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New KDE Telepathy version features audio and video calls
After four months full of work, the KDE Telepathy team is back with another release. Version 0.4 of the Instant Messaging suite for KDE Workspaces now supports making audio and video calls right from the desktop. It also adds the ability to browse chat logs. We focused strongly on stability and performance, so most of the improvements are "under the hood". In addition, work was started to have a Kopete log importer in the next release.
Read MoreKDE Commit-Digest for 20th May 2012
In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:
<ul><li>Basic drag and drop support enabled for the Places Panel and bookmark synchronization in <a href="http://dolphin.kde.org/">Dolphin</a></li>
<a href="http://commit-digest.org/issues/2012-05-20/">Read the rest of the Digest here</a>.
KDE Ships June Updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform
Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform.
These updates are the fourth in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.8 series. 4.8.4 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.8 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.8.3 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.
Significant bugfixes include improvements to the Kontact Suite, bugfixes in Dolphin and many more corrections and performance improvements all over the place. The changelog and Bugzilla list more, but not all improvements since 4.8.3.
Registration opens for Akademy BoFs and Workshops
The KDE Community prizes innovation and creativity. Akademy Workshops and BoFs offer space for possibility that is hard to find anywhere else. Akademy 2012 Tallinn is the place to be if you want to make a difference working with enthusiastic, supportive people.
Read MoreKDE Announces 4.9 Beta1 and Testing Initiative
Today KDE released the first beta for its renewed Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing new and old functionality. Highlights of 4.9 include:
Read MoreKDE Response to the UK Open Standards Consultation
KDE e.V. has responded to the United Kingdom Open Standards Consultation on behalf of KDE, one of the largest and most influential Free Software communities world-wide with thousands of volunteer contributors and countless users. Open Standards align with the goals of the KDE Community, especially with regards to digital freedom and contributions to the common good, while patent mania and malicious licensing terms threaten KDE and other Free Software projects.
Read MoreAkademy 2012 Call for Volunteers
More details and sign up instructions are available at the Akademy 2012 site on the Call for Volunteers Page.
KDE Commit-Digest for 13th May 2012
In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:
- On startup, KPhotoAlbum can search for videos without thumbnails
- Dolphin allows remembering view properties for the search mode
- Screen edge bindings for scripts and scripted effects implemented in KDE Workspace
- New assert methods and Get Hot New Stuff support are available for KWin scripts
- Abstract calendar and printing of the highlighted part of an email in KDE-PIM
- In Calligra, author information gets configurable on a settings level, floating message class added
- GSoC work in cantor and bibliography database in Calligra
- Bugfixes in Amarok, KDE-PIM and the KDE base packages.
- Statistics are back...and they are impressive.
Meet Blue Systems—Akademy 2012 Platinum Sponsor
This year we have Blue Systems as a Platinum sponsor of Akademy 2012 Tallinn. Recently, they made news by offering continous support for Jonathan Riddell, lead developer of Kubuntu, the KDE distribution that they would like to become one of the best on DistroWatch.
Read MoreBeta Testing Program
Thorough and Rigorous Beta Testing
The KDE Community is committed to improving quality substantially with a new program that starts with the 4.9 releases. The 4.9 beta releases of Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and KDE Platform are the first phase of a testing process that involves volunteers called “Beta Testers”. They will receive training, test the two beta releases and report issues through KDE Bugzilla.The Beta Testing Team
The Beta Testing Team is a group of people who will do a 'Testapalooza' on the beta releases, catching as many bugs as possible. This is organized in a structured process so that developers know clearly what to fix before the final release. Anyone can help, even people without programming skills.How It Works
There are two groups of beta testers:- informal testers install the beta from their distribution and use it as they normally would. They focus on familiar applications and functions, and report any bugs they can reproduce reliably.
- selected functional testing involves a list of applets, new programs and applications that require full testing. Volunteers will choose from the list and test according to established beta testing guidelines.
Get Involved
This is an excellent way for anyone to make a difference for KDE. Continuous quality improvement sets KDE apart. Assisting developers by identifying legitimate bugs leverages their time and skills. This means higher quality software, more features, happier developers. The Beta Testing Program is structured so that any KDE user can give back to KDE, regardless of their skill level.If you want to be part of this quality improvement program, please contact the Team on the IRC channel #kde-quality on freenode.net. The Team Leaders want to need to know ahead of time who is involved in order to coordinate all of the testing activities. They are also committed to having this project be fun and rewarding.
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