March 2008

From Qt Apps:

Version 0.9.4 of QtiPlot, a scientific plotting and data analysis application which uses Qt, has been released. Changes:

• Use of modified Qwt 5.1 (from Subversion repository), supplied with QtiPlot
• Improved export of 2D plots: no more white gaps between the axes.
• Highly improved the speed of Table/Matrix values calculation when using muParser as script engine: QtiPlot is now five times faster then Origin 7.5 when working with matrices.
• Fixed the numerical integration of data sets and added the possibility to integrate analytical functions.
• Added 2D numerical integration for matrices.
• Improved matrix undo/redo framework and fixed all possible memory overflows when working with matrices.
• Improved the custom actions dialog.
• Fixed a few minor bugs.

Screenshots linked off home page; downloads (sources, with binaries in return for buying a maintenance contract) here. Requires Qt 4.2.

From KDE Apps:

Version 3.01 of KTorrent, the BitTorrent client for KDE, has been released. This release contains a number of bug fixes, including for "several uncommon crashes". Screenshots (of the old KDE 3 version) here; source downloads from the home page. Requires KDE 4.

A first beta of "Hardy Heron", version 8.04 (i.e. April 2008) of Kubuntu, the popular Debian-based Linux distro with a KDE desktop, has been released. Two versions of it will be released, a "rock solid" one with KDE 3.5.9, and a "remixed" one featuring KDE 4. Other major new features:

• Easy configuring of desktop effects with Compiz in KDE 3
• Amarok v1.4.8, featuring better iPod compatibility and iPhone and iPod Touch support
• Auto-installing of codecs in Kaffeine
• Wubi, allowing the install of Ubuntu into a Windows file-system without partitioning
• Encrypted filesystems (other than for the /boot partition)
• Write support for NTFS
• Bulletproof X, a fail-safe X11 mode

For CD download mirrors, see the release announcement; for upgrade instructions from Gutsy (7.10), see here. For information on the standard Ubuntu Hardy beta with the GNOME desktop, which has also been released, see here.

From KDE Apps:

Version 2.9.1 of Yakuake, a drop-down terminal for KDE modelled on a similar feature in the Quake game (and based on KDE's own Konsole terminal), has been released. Changes:

• Starting Yakuake a second time now toggles the window state, making it possible to open and retract Yakuake from a panel button or by simply running the executable.
• Disabled standard startup notifications ("Launch Feedback") for Yakuake.
• Fixed Open/Retract action not working with versions of KDE 4 trunk (4.1) after March 10th, 2008.
• Fixed a bug that could cause actions also available from the tab context menu to operate on the wrong session when triggered by keyboard shortcut and the context menu had been used previously.
• Fixed the "Close Active Terminal", "Split Left/Right" and "Split Top/Bottom" actions not operating on the correct session when activated from the context menu of a tab other than the active tab.
• Some additions to the KDE4FAQ file.

Screenshots and downloads (source only) at KDE Apps above;

From KDE Apps:

A first beta of version 0.9.4 of digiKam, the digital photo download and management application for KDE, has been released. New features include:

• a timeline tab in the left side-bar (see here)
• a calendar view, a "new status-bar indicator to report album icon view filtering status" (see here)
• updated CImg library to the latest stable version, v1.2.7
• Colour themes applied consistently, giving a more professional look when dark themes are used
• There are also bug-fixes; see changelog here.

Screenshots here, source downloads here. Requires KDE 3.5.

Trolltech Releases Qt Jambi 4.4 Preview — Trolltech

Trolltech has released a preview of version 4.4 of Qt Jambi, its Java bindings for Qt. The downloads, for all desktop platforms, are available under a special preview licence here in source and binary form.

From the KDE website:

Version 4.0.2 of KDE has been released. Most significant changes include:

• Repainting issues in the HTML engine (KHTML) fixed
• New Farsi and Icelandic tranlsations
• Ability to resize Plasma desktop toolbar
• Numerous other Plasma improvements and bug-fixes
• Stability improvements to Kopete (chat client) and Okular (PDF reader)

Full changelog here. Source downloads, and links to third-party binaries (currently for SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian experimental and Magic Linux) on the Info page.

From Qt Apps:

Version 0.9.3 of QtiPlot, a data analysis and scientific plotting application similar to Origin, has been released. Changes:

• Added support for Undo/Redo when working with matrices.
• Implemented ASCII import/export for matrices.
• Improved matrix to table conversion.
• Added the possibility to hide/show table columns.
• Added support for plotting combined date and time data.
• Improved import of Origin 7.5 project files.
• Fixed a few minor bugs in the Fit Wizard and some other minor bugs.

Screenshots off main page under "features"; downloads (sources, binaries for all desktop Qt platforms in return for a maintenance contract) here. Requires Qt v4.3.2 or later (for full requirements see here).