• Re: database tool by Shawn Gordon on Wednesday 11/Jul/2001, @20:03

  Rekall is coming along nicely, we have another beta with the Python scripting active that should come out next week. Final release should be the first of October.

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• Re: KDE merchandise? by Per on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @06:43

  Go to http://www.kde.org, click "Eveything else" and "KDE Merchandise".

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• Re: Database integrated in KOffice by Seth Davenport on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @15:23

  Perhaps one could be quickly put together in the following way: many linux distros come with mysql or postgresql perhaps we just need to write a nice pretty front end in QT - that way all the hard stuff is already taken care of. Just a thought. Maybe if I ever have time I'll start to do something about it.

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• Rekall, Killustrator, KPlato by Alain on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @17:29

  I see in a previous thread that there is the Rekall project. It is explain here : http://www.thekompany.com/projects/rekall/?dhtml_ok=0 http://linuxpr.com/releases/3575.html But nothing is said on the Koffice site... However Shawn Gordon says here "Final release should be the first of October" Will it be integrated into KOffice ? (not 1.0, of course, but after ?) In www.koffice.org, I see that Killustrator has not still a new name, I hope it is not going to give some lateness for KOffice 1.0... And I see KPlato... I think I never saw it before (?)... Good ! Ready for KOffice 1.0 ?

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• Re: Rekall, Killustrator, KPlato by not me on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @22:32

  Actually, the next release of KOffice will be 1.1. It was already released as 1.0 some time ago, although it was a mistake. None of the apps were really useable for anything at that time and they crashed a lot. The 1.1beta1 that was released was actually much more stable and useful than the 1.0 release (especially KWord).

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• Re: The Problem with KDE distribuition ! by Roberto Alsina on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @18:56

  You pay for the huge amount of time it takes to create such binaries, and then YOU use them: they are slower. You are using a distribution. A distributionīs main job is to get you the software we produce nicely packaged and optimized for you in a convenient and speedy fashion. If your distribution is not doing that for you: change distribution to one that does. I repeat: THAT IS THE DISTRIBUTIONīS JOB. The unspoken social contract between distros and developers includes a tiny clause saying "you distro guys take care of making the packages for your distros once many users use the things we write". But the KDE project is not going to waste time making universal binaries: days have only 28 hours! On the other hand: sure, netscape produces binaries that work on all distros... except they donīt, they crash in some because of incompatible libraries. And even they only produce such beasts about twice a year. KDE produces way more frecuent releases. Wordperfect costs a few hundred bucks: pay me what WP costs, and I will hand-compile all of KDE and a bunch of other apps to be perfectly optimized for your computer ;-)

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• Re: The Problem with KDE distribuition ! by Alain on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @19:44

  YES! This is needed - like the Ximian setup tools for Gnome, KDE needs some standard configuration tools. I think it's a bit stupid that every distribution makes their own tools. It would be much easier for the users if the same configurations tools were available no matter what distribution you use or if you change to another distribution. ========== It is said here : http://dot.kde.org/989997858/990014513/

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• Re: The Problem with KDE distribuition ! by Roberto Alsina on Thursday 12/Jul/2001, @19:48

  Blah. Configuration tools should not be desktop-specific. Further, configuration tools should not require a graphical environment. What can a config tool need that can not be done in a slang app? I canīt think of anything, and I would much prefer such tool to work over ssh from a windows box without a X server, really.

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• Re: The Problem with KDE distribuition ! by Rick Kreikebaum on Friday 13/Jul/2001, @06:44

  yes!!! i agree totally

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• Re: The Problem with KDE distribuition ! by Rob on Friday 13/Jul/2001, @23:30

  look at sysconfig module in kde cvs. It is a kde front end to ximian setup tools. These setup tools look like they might end up pretty universal - eg kde, gnome, web and terminal interface to them are easily possible. Also they sould be presented as a corba object or a web service with soap. (making sure of security, of course). Rob

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• Re: Report on London Linux Expo by Jono on Sunday 15/Jul/2001, @12:53

  The lack of exhibitors was rather limited, and it was much smaller. I am organising the KDE presence at the Birminham expo so expect to see us there as well. :-)

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