian reply too: