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In this week's KDE Commit-Digest Artem Serebriyskiy introduces the new Nepomuk Web Extractor in a featured article. The list of changes include:

         <ul><li>Desktop layout control moves from pager to <a href="http://userbase.kde.org/KWin">KWin</a></li>

           <a href="http://commit-digest.org/issues/2011-07-31/">Read the rest of the Digest here</a>.

Should free and open source projects and companies require developers to sign community agreements in order to contribute, possibly signing over their copyrights? Some do, some don't, others have mixed policy. Canonical is leading an effort, called "Harmony", to create standardized community agreement documents, an effort they compare with the license standardization work of Creative Commons.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest, we have a featured article by Ivan Čukić on the new activity manager. The code changes this week include:

• Calligra Stage gets a new user interface for creating and editing custom slide shows in its Slides Sorter View.
• Gapless playback is implemented in Phonon-GStreamer.
• For rekonq adding favorites is made easier and a user interface option for configuring the do not track header is added, there are also updates to the SSL support.
• The Public Transport applet can now show stops in Marble with the updated OpenStreetMap data engine.
• In kdelibs, we have a usability improvement in the Edit File Type button and an introduction of package cache for Plasma.
• Kate now correctly handles comments when doing static code wrap.
• Bugfixes were made to a diverse range of applications, including KDevelop, Marble, and Network Management.

Read the rest of the Digest here.

KDE is delighted to announce its latest releases—Version 4.7—providing major updates to the KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform. Check out the highlights below, or read the full announcement.

Nick Richards

In this last in the series of interviews with Keynote speakers at the Desktop Summit, starting in Berlin in just a few weeks, meet Nick Richards.

The Desktop Summit is only 2 weeks away. Excitement builds!

The program consists of 3 days of talks, followed by 4 days of workshops and BoFs. In these sessions, Free Desktop contributors and enthusiasts gather face-to-face to discuss and work on current topics.

We are pleased to announce the Desktop Summit social events, bringing even more excitement and fun to the Conference program. The social events vary from sports to parties, and will take place throughout the week in different locations in Berlin. They will provide opportunities for attendees to get together informally while enjoying foods and drinks provided by our sponsors—Intel, Collabora, SUSE, Igalia and corporate partner, c-base.

This week's KDE Commit-Digest brings two featured articles: Milian Wolff writes about his work on C++2011 support in KDevelop and Dominik Haumann presents improvements in Kate Variable Editor. The changes review brings:

We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be supported by Intel as the Platinum sponsor. The event organizers also welcome Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners, and are delighted with the community spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, lead organizer of the Desktop Summit, said: "Their support is essential for the Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop technology."

Stuart Jarvis

Continuing the series of interviews with Keynote speakers at the Desktop Summit, happening in just 3 weeks time, we now have Stuart Jarvis.