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ownCloud 3 – Applications, Features, Improvements

Monday, 30 January 2012 | Kallecarl

ownCloud allows full control of cloud data storage. Version 3 of this open source File, Sync & Share Project has just been announced. Now users can do more than ever with their own private file-sharing cloud. In addition, its open, modular structure makes ownCloud the only cloud technology to offer several important and useful functions. Visit ownCloud for the full announcement and download instructions. Read More

KDE Telepathy releases first beta version

Saturday, 28 January 2012 | Mck182

The KDE Telepathy team has made the first beta release of the new KDE Instant Messaging suite. This 0.3 release coincides with the release of KDE Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8. Read More

KDE Commit-Digest for 8th January 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012 | Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

Aurorae goes QML, ClientGroup becomes scriptable in KDE base
Calligra sees work on footnotes, all interactive painting tools are threading-friendly; Kexi introduces Simple User Feedback Agent
Rekonq adds about:tabs, an easy method to manage rekonq tabs
Support for Twitter photo upload API method in ChoqoK
Board Editor and random layout addition to KMahjongg
Circular reference memory leaks fix and other updates in Amarok
Initial port of Calendars resource to libKGoogle 0.3 in akonadi-google
Skrooge has "Show" menu in scheduled operations.

Read the rest of the Digest here. The Commit-Digest team is aware of the lack of top level statistics. The issue is being worked on.

Release 4.8: Features, Stability, Performance

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Sebas

The latest set of KDE releases has been announced. It includes major updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications, and the Development Platform. Version 4.8 provides many new features, as well as improved stability and performance. Check out the highlights below and read the full announcement. Read More

KDE Commit-Digest for 1st January 2012

Sunday, 15 January 2012 | Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

Work on inter-file search in Lokalize
New weather services: geonames and favorite weather station
Google Code-in work on Marble; plugins integrated
MLT clip analysis and freesound.org integration in Kdenlive
Usability improvements in Network Management

Read the rest of the Digest here.

KDE Commit-Digest for 25th December 2011

Sunday, 15 January 2012 | Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

Multiple changes in scripting in KWin: properties, interactive console to run scripts, import of a KCM
Start of generic clip job framework implementation for Kdenlive
In Calligra, updates of MSOffice 2000/2003 and 2007 format support, multiple fixes
Volume normalization now works between Amarok and iPods
Contact list in Telepathy moved to a separate class

Read the rest of the Digest here.

Interview with Brian Alleyne, Sociologist Studying KDE

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 | Oriol

A few months ago, the British journal Sociology published an article titled "Challenging Code: A Sociological Reading of the KDE Free Software Project". Eager to find out what a 'sociological reading' of KDE entails, Dot editor Oriol Mirosa rushed to contact the article's author, sociologist Brian Alleyne, who graciously and patiently agreed to be the subject of an interview. Read on to learn more about Brian, sociology, and the significance of KDE for the social sciences: Read More

KDE Commit-Digest for 18th December 2011

Monday, 9 January 2012 | Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

In Calligra, extended undo/redo functionality, updated Excel 2000/2003 support, optimization of formula parsing and numerous bugfixes
Kmix now shows MPRIS2 streams
More useful capacity bar when hovering collection in Amarok
Work on import feature in Umbrello
Command line parameters support in kmail-mobile
Incremental fetching of Global Address List (GAL) in Akonadi

Read the rest of the Digest here.

Calligra Suite for Windows - Testing Version Released

Saturday, 7 January 2012 | Bugsbane

Krita (click to enlarge)

The Calligra and KDE on Windows teams are proud to announce the first testing version of the Calligra Suite Windows installer. Yes, Windows users, you can now use and help test the Calligra from the comfort of your own operating system with a single installer.

KDE Makes Second 4.8 Release Candidate Available

Thursday, 5 January 2012 | Sebas

Today KDE released the second release candidate 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. Please give this release another good round of testing to help us release a rock-solid 4.8 later this month.
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