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June 2006

KNemo v0.4.1 released

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.4.1 of KNemo (KDE Network Monitor), a KDE system-tray applet similar to the one found in Windows which displays an icon for every network interface found, has been released. This version includes a new Hungarian and an updated Russian translation, a timer to periodically store statistics, the ability to configure where to store statistics and how often to monitor interfaces. Screenshots and source download at KDE Apps; contributed SUSE 10.1 RPM here.

Gambas: new development version

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2006-06-12 04:45
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From KDE Apps:

A new development version of Gambas, the Visual Basic-like development environment for Linux with a KDE front-end, has been released. There is a substantial list of changes including a new Workspace control, the help system using a static version of the Gambas wiki and major changes to the Draw class (full changelog here). Screenshots here, downloads here. Stable version remains 1.0.16.

Knoda: new test version 0.8.2-test1

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2006-06-12 01:23
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From KDE Apps:

A new test version of Knoda, a KDE front end for various databases (DBase, Firebird, Access, MySQL, Paradox, Postgres, SQLite and ODBC), has been released. This version includes a new driver "dbase", which works "out of the box", although the old xbase driver can still be used. There are also improvements to the Postgres driver, the date widget, CSV import and export dialogs, and various bug fixes. Screenshots here, source downloads and requirements details here. Requires KDE 3.2.

PyQt 4 released (and SIP bug-fix)

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2006-06-10 21:50
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Riverbank Computing has announced that version 4 of its Python-Qt binding has been released. This is a major new release which supports Qt4, and can be installed alongside version 3. Full changelog here, docs here, class reference here. A bug fix update of SIP, the basis for PyQt, has also been released, with two changes (changelog here).

Debian Qt4 packages updated (Etch & Sid) [take 2]

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2006-06-09 18:34
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Debian has updated the Qt 4.1 packages for both its testing (Etch) and unstable (Sid) versions. Both now have 4.1.3 on all platforms except Motorola 68K and s390, which have 4.1.2 (for Etch see this search result, and for Sid see this one). Sarge (the current stable release) seems to entirely lack Qt 4 packages.

amaroK changes its name

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2006-06-09 18:24
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amaroK is now Amarok - Amarok Blog

Mark Kretschmann writes about the results of the recent K3M multimedia meeting in the Netherlands; among the changes is that "amaroK" is now simply "Amarok" (capital A rather than K, for anyone listening to rather than reading this). The reasons given are the continual misspellings (particularly when the name starts a sentence) which "hurt name branding", and the capital K implying that the app is KDE-specific, when it "is intended to be a software for all desktops". The comments at Mr Kretschmann's blog at the moment all approve of the change.

ManDVD v1.8 released

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2006-06-09 18:13
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Version 1.8 of ManDVD (no home page linked), an application to "simply create DVD Vidéo", has been released. Screenshots, downloads and requirements list (this includes Qt 3) is at KDE Apps.

KLatexFormula v1.2.0 out

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2006-06-09 18:08
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Version 1.2.0 of KLatexFormula (no home page link given), a KDE app designed to produce an image (for saving or dragging and dropping) from a LaTeX formula, has been released. The usual three screenshots are on the KDE Apps page, along with a source download and build/install instructions. Requires Qt/KDE 3.1, LaTeX and ImageMagick.

SIP v4.4.4 released

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2006-06-09 18:08
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Riverbank Computing has announced version 4.4.4 of SIP, its library for producing Python bindings for C and C++ libraries. This is a bug-fix release (changelog here), but is required for PyQt 4.

Klik v0.5r9 released

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2006-06-07 20:28
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Version 0.5r9 of Klik, a system of installable images (similar to the Mac's disk images) for Linux, has been released. The latest change is that software is being categorised in a hierarchy and can be ordered in each category by popularity as well as by name. Download instructions on the main Klik website, on which locations for application downloads can also be found.

QSvn v0.4.0 released

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2006-06-07 05:23
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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.4.0 of QSvn, a multi-platform Subversion client which uses Qt 4, has been released. This version has a number of new features including HTTPS access support - for full list see KDE Apps. Screenshots here; downloads (source and Windows installer) here.

