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A secondary school in Melbourne, Australia, is using KDE on Kubuntu, with KDE's own Kiosk tool to lock down its library workstations. Implementing a kiosk mode Kubuntu setup allowed Westall Secondary School to save money, exact greater control over security measures, and extend the life of older and previously abandoned hardware without sacrificing performance. The school's IT support manager said the Kiosk admin tool was chosen as there was not enough flexibility with other desktops to allow "decent" lockdown. He was also surprised to discover that Kubuntu desktops ran some applications faster on Linux than when they ran on Windows. Read More

Try KDE is a new resource listing ways that you can try out KDE without commiting to a full GNU/Linux or BSD install. It includes links to live cds, VMware player images and Klik bundles as well as links to KDE desktops available over NX, with explanations of these technologies. It is linked to from the KDE frontpage and will be updated regularly as more resources are discovered. You the community can help us out, by sending your comments and suggestions to the email address listed at the foot of the Try KDE page. Read More

Inspired by the People Behind KDE series, Behind Ubuntu gives us a peek into the lives of contributers to Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. The first episode honours our very own Jonathan Riddell, KDE contributer and lead Kubuntu developer. Jonathan shares with us details of his work and reveals elements of his personal life, passions and plans for the future. Read More

The fourth edition and last of the KDE 3.5 series of This Month in SVN is now ready for consumption. This month looks at new artwork, Kopete webcam support, KMail improvements and KDE EDU as well as a glimpse at KOffice. Next issues will be looking at KDE4 development. Get it while it's hot! Read More

More KDE development news in the August edition of This Month in SVN. This issue packs in twice as much content as the previous one, with new features covered in Konqueror, Kicker, KDesktop, amaroK, Konversation and more: "This month has seen some drastic changes in SVN, with KDE4 development moved to trunk and KDE 3.5 gearing up for a stable release sometime after this year's KDE conference." Read More

This week DistroWatch interviews our own Jonathan Riddell about Kubuntu, the KDE-centric Ubuntu flavor. He reveals to us how he started with Kubuntu, what problems they've encountered and what his plans are for the upcoming new version. Read More

Administrators and power users will be pleased to note that the text of the Locking down KDE with Kiosk Mode article as featured in newly published book Linux Desktop Hacks is available for reading online. Written by our very own Dot editor and KDE hacker Jonathan Riddell, this article takes you through basic Kiosk configuration using the Kiosk Admin Tool to lock down KDE. A must read for anyone from internet cafe administrators to those who have a KDE machine for children to use. Read More