One of the most common requests I get is "can I get KDE on CD-ROM?", I'm happy to say that the answer now is "yes!". I've created a page on KDE.org that lists all known vendors that have KDE on CD-ROM. I've also noted whether the vendor contributes part of the proceeds back to the KDE Project or not. Check it out here.
Bradley T Hughes has implemented multihead support for KDE 2.1, and is currently commiting the code. This is one fine feature masquerading as a bugfix but which should make a lot of people with multiple monitors quite happy.
From El Moustico, a quick article in French sums up the KDE technology overview given by David Faure at OSDEM.
There's a very complimentary article about KDE 2.1 on LinuxToday AU. From the article: "They certainly don't mess around on planet KDE. This week saw the release of the second beta of KDE 2.1 - a major upgrade which adds a huge number of improvements to this impressive, must-have software". You can read the full story
here.
All-around KDE guru David Faure (website) recently attended the Linux Expo in Paris and subsequently the OSDEM developer meeting in Brussels. Below he gives us his very interesting impressions of the events, especially how they relate to our favorite desktop.
Linux Expo Paris
A new mailing list has been launched for KDE'rs interested in KDE advocacy and promotion. Possible discussion/action items range from writing articles about KDE for the dot, to handing out CDs in computer science centers at universities, to writing stories or reviews. This forum is for brain-storming ideas and bringing them to fruition.
Rinse de Vries is a Dutch cook. He's also the leader of the team which translates the KDE interface to Dutch. He's this week's guest of Tink in the People behind KDE series of interviews. You might have noticed the last time that Tink focused on KDE buddies working on translations. And for a good reason.
As you might know, Noatun (with a Kaiman module) is the new KDE 2.1 multimedia player. Noatun supports plugins on a very deep level, and a rich API allows large amount of control of the entire
application. A new document is now available with developer information on writing playlists, user interfaces, visualizations, and even coffee-makers for Noatun. ;-) Also available, an API reference.
As announced by Pimenta da Veiga, minister of