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  KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
KDE Official News Posted by Dre on Sunday 22/Apr/2001, @15:17
from the faster-than-a-speeding-bullet dept.
For those of you who like the cutting edge or want to help the KDE developers continue their phenomenal development pace, but aren't yet ready to compile from CVS, the KDE Project has just released KDE 2.2alpha1. A list of some of the significant additions and improvements versus the recent 2.1 release is below (please add any unlisted significant changes in the comments section), as well as a list of currently available pre-compiled binaries (please read the KDE Binary Packages Policy). Please bear in mind that this is an alpha release and those enjoying a stable desktop should use KDE 2.1.1.

 

ChangeLog: KDE Alpha 2.2.1

If you know of any significant changes not listed below, please add them in a comment!

  • kdelibs changes.
    • One major change you will notice right away is from KDE's new modular printing subsystem based on the new KPrinter class (dot story; KCKDE Issue 5, 4 and 1 ). It is compatible with the existing QPrinter class and also features a new printer management tool. Its plugin design currently supports lpr, CUPS and PDQ.
    • Konqueror also benefits from the new HTML form completion added to KHTML, which allows Konqueror to supply possible completions to text fields in web forms via a drop down menu, very similar to how it does with URLs in the location bar (KCKDE Issue 2).
    • Of interest to developers, KDE-DB, a modular database-connectivity class, has been added to kdelibs (KCKDE Issue 5). The MySQL plugin is the most complete, but also the PostgresSQL one works.
    • KDE's font selection dialog has received a facelift: it is now possible to preview fonts in dialogs using the KFontAction class (KCKDE Issue 3).
  • New applications. Kaboodle, a quick multimedia viewer/player, has been added to kdemultimedia (KCKDE Issue 5). It complements noatun but is intended for use as a KPart (e.g., to preview a video in Konqueror). KScan, a library to access raster scanners using SANE, as well as Kooka (dot story), a front-end for KScan, have been added to kdemultimedia (KCKDE Issue 2).
  • KMail. The KMail developers have implemented the oft-requested IMAP support (KCKDE Issue 4). In addition, KMail features improved (non-blocking) sending (KCKDE Issue 5).
  • Theming. Theming has gotten a big boost with support for both Windows themes from Tucows and pixmap-based IceWM themes and the addition of a Quartz Style (KCKDE Issue 4).
  • Networking.
    • Caldera has contributed a new smb kioslave which works with libsmbclient, released by the Samba team.
    • KDE now supports SOCKS (a generic utility which re-implements a number of libc functions) (KCKDE Issue 3).
    • KDE now supports IPv6 (tested on Linux, AIX, Tru64 4.x and Solaris 2.6 and 7) (KCKDE Issue 2).
  • Desktop. For the desktop, KDE 2.2 adds the new audiocd:/ ioslave, which, for example, permits you to drag'n'drop audio CD tracks onto your desktop using Konqueror and have them automatically be encoded as .MP3 or Ogg Vorbis (dot story; KCKDE Issue 2).
  • Administrivia. On the less ambitious side, Kant has been renamed as Kate (KCKDE Issue 5).

 

Packages: KDE Alpha 2.2.1

More packages may be released in the coming days (in particular Mandrake is said to still be working on their binaries), please read the KDE Binary Packages Policy.

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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by steve_qui on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @01:49
what about k-installer?

are there any plans to include it in kde 2.2?

is there any progress on this module?
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by steve_qui on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @01:49
we need krayon....

is it in kde 2.2 final?

who knows something?
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by t0m_dR on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @02:08
>For the desktop, KDE 2.2 adds the new audiocd:/ ioslave, which, for example, permits you to drag'n'drop audio CD tracks onto your desktop using Konqueror

what would be cool, is for people to be able to burn CD's from konqueror, I've heard M$ Explorer on XP will be able to do it...
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Desparately seeking Kate
by compile lazy on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @03:12
Hi,
id there someone nice outther who is willing to
provide a binary rpm from Kate for Mandrake8?
This is a program which has undergone dramatic
development since 2.1.1 and it would be really nice, if I wouldnt have to comlile everything.

I think this could be possible
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by Weevil on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @03:49
With over 683 posts in the bugs database regarding the Konqueror 'process for the http://www.foo.bar protocol died unexpectedly' error (which I'm told arises from a problem with kio_http), can the people who are experiencing this problem right up to KDE 2.1.1 release (like ME) be reassured that it's fixed in this new version?

Thanks...
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by pasha on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @04:08
AFAIK, Kpilot (KDEPIM package) will now include the long-awaited adressbook conduit.
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Themes ?.
by tjodleiv on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @04:23
Theming. Theming has gotten a big boost with support for both Windows themes from Tucows and pixmap-based IceWM themes and the addition of a Quartz Style (KCKDE Issue 4).

I have compiled KDE 2.2alpha from source, but this theming thing do not show up in kcontroll, or anywhere else. Nor can i find any information on where to uncompress my icewm themes.

Where is it?.
Is there something I have missed (configure options?).
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by Frank on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @04:34
What's with the import-tool for NetscapeMail-folders into KMail?
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by ac on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @04:53
Theming.

