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PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 2 Comes with Linux Kernel 2.6.32.10

The second beta of the upcoming PCLinuxOS operating system is out, PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 2, with an updated kernel and a big number of bug fixes, surprisingly for such a brief period of time since the initial beta, less than a week ago. The latest release also brings a big number of desktop environments as options besi...

17 March 2010
16:11 GMT

Amarok 2.3.0 'Clear Light' Introduces a New Main Toolbar

Amarok, the 'next-generation' music player for the KDE desktop environment, has been updated with the release of Amarok 2.3.0. "Clear Light." The latest release since Amarok 2.2.2 comes with the usual array of bug fixes, but also a number of new, forward-looking features. Among the things that have gotten m...

16 March 2010
12:11 GMT

How to Install KDE SC 4.4 on Ubuntu 9.10

After another six months of hard work, the famous KDE Software Compilation (SC) suite reached version 4.4.0 on February 9th, 2010. With over 7,000 bugs squashed, over 1,400 new features, new applications, new effects, the KDE SC 4.4.0 is composed of the KDE Plasma Workspace, the KDE Applications and the KDE Developme...

10 February 2010
17:21 GMT

KDE Software Compilation 4.4.0 Released

A few minutes ago, the wonderful developers behind the KDE project announced the final and stable release of the highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4.0. Dubbed Caikaku, KDE SC 4.4.0 is the next major release with over 7,000 bugs squashed, over 1,400 new features, new applications, new effects, and...

9 February 2010
10:16 GMT

Available Now: Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition

Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced on Saturday, February 6th, the final release of the Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition operating system. Based on Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), the new version is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31 and built on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4. L...

8 February 2010
04:28 GMT

KDE 4.3.2 Deemed More Stable by Developers

The KDE developers are almost right on time, because a month ago they churned up version 4.3.1 of their desktop environment, and yesterday saw the release of KDE 4.3.2. This translation and service upgrade contains a huge amount of bugfixes and graphical improvements, dispelling the negative impression that KDE 4 lef...

7 October 2009
02:41 GMT

Amarok 2.2 Has a Completely New Look and Feel

Lydia Pintscher announced yesterday the release of the much-anticipated Amarok 2.2 music player for the K Desktop Environment. Dubbed "Sunjammer," this version has a completely cleaned-up user interface, Playlist manager enhancements and fixes, a better Context View layout, faster music folder scanning and improved i...

2 October 2009
05:39 GMT

KDE 4.3.1 Bugfix and Service Release Is Here

Yesterday saw the release of KDE 4.3.1, announced exactly a month after the 4.3.0 milestone was given to the public. This new version features numerous bugfixes and performance improvements and, more importantly, it is now available in Croatian. Among the important changes, KDE's user interface just got a little...

2 September 2009
03:24 GMT

SimplyMepis 8.0.10 Released, Version 8.5 Will Have KDE 4.3

MEPIS LLC announced yesterday (August 25th), through Warren Woodford, the release of SimplyMepis 8.0.10 for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and based on the Debian Lenny operating system. The new version brings lots of interesting features, as well as bleeding-edge applications, such as Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2, Bind ...

26 August 2009
06:32 GMT

First Look: KDE 4.3.0

On the 4th of August, 2009, the KDE community released KDE 4.3.0, delivering its user base the first iteration of this next-generation KDE desktop environment. It boasts a modern and beautiful desktop, with over 10,000 bugs fixed and close to 2,000 features implemented over the older versions, such as the more buggy ...

7 August 2009
17:11 GMT

KDE 4.3.0 Is More Stable and Complete

Dubbed Caizen, the amazing KDE 4.3.0 desktop environment was released a few minutes ago by the KDE community. This is the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms, and it is here to deliver the most modern, beautiful and attractive desktop environment!"The KDE community has fi...

4 August 2009
12:19 GMT

Available Now: KDE 4.3 RC3

Last evening, July 22nd, the KDE community announced the immediate availability of the third release candidate of KDE 4.3, the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. We believe that this is the last development release for the upcoming KDE 4.3 desktop environment and it is ...

23 July 2009
02:38 GMT

First Release Candidate of Linux Mint 7 KDE Edition Arrives

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project proudly announced last night on the official blog the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) KDE Community Edition operating system. This first RC is based on the popular Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) distributio...

6 July 2009
03:54 GMT

KDE 4.3 RC1 Released, Live CD Available for Testing

The KDE community proudly announced today, June 1st, the immediate availability of the first release candidate of KDE 4.3, the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. However, the focus of this release is to fix the remaining issues before the final one comes out, at the end...

1 July 2009
09:17 GMT

PCLinuxOS 2009.2 KDE and GNOME Editions Are Available

The PCLinuxOS team announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the second maintenance release of PCLinuxOS 2009 in both of its KDE 3 and GNOME 2 variants. Besides the usual bugfixes and updated applications, PCLinuxOS 2009.2 comes now packed with a new tool called "notification-updater," which notifies the user about ava...

