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Atlantik To Adopt KSVG

Saturday, 11 October 2003
Atlantik will adopt KSVG to render game boards. KSVG, KDE's implementation of the Scalable Vector Graphics specification, will be included in KDE 3.2, adding support for a growing technology. KSVG has been maturing in the kdenonbeta development module for a long while and the enthusiasm of the developers is spreading to other parts of KDE. Atlantik, the leading open-source game client for Monopoly-like board games, is one of the first KDE applications slated to adopt KSVG for more than fancy icons. Read More

Web Shortcut Goodness: KDE Support for Feedster

Monday, 17 March 2003
You already have KNewsTicker and you often hit the popular sites for the latest news. But have you tried Feedster, the RSS search engine? Now, the latest KDE CVS includes support for Feedster in the elegant form of a web shortcut. If you're not familiar with this KDE feature, be sure to read up on Enhanced Browsing (details). It is quite handy, especially in combination with KDE's Run Command (Alt-F2). And if you cannot wait until KDE 3.2, simply download and install this file and start using rss:, blog: and feedster: right away! Read More

KDE Developers Meet In Brussels For FOSDEM

Monday, 10 February 2003

Several KDE developers travelled to Brussels, Belgium to attend the FOSDEM event. Activities included bugfixing, development discussions and presentations, keysigning and of course socializing.

Read on for an extensive report of all the happenings!

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C|NET News.com: Germany-funded Linux software arriving

Friday, 31 January 2003
C|Net has published a story about the recent release of KDE 3.1, with a focus on the Kroupware project. Other new features particularly beneficial for those considering rolling KDE out in an enterprise setting are mentioned as well, including remote desktop administration, KDE's kiosk framework and the KHTML improvements that made their way into KDE as result of the cooperation with Apple. Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #41 Is Out

Wednesday, 24 July 2002
Kernel Cousin KDE #41 has been published. This edition includes Konq/E updates, KOrganizer compatiblity with Exchange 2000, tabbed browsing updates for Konqueror, KDE 3.2 candidates such as fractions with KBruch and KSVG. Enjoy! Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #40 Is Out

Thursday, 11 July 2002
Kernel Cousin KDE Issue 40 is out, covering a myriad of news from the KDE mailinglists. This new issue covers KOffice Clipart, new artwork for Atlantik, printing issues, new OpenGL screensavers and the upcoming website on debunking KDE Myths. Enjoy! Read More

KDEnews.UNIXcode.org Launched!

Thursday, 27 June 2002
A new information and discussion hub for KDE has been launched, called KDEnews.UNIXcode.org, or simply KDEnews. A major difference from other KDE-related sites is the publically available submission queue. Registered users decide most of the content, not the administrators. KDEnews is currently featuring a couple of announcements including a call for a new KDE Multimedia strategy meeting, and information on the upcoming LWCE 2002. Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #36 Is Out

Tuesday, 26 March 2002
Kernel Cousin KDE #36 is out and as the KDE developers are working on polishing up the project for a new major release, there is lots of news from the mailing lists. This issue covers media streams, wallpapers, KOffice and of course the nearing KDE 3.0 release. Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #30 Is Out

Friday, 18 January 2002
Aaron J. Seigo delivers again with Kernel Cousin KDE #30. This week the summaries of the development mailing-lists include talk about KDE 3.1 features, Debian package maintainance, KDE artwork, GCC3 and the new KDE::Enterprise Forum. Enjoy! Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #29 Is Out

Monday, 7 January 2002
Kernel Cousin KDE is back with Issue 29. Aaron J. Seigo, Rob Kaper and Timothy R. Butler once again summarize discussions from the development mailing-lists. This issue covers a new Kate export, KBugBuster, KOffice filters, and Emacs-style keybindings amongst other new goodies! Read More

Kernel Cousin KDE #28

Wednesday, 12 December 2001
Another Kernel Cousin KDE has arrived! Issue 28 covers mouse gestures in Konq/E, SVG support for KDE, Norwegian verbs, another KDE2+3 howto, and other exciting events in the world of KDE development. KDE 3 Beta1 is on its way, but that doesn't seem to stop developers from coming up with interesting ideas for the future of your favourite desktop! Read More

KOffice API Reference Available

Tuesday, 24 July 2001
Thomas Zander has announced that the KOffice API docs are now on-line. Feel free to see this as invitation to join the KOffice team and make future versions of the office suite even better than the upcoming 1.1 release. Read More