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As part of the GStreamer invasion of KDE, Ronald Bultje has implemented Kiss, a simple version of a Totem-like video player for KDE with a GStreamer-backend (screenshot). I took a look at the source code and it looks fairly simple -- it's actually 23K worth of well-separated code in all, with the other 2.8M being makefile/configure overhead. Even if one doesn't understand the GStreamer parts, you could probably copy and paste them into your own KDE application. (Incidentally, this application seems to have been made with KDevelop, for those of you who need inspiration.) Read More

I'm a two browser kind of guy. Somewhere, on one of my virtual desktops, I always have a copy of Firefox open. On another, I have Konqueror. Both of these are incredibly capable browsers with their own strengths, strengths which are unique to both and which, as a result, leave me running two different browsers all the time. Intrigued? Read more in this brief article at TUX Magazine. Read More

For those who can't live without a bleeding edge KDE, but don't dare to run CVS, we have packaged KDE 3.4 Alpha 1. As you can read on the KDE 3.4 release schedule, this is only the start of the fun, so please hammer on it over the end of year holidays and add your contributions. We welcome code patches, translations, documentation, great icons, detailed bug reports - any kind of help. Read More

The online computer magazine MozillaQuest has awarded Konqueror their Editor's Choice award as a "well-built, feature-robust, and free" web browser and file manager. The award was given to Konqueror over Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and AOL's Netscape. Congratulations to the Konqueror and KHTML developers on a job well done! Read More

The KDE project announced the availability of KDE 3.3.2, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful Free Software desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.3.2 ships with lot of bug fixes since KDE 3.3.1 and is available in 52 languages (now including Afrikaans and Galician). Sources, build script and contributed packages are linked on the KDE 3.3.2 info page. Read More

OSNews.com has posted an interview with the developers of amaroK. The interview was conducted by Christian Schaller from GStreamer and covers the cooperation between the GStreamer project and KDE, and it provides an overview of the history and future prospects of amaroK development. Read More

The third issue of "KDevelop TechNotes" is out. Improved Ruby programming language support with Qt Designer integration and Ruby debugger is considered as the "killer" feature of upcoming KDevelop 3.2. Therefore this issue describes new "hot" features, discusses RAD using Ruby language and Qt/KDE libraries and lays stress on integrated GUI design with KDevelop Designer. Read More

In a recent post to kde-core-devel Stefan Westerfeld, author of the KDE multimedia framework aRts, announced that he would no longer be maintaining it. He has written a note on further development of aRts explaining some of the problems with aRts' design decisions. aRts was a pioneering system and a major help in bringing multimedia to Free Software, thanks to Stefan for making it happen. Read More