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The latest version of the famous Vector Drawing program Sodipodi features KDE integration. It can be configured to use the file dialog and the print preview dialog of KDE. Wondering why a once Gnome Office application would now seek integration into KDE, I went for a little interview with Lauris Kaplinski. Read More

The official release of KOffice 1.3 was originally planned for this week but since many people are already preparing themselves for the upcoming end-of-year festivities we are afraid that binary packages may not become available for all platforms in time. For that reason we have decided to release a special KOffice 1.3 Christmas Preview for all of you who can't wait to give this new KOffice a try over the upcoming holidays. In the middle of January, the official version of KOffice 1.3 will be released together with the usual variety of binary packages. Read More

A new Linux based smartphone by Samsung was announced recently. The SCH-i519 phone runs a Linux distribution produced by Mizi Research Inc. The user interface is based on Qt, and according to their web site, the SDK they provide is based on KDevelop! Congratulations to Trolltech for yet another phone using Qt, and to the KDevelop team for producing the best IDE available on Linux! Read More

I have started writing a gentle introduction to Qt called The Independent Qt Tutorial. It currently consists of nine chapters and deals with how to setup Qt, how to use Qt Designer, how to write an application by hand, etc. The purpose of the tutorial is to cover all areas of Qt needed to write top quality applications. Feel free to check it out. Read More

As part of an exciting new initiative by a group of KDE and Debian developers, a strategy has been formulated to conquer the enterprise desktop. The proposal covers integration and development of standard KDE features as well as developing Debian-specific integration such as an installer and system tools. We have a lot of Debian expertise on board, so focussing on a single Debian target instead of a wide variety of platforms makes a lot of sense here. We hope that similar groups with relevant expertise will form around other efforts such as Fedora and Cooker, where others like SUSE and Ark Linux are already doing an excellent job themselves. Want something controversial to discuss? Check out our proposal for integrating GTK+ into KDE. Read More

When I first came across the Flash for Linux website my curiosity was piqued. I contacted the author Özkan Pakdil and it resulted in the following small interview. As you will note, the project is seeking developer assistance. So if you are looking for a project to work on, this might be the one. Read More

Lots of news await you in the just-released KDE Traffic. If you're interested in hearing about KDE performance, Quanta, KOffice, KDevelop, image viewers and more, check it out. Read More

Stefan Teleman reported today to the kde-solaris mailinglist that KDE 3.1.4 packages for Solaris 8 are now available. The packages have been build with the Sun Forte 8 compiler. Before rushing off to try the packages it is strongly recommended to read the installation instructions first. If you still encounter problems after you have followed the instructions you are welcome to report them to the kde-solaris mailinglist where Stefan will try to help you. Read More

KDE 3.2 Beta 2 was released last week for general testing and OSNews offers a preview of what is to expect from it early next year upon its release. The article mentions KDE's new features (faster loading times, Konqueror's Service Menus, Kontact, KPDF, Plastik theme etc), the problems that still plague it (cluttered KMenu and Konqueror menus, too many disorganized control center modules) and some constructive suggestions on how to get over the bloat without losing the functionality. Read More

Last week I represented our illustrious desktop environment project at the big Linux Bangalore conference in, well, Bangalore. This pleasant city is located in India's southern state of Karnataka and hosts -- perhaps as a side-effect of it being the computing capital of the nation -- the largest and most active free software community in the country. Read More