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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>.

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.

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.

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.