KDE/aRts Video Roadmap Meeting Results

Submitted by nstevens on Mon, 2002/01/28 - 11:22am
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Multimedia

The aRts/KDE Video Roadmap Meeting ending up having a fairly large turnout, peaking at 26 participants on the IRC channel. There was so much turnout, in fact, that participants could not agree on a single line of strategy for video development in aRts and KDE. Some wished for a successor to mpeglib, something that would work within aRts but with the optimizations necessary for high framerate video.

Adam Wiggins: Open Source on the Business Desktop

Submitted by numanee on Fri, 2002/01/25 - 11:45pm
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KDE Success Story

TrustCommerce has spent the the last 12 months or so transitioning to KDE/Linux-based desktops for general staff, with "resounding success". As Chief Software Architect, Adam Wiggins has written an excellent essay detailing the situation, requirements, issues, and the process of switchover.

Matthias Ettrich: Integrating Qt Apps with KDE

Submitted by numanee on Wed, 2002/01/23 - 4:02am
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KDE Advocacy, Discussions, and Rumors

Matthias Ettrich is proposing a new strategy for more strongly integrating Qt-only applications into KDE. It's an intriguing proposal and relevant to KDE, considering the growing number of cross-platform but Qt-only applications becoming available. The initial "not-perfect but simple" basic idea is that a small libQtKDE proxy library would invoke KDE functionality when available, or otherwise fall back to Qt functionality.

LinuxPlanet: Between the Sheets with KSpread

Submitted by numanee on Mon, 2002/01/21 - 1:09am
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KDE Office Suite

LinuxPlanet is running a review of KSpread. The article is nicely written, warmly positive, but also points out some of the more serious missing features of KSpread, such as a lack of spreadsheet functions. "As far as the interface goes, everything was simple and clean. There is a function drop-down menu if you want it, or you can use a Formula Editor to build your functions.

KDE::Enterprise: KDE At Conectiva

Submitted by jbacon on Sat, 2002/01/19 - 6:34am
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KDE Success Story

I have just added another interview to KDE::Enterprise, this time with popular Latin America Linux distributor Conectiva. The interview has some nice insights, covering their use of KDE, what their customers want, and their wide-range success in deploying KDE. "Our employees range from Linux gurus to people who have very little computer experience like lawyers, accountants and personal secretaries.