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KDE @ LinuxTag 2004: A Great Success Bodes Well for aKademy

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0000

"The tenth annual LinuxTag proved to be a very successful event for the forty-plus KDE developers who presented their award-winning desktop environment to more than 16,000 enthusiastic visitors at 'Europe's largest OpenSource Event'." So begins Torsten Rahn's excellent report on KDE's presence at LinuxTag 2004.

Scribus 1.0 Released

Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Franz Schmid, who has been diligently working on the excellent Desktop Publishing application Scribus (screenshots) for over two years, this week announced the first stable release. Available in 17 languages, Scribus is billed as "the first open source DTP application capable of generating professional 'press-ready' results." To mark this milestone release, OSNews has published a review of Scribus 1.0. In addition, Slashdot has a thread on the release.

German Government Agency Rolls Out KGX

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000

According to a recent story on IDG.net, "A small German institute has become one of the [German] Interior Ministry's first agencies to implement Linux on the desktop, as the government pushes ahead with its ambitious plans to introduce open-source software in the public sector." The test 50-seat rollout was spear-headed by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in conjunction with several small German IT companies. The thin-client setup reportedly includes KOffice as the office suite.

LinuxQuestions Members Choice Awards: KDE Best Desktop

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0000

LinuxQuestions.org has just announced the results of its 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners. KDE took first place in the category Desktop Environment of the Year with 59.14% of the votes. KDE applications also did very well in virtually every other GUI category. Congratulations to the many talented and dedicated developers whose achievements have been recognized.