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KDE Traffic #58 has been released, at long last. Covers discussions on artsbuilder, brockenboring, and more. And, oh yes, lots and lots of cute, tiny, fuzzy kittens. Get it at the usual place. Read More

I finally got to meet Wil Wheaton of Star Trek TNG fame. Wil is a great guy, a very good writer and an open source advocate we can all be proud to have on our side. What did Wil have to say to me about Quanta Plus? Was Wil happy to meet me? Follow the link dear reader and look for the pictures at the bottom. Read More

In this week's digest: The KDE Kolab client nears release. Klaviatura, a simple proof-of-concept on-screen keyboard is added to kdenonbeta demonstrating the possibilities of QAccessible and DCOP. The KDevelop CVS service is improved. Kivio gets loads of new stencils. Konqueror can now create a bookmark folder from open tabs, and can now open pages in a new tab (as opposed to a new window) when invoked from other applications. The Yahoo and Jabber IM protocols are improved in Kopete. KGPG is moved into the official KDE Utilities package. And more. Enjoy. Read More

The KDE on Cygwin project, which produces ports of Qt and KDE to Windows using Cygwin and Cygwin/XFree86, announced that the native Win32 port of the Qt3 GPL library has been started, mainly driven by Richard Lärkäng at the moment. The plan is to provide a base for a future native KDE port. Several screenshots of the ongoing port are available. Richard is seeking developers, who don't have access to the original Qt Windows sources, to help him. Read More

Unix Review features a comparative review of multiple protocol instant messaging clients including Gaim, EveryBuddy spin-offs and Kopete. Even though the author recognizes that Kopete isn't quite finished, he finds it very appealing in terms of look and KDE integration. He even tried the current CVS version soon to be released as Kopete 0.7. And speaking of integration, there are now plans to implement one of the most-wanted features: Integration of Kopete with KAddressbook. Read More

Konqueror and the KDE base libraries in CVS now support domain names written with names outside the usual strict 7-bit ASCII letters. This means that one can now register and access domain names written in proper letters for almost all languages in the planet, not just English. Konqueror is among the first browsers to support this new technology, developed in cooperation with VeriSign which has also been cooperating with the Safari and Mozilla teams (Mozilla IDN announcement and explanation). Read More

Want to run Konqi from a Windows XP desktop? Want to use KDE's marvellous Quanta Plus Web editor from inside Windows? Not that you particularly like XP -- it's just that you have no choice. Well, with NX now you can. I've compiled some background info on how to achieve this, including some nice and revealing screenshots: Konqi on WinXP 1, Konqi on WinXP 2, Quanta on WinXP, KDE Session on WinXP. Read More

In a recent CNET interview, Linus Torvalds gets asked which open-source software development communities he particularly admires. His answer: "If I'd have to pick two, I'd pick KDE and the GCC group. I often end up clashing with the compiler people, because the kernel ends up having rather strict needs, and I hate how much slower GCC has become over the years. But there's no question that they're doing some good stuff. And I just like the KDE group, and have found it very responsive when I had issues." Nice to hear -- keep on reporting bugs, Linus! Read More

The KOrganizer website has a new section covering information about sharing and exchanging iCal calendars. First, we have an overview of calendar sites, websites offering calendars in iCal format. These sites have a huge offering of downloadable iCal calendars covering arts, culture, economics, finance, government, science, sports and many more. The second page offers the so called hot new stuff calendars that are available via the new 'Get Hot New Stuff' feature in KOrganizer. Users of KOrganizer can import these calendars from the 'Help' menu in KOrganizer but we also offer these calendars for download in iCal format. If you feel that something is missing in this new section, feel free to contact Cornelius Schumacher or Klaus Stärk. You're also very welcome to provide us with more iCal calendars to put up on the KOrganizer webserver. Read More

The KDE Project will be present at LinuxTag 2003, the largest Linux and Open Source exhibition in Europe, being held in Karlsruhe, Germany from July 10-13 2003. The KDE Project's primary focus this year will be the latest stable KDE release, KDE 3.1.2, though KDE volunteers will also demonstrate other KDE programs like the KDE PIM family including the upcoming integrated personal information suite Kontact, the KOffice suite and the development tool KDevelop. Read More