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Kubuntu v9.04 released

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-04-24 04:55
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Kubuntu 9.04 Out in the Wild | Kubuntu

Version 9.04, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope (or just Jaunty), of Kubuntu, the KDE variant of the Ubuntu Linux distro, has been released. Major changes:

  • KDE v4.2.2, Amarok v2.0.2, new KDE Network Manager plasma applet to replace the old system tray applet
  • Qt v4.5
  • New Intel Atom (LPIA) version, for netbooks
  • GTK app integration into KDE using QtCurve

This is part of the general Ubuntu release (see earlier entry for major new features).

Updates to Qt toolkit and Creator, with Visual Studio add-in

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-04-24 04:03
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Updates to Qt, Qt Creator released — Qt -- A cross-platform application and UI framework

Qt Software has released new versions of the Qt toolkit and the IDE, Qt Creator. Qt v4.5.1 contains numerous bug fixes in several classes and most of the tools (changelog here); Qt Creator v1.1 includes JavaScript support in the editor and Subversion v1.6 support (full changelog here). There is also a new Visual Studio add-in, allowing open source licensees to use Qt with Visual Studio; that is available here. The toolkit and IDE are available (either as a source download or a binary SDK download, which is three times as big) here.

Kubuntu v9.04 release candidate out

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-04-17 15:16
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Kubuntu 9.04 RC available

A release candidate (likely to be the only one) of Kubuntu v9.04, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope or just Jaunty, has been released. This version includes KDE v4.2.2 and Digikam v0.10.0, neither of which had been released at the time of the beta. For full information, including download locations and important changes, see here. This is part of the forthcoming Ubuntu release, which includes Linux kernel version 2.6.28, Ext4 file system support, GNOME 2.26, X.org server v1.6 and Eucalyptus, which facilitates cloud computing; for more information see here.

Johan Thelin launches Learn Qt blog

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2009-04-12 01:02
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Learn Qt

Johan Thelin, the author of Foundations of Qt Development, has started a new blog entitled Learn Qt, dedicated to teaching Qt in small increments (to make them easier to digest and easier for him to write than full book chapters).

PC-BSD 7.1 released with KDE 4.2

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2009-04-12 00:57
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Version 7.1 of PC-BSD, a desktop-targeted operating system derived from FreeBSD, has been released. This is the first to feature KDE 4 (version 4.2.2); the BSD backend is updated to FreeBSD 7.1, making it the first to offer a journalled filesystem (FreeBSD's own, not Linux compatible). Other changes:

  • Xorg v7.4
  • New print manager, removing need to use CUPS web interface
  • Software & Updates application, consolidating "Add/remove Programs" tool and the updater
  • Updater Tray streamlined into tray-only update notifier
  • FreeBSD ports and packages can now be created by utilizing the "runports" command
  • Greater stability for Flash 9 allows users to get higher quality from Flash sites such as Hulu and Youtube
  • Enhancements to installer, including option to upgrade while preserving the userland
  • Fixes to Wi-Fi and networking, and to Linux emulation

Full changelog here; downloads for both old-style and 64-bit PCs here.

New community site QtOverload started

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-04-02 02:25
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A new Qt community blog, QtOverload.com, has been started, demonstrating "cute things you can do with Qt", among them using a Nokia N800 to watch your bird box and a CSS-based candy widget theme. Also, don't forget Qt Centre which has a forum and a wiki and plenty of content, but which isn't new and has a boring green and white theme.