SUSE Qt and KDE repositories moved

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2006-06-04 04:54
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Novell/SUSE has closed the old Supplementary repositories, opening up new KDE repositories at the OpenSUSE site. The KDE/Qt3 downloads can be found here, and there is a KDE4 repository which right now contains KDE libraries, CMake (the build tool for KDE 4, replacing the autotools), and Qt 4 (updated to 4.1.3). (Hat tip: Stephan Binner.)

Kopete 0.12.0 released

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2006-06-03 15:29
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Version 0.12.0 of Kopete, the KDE multi-protocol chat client, has been released. Among the changes is Yahoo file transfer support, many new Jabber capabilities supported, "support for Adium style chatwindow themes", the handling of status messages no longer being tied to the online status, and "Get Hot New Stuff" being reactivated. (I can't find the full changelog.) Screenshots here, downloads (source only, so far) here. This is expected to be the last release for KDE 3; development focus is now moving to Kopete 1.0 for KDE 4. Requires KDE 3.3 or later (emoticons will not work on 3.3 however).

Scribus: new "stable development" version

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-01 21:14
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Version 1.3.3.2 of Scribus, the Qt-based open-source desktop publishing (DTP) application, has been released. According to the changelog, the team "has announced previously there there will be substantial core code changes in the next 1.3.4 and 1.3.5 releases, so the team has branched 1.3.3 to provide a stable usable development version". This version contains new translations (Greek and Dzongkha), compatibility changes for Qt 3.3.6, stability fixes for Windows, and a fix for compatibility with Adobe Reader 7. Screenshots here, downloads: Windows 2000/XP, MacOS X, Source, RPMS & Debs, Debian Repository w/Instructions.

Kubuntu Dapper released

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-01 17:43
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Kubuntu Dapper Drake, and by extension the same version of Ubuntu, has been released. This version features the "Ubiquity Desktop Installer", enabling the installation of the OS from the live CD (similar to Mandrake One), improved X display configuration, improved East Asian Language support, Netboot installation, optional kernels tuned for servers including one geared for systems with 8 or more processors, turn-key LAMP installation, and a whole lot more (see the announcement). The release can be downloaded as an ISO, ordered for free through Shipit, or upgraded from a previous release using APT or Adept (you will probably find it on a cover disk fairly soon - not on Linux Format though, which is due out today). This release features KDE 3.5.2 (but 3.5.3 is available via APT; see here); 256Mb is recommended for a desktop install.

KDE 3.5.3 released

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-01 17:33
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KDE 3.5.3 has been released; in a change to the usual practice of including only bug-fixes in maintainance releases, this release features "well-tested new functionality". Start-up times have been shortened, new features have appeared in Akregator, KMail and KAlarm, and "over 800 minor issues fixed with the aid of Coverity (full changelog here). Information on downloading and compiling here; the release is source only, although there is information on where to find binaries for some distributions (currently Arch, Kubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora and SUSE).

KDE dumps DCOP

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-01 02:09
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The KDE project today removed the inter-application communication system DCOP from the head of its Subversion repository; it is being replaced by FreeDesktop's D-BUS. Thiago Macieira explains:

D-BUS brings us better interoperability with many other programs. While DCOP was pretty much restricted to KDE applications (yes, I know there were C bindings, but not many people used it...), D-BUS already comes with bindings for several other major frameworks: glib, Java, Python, Perl, Mono, etc. D-BUS has been designed from the ground up to be an interoperable IPC system and also to replace DCOP when the time came. And so it did.

D-BUS also allows us to better talk to our own system: projects like HAL and Avahi are already being used by many Linux distributions to let normal applications get access to some privileged resources. In time, I also hope the Portland Project to come around and use D-BUS for its IPC needs, thus freeing us from using a special library with its own protocol to do what D-BUS already does.

Krita Plugins v1.5-1 released

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2006-06-01 02:07
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A set of plugins for the KOffice graphics application Krita has been released. It includes basic colour filters, colour transfer, adjustable blur, unsharp mask, and an anti-redeye tool. These plugins will be shipped with KOffice v1.6. Download at KDE Apps; requires KOffice 1.5.1.