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An Interview with KDEPIM Contributor Tobias König

Sunday, 7 March 2010  |  Giovanni
Welcome to another interview with a KDE contributor. Last time we interviewed Marco Martin from KDE Plasma team, this time we talked with Tobias König from KDEPIM about Akonadi and the TV series Lost ;) Read More

Camp KDE Videos Now Available, Get Them While They're Hot!

Wednesday, 3 March 2010  |  Jospoortvliet
A little over a month ago, the KDE community had its yearly Americas event in San Diego. In the final article we promised you all the videos of the talks and now the KDE promo channel on Youtube features a series of Camp KDE talks. Check it out! Read More

KDE Software Compilation 4.4.1 Out Now

Tuesday, 2 March 2010  |  Sebas
KDE has released an update to the 4.4 series of our Software Compilation. Among other improvements, this update includes a fix for KMail hanging when sending emails that just missed the deadline for 4.4.0 and a number of fixes in many gearheads' favorite terminal emulator, Konsole. Read More

Kolab Systems Aims to Bring Kolab Groupware to New Level

Monday, 1 March 2010  |  Jospoortvliet
Today a new Free Software business was launched with the goal of strengthening the Kolab groupware solution ecosystem. The former Kolab Konsortium now has a new charter and thus a new name: Kolab Systems AG. Offering services, packaging and quality assurance based on a partnership model, Kolab Systems builds its business on the proven Kolab groupware solution. This leads to a continued focus on supporting and deploying KDE personal information management (PIM) applications and server infrastructure on a variety of platforms. Read More

Interview With Netbook Master Marco Martin From the KDE Plasma Team

Sunday, 21 February 2010  |  Giovanni
A while ago, Giovanni Venturi interviewed Marco Martin for an Italian KDE blog (so if you read Italian, please see there for the authentic version). For our Italian-challenged readers, we are pleased to present an English translation below. Read More

Software Compilation 4.4 now available for Windows

Saturday, 20 February 2010  |  Stuart Jarvis
Continuing their impressive record of quick delivery of fresh KDE software, the KDE Windows team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of packages with the latest KDE release for the Windows platform. Read More

KJots Takes Advantage of Innovations in the KDE Development Platform

Wednesday, 17 February 2010  |  Steveire
Work on porting KJots to Akonadi started a long time ago (around summer 2008!), and that effort is reaching a milestone this week. The ported version of KJots has been merged into trunk for the next release of the KDE Software Compilation where work will continue on it to refine features and fix bugs. Read More

Important Change to KDE's Security Policy

Monday, 15 February 2010  |  Jefferai

KDE's Security Policy has had a small update. The change is as follows:

  • Information about security vulnerabilities will no longer be published via the Dot at http://dot.kde.org.

This change was made to reflect actual practices. Although the security policy has stated that security information would be published via the Dot, a review has shown that this has rarely occurred due to confusion as to whether the Dot is the appropriate venue for this information. This can mislead users into believing that following the Dot provides them with pertinent security information.

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Akademy 2010 Call for Sponsorship

Sunday, 14 February 2010  |  Jospoortvliet
The organizing team of Akademy 2010 is looking for sponsors to help make the annual world summit of the KDE community a success. Akademy 2010 will take place in Tampere, Finland from July 3rd to July 10th and is organized by KDE e.V. and COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions. Read More

Plasma Javascript Jam Session Contest

Saturday, 13 February 2010  |  Aseigo
We are pleased to announce the Plasma Javascript Jam Session. This friendly competition will reward creators of the most original, interesting and beautiful Plasma widgets (Plasmoids) written in Javascript with some great prizes and community recognition. Read More