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In the latest addition to an interesting series of long articles called "Free as in Freedom" Adam Engel discusses the "New Linux", a Linux that is no longer just for 'hackers'. Included is an extensive email interview with George Staikos about KDE and its contribution to this development. Read More

eWEEK is currently featuring an article in their 'Enterprise Apps' section about the KDE on Darwin/Mac OS X project which now offers KOffice and Konqueror as binaries for Mac OS X. And Quanta Plus is apparently running on Mac OS X as well now. Read More

Karamba (shot1, shot2) is a desktop enhancement, similar to Konfabulator and Samurize, that appeared on KDE-Look.org (looky) about one month ago. Since then, Karamba has become the highest rated project on looky with a surprisingly large number of themes and extensions having been contributed, subsequently leading to a dedicated category for Karamba contributions. We had a little chat with author Hans Karlsson about himself, KDE, Karamba, and the hype surrounding it. Read More

The XFree86 project, one of the major window systems hosting the KDE/Qt platform, released version 4.3.0 almost a month ago. This version incorporates many frequently requested features such as fully graphical mouse cursors with support for shadows and animation (3d.jpg, gold.jpg, tux.jpg), and on-the-fly screen resolution changes (dialog.png, kcontrolmodule.png, notification.png, popup.png). In other news, amidst some criticism regarding XFree86's current development model, the project has gained a much needed public bug tracking system as well as a new forum inviting public comment on the direction of the project. Read More

After the public release of KDE 3.1 it was only a matter of time to see a Knoppix based Live CD using this version. The KDE Promo team worked on several custom versions, one of which was then used at Solutions Linux in Paris. The forum for Knoppix customizations, Knoppix.net, then went ahead and offered a custom Knoppix KDE edition containing KDE 3.1 and many more KDE applications. Vinod Kumar, one of the editors of Ammai.com and also a Microsoft Certified Professional in VB 6.0 Desktop Applications, chose the above mentioned Knoppix KDE edition for trying Linux for the first time ever. He gives 4.5 out of 5 and concludes: "Being the first time I used Linux, I was highly satisfied. (...) the entire experience was wonderful. (...) What is even more amazing is that because of Knoppix, Linux is closer to anyone who wants to try it risk-free. I plan on using Knoppix more and more until I get completely familiar with it, then I will most likely install Linux on my hard drive." Read More