This is going in the wrong way. Why do you people need those themes so much. HiColor Default is very good all by itself. What would really be ok, is a title like this: "All KDE apps start 40% faster!" now __THIS__ would be ok. Screw themes, speed is what matters!
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Clipboard buffer too small
by Mark Swanson on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @07:24
Why is it that every version of KDE has such a small clipboard buffer? This is one of the most annoying things about KDE for me.
Please fix it!
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by jasja on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @09:15
I Really like KDE and i hope that those distro's keep that in mind and package it quick. It's their job cause i'm paying them money when i buy a linux suite in the shop (yes i'm a newbie kind of user!)
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What about the new smblib ?
by Biswa on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @10:07
Does anyone know if the new SMBLIB is in ?
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by EKH on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @10:21
Would someone tell me what is up with the addressbook and kmail? Take a look at the included screenshot. In KDE2.1.1's full-fledged addressbook, I have all the information for names and so forth for these people. But why can't that be included in the address book's entry? Can't we have:

<Last Name>, <First Name>, <Address>

??
Click to download attachment addressbook.gif
8KB (9149 bytes)
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Trolls are dying!
by TrollKiller on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @11:14
You don't have to be Kreskin to predict trolls' future.
The hand writing is on the wall: trolls faces a bleak future.
In fact there won't be any future at all for trolls because trolls are dying.
Things are looking very bad for trolls.
As many of us are already aware, trolls continues to reduce in numbers.
Red ink flows like a river of blood.

Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.

Troll leader ac states that there are 2000 trolls. How many usenet trolls are there?
Let's see. The number of Slashdot trolls versus usenet trolls posts is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1.
Therefore there are about 5000/5 = 1000 usenet trolls post.
Usenet trolls posts are about half of the volume of Slashdot trolls posts.
Therefore there are about 500 usenet trolls.
So there are only 1500 Slashdot trolls, compared to the 3 bilion Internet users.

All major surveys show that trolls have steadily decreased in numbers.
Trolls are very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim.
If trolls want survive at all it will be among trolling hobbyists, Microsoft zealots,
and people with sick minds.
Trolls continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time.
For all practical purposes, trolls are dead.
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Any word on streaming audio?
by George R. Welch on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @13:10
> New applications. Kaboodle, a quick
> multimedia viewer/player, has been added
> to kdemultimedia (KCKDE Issue 5). It
> complements noatun but is intended for use
> as a KPart (e.g., to preview

Does anyone know if multimedia supports
streaming audio yet? Noatun is really awesome,
but it's crippled by not supporting streaming
input.
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Binary Distribution of KDE
by Asif Ali Rizwaan on Monday 23/Apr/2001, @23:28
it feels weird why can't KDE release a generic binary KDE packages, like Adobes' acrobat, Netscape, StarOffice, Corel's wordperfect etc., when those companies can release their software in a generic way, irrespective of distribution, why can't WE???

This will benefit all Linux user's who love KDE more than other Unices :)

linux users of Redhat, Mandrake, SuSE, Caldera etc, will get latest builds on time. This can happen only when KDE installer comes in existence ;)
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Kaboodle?
by Chakie on Tuesday 24/Apr/2001, @00:09
I wanted to check out kaboodle, but couldn't find it anywhere. I have the tagged CVS version (KDE_2_2_ALPHA_1) of all packages, but no trace of it anywhere. Where should it be, or is it not included anywhere?

Otherwise everything works just fine! A big thanks to all involved.
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by samuele.c on Tuesday 24/Apr/2001, @04:04
I tryed KDE 2.0 , 2.0.1 , 2.1 , 2.1.1 (actual)
good!, the best desktop for linux,
but..
I hope that now keep in mind, "STABILITY and SPEED" for this newer version !
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by heytomet on Tuesday 24/Apr/2001, @04:17
what about divx???
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How coupled?
by chchchain on Tuesday 24/Apr/2001, @20:14
Would it be insane to think that I could get one app from the alpha to play with, without building the whole beast? I've not yet had the privilege of building KDE from source, but I'm dying to check out how kmail's IMAP works, in hopes of finally pitching Netscape mail.
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by Ahmed AlFaraj on Wednesday 25/Apr/2001, @02:59
Is KDE2.2 will include full support for arabic language.
I knew that kde 2.1.1 support hebrew language and i think that hebrew language have same problem in support
i mean right to left direction.
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by NÉMETH, Balázs on Wednesday 25/Apr/2001, @05:31
I've installed KDE2.2alpha on Linux Mandrake , but I have some problems.

I can't use Konqueror as a web browser, and there are 2 messages:

kio_http: WARNING: found no definition PluralForm

(in the consloe, where from I started KDE with startx)

and

There was an error loading the module KHTML. The diagnostics is:

(this is in a popup window; but there is not any diagnostics message).

What is the problem? Can anyone help me? How can I solve this problem?

(Animated/fade menus and combo boxes are great :) But I couldn't find Quartz Style)
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Re: KDE Project Releases KDE 2.2alpha1
by ModMan on Wednesday 25/Apr/2001, @18:38
hey, are there any plans in the works to develope an aplication installer/uninstaller that will installthe RPM and then run the /bin/setup script automaticly?

and perhaps it could also compile and install tar.gz?

thanks

modman
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