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OSNews is featuring a detailed guide written by Carlos Leonhard Woelz on how to use CVS, a version control system also used for developing KDE, using KDE's CVS client Cervisia. It is a seven page long well-described article with many screenshots useful to both newbies and experienced users. Read More

Trolltech today released Qt 3.3 which among other things features improved .NET support, full 64-bit support, IPv6 and backend support for two more databases. Also new is the -dlopen-opengl configure switch, which is very useful for prelinking Qt and KDE apps against the -PIC compiled nVidia drivers and support for Xft2 client side fonts on X servers without the RENDER extension. In light of the release, OSNews features an article with TrollTech's CEO, Haavard Nord. Nord says that he sees Linux strengthen its position in both business computing and embedded systems, while he forsees Qtopia and Linux taking over PDAs and Smartphones in the next few years. Read More

OSNews features an interesting interview with President & COO of Lindows.com, Kevin Carmony. They discuss about LindowsOS 5, ReiserFS 4, their KDE involvement, their OSS sponsorships, the Microsoft competition, community misconceptions about LindowsOS and much more. This interview is a lot of KDE interest as Kevin goes through the increasing Lindows.com involvement in the KDE project and what's coming in the future too. Also, for the first time for a Lindows.com product, LindowsOS 4.5 Developer's Edition will be given for free for the next two days for everyone to try it out. Just use the text coupon mentioned in the interview article to get access to the distro (normally priced at $60 US). Read More