1 July 2009
06:49 GMT

Second Beta of KDE 4.3 Has Arrived

While one week ago, the KDE Community was announcing the latest 4.2.4 stable version of the popular desktop environment, today marks a new development release of the upcoming 4.3 version. KDE 4.3 boasts a large number of new features and improvements that will surely appeal to a lot of users. "After the first beta,...

10 June 2009
09:52 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE Edition Out Now

Just two weeks after announcing Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME Edition, Fabio Erculiani released today, April 29th, the KDE edition of his Linux distribution. Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE is based on Sabayon 4 LiteMCE and brings the same usability and out-of-the-box experience, this time on top of the latest KDE 4.2.2 desktop envi...

29 April 2009
13:41 GMT

First Look: Linux Mint 6 KDE

Linux Mint is one of those distributions that have always been dear to me. With truly dedicated developers and a strong, faithful community, Mint reached, in only a few years, a very high level of popularity. Being based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint complements it by providing an elegant look as well as a full, out-of-the-b...

9 April 2009
10:40 GMT

Linux Mint 6 KDE Edition Has KDE 4.2.2

One day after the announcement for Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox CE, Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project announced last evening the immediate availability of the final release of Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) KDE Community Edition: "On behalf of the team I am thrilled to announce the release of Linux Min...

9 April 2009
03:19 GMT

KOffice 2.0 RC1 Has Landed

The developer team behind the KOffice suite announced today the release of KOffice 2.0 Release Candidate 1. This version doesn't add any new features but brings many bugfixes and improvements. "This is the very last chance to make sure we know about release critical bugs that may have escaped our attention &mdas...

8 April 2009
13:01 GMT

Available Now: KDE 4.2.2

The KDE community announced a few minutes ago, in a press release, the immediate availability of the second maintenance release of KDE 4.2. The new version is dubbed "Cano" and it brings many bug fixes and improvements, especially for applications such as KRunner, Okular, KAlarm, KMail, Kontact, KMix, KDiamond, KNetW...

2 April 2009
10:14 GMT

Available Now: KDE 4.2.1

The KDE community announced last evening (March 4th, 2009), in a press release, the immediate availability of the first maintenance release of KDE 4.2. This release is dubbed "Cream" and it brings many bug fixes and improvements, especially for applications such as Okular, Kopete, KMail, JuK, KGpg, KAlarm and KHTML. ...

5 March 2009
05:31 GMT

KDE 4.2 Released

The KDE community announced a few minutes ago, in a press release, the immediate availability of the final version of KDE (K Desktop Environment) 4.2 a.k.a. "The Answer." The KDE 4 desktop environment ships with many packages, including web development applications, educational tools, administrative programs and more...

27 January 2009
15:26 GMT

Amarok 2.0 Beta 3 Arrives

Last night, the Amarok team happily announced the third beta version of the upcoming Amarok 2.0 audio player for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). The new development version is dubbed Ataksak, and comes packed with a database importer for all those that still use the version 1.4 of the Amarok player and who want to c...

5 November 2008
02:48 GMT

Just Released: Amarok 2.0 Beta 2

The Amarok team has proudly announced a few hours ago the second beta release of the upcoming Amarok 2.0 music player for KDE lovers (and not only). The much-anticipated release, dubbed Nujalik (first beta's codename was Nerrivik), makes one step further towards the final 2.0 version, by bringing lots of improve...

6 October 2008
10:30 GMT

Available Now: KDE 4.1.2

Yesterday evening (October 3rd), the KDE community announced the release of KDE 4.1.2, the second maintenance version of one of the most popular desktop managers, K Desktop Environment (KDE). It ships with many packages, including web development applications, educational tools, administrative programs and more, all ...

4 October 2008
03:14 GMT

Linux Mint 5 KDE Edition Comes Without Upgrade Notes

The Linux Mint Team has yet another highly anticipated release for us, and, this time, it’s the final version of Linux Mint 5 KDE Edition. Although very close to another important Mint release (just yesterday, we mentioned the availability of the first RC for the Fluxbox Edition), this version has great potenti...

16 September 2008
03:46 GMT

KDE 4.1.1 Comes with Performance Improvements

The KDE community has announced today the release of KDE 4.1.1, the latest version of one the most popular desktop managers. Many new additions are featured, including web development applications, educational tools, administrative programs and more, all of which are available in over 50 languages.   K...

3 September 2008
09:27 GMT

KDE 4.0.4 Announced by the KDE Community

KDE 4.0.4, the fourth bugfix and maintenance release for the 4.x branch of KDE, was announced today by the KDE Community. KDE 4 ships with a basic desktop and applications for system administration, networking, educational and multimedia software, games, web development tools and much more.These release updates are i...

7 May 2008
05:54 GMT

KDE 4.0.1 Is Now Available

The first bugfix edition of KDE4 was released out in the wild, yesterday, as the KDE Community announced.KDE 4.0.1 brings you a lot of stability and performance improvements and many updated translations for most of its components. It is already translated into 48 languages and more are coming soon.We all know the pr...

6 February 2008
03:46 GMT

Shift Linux 0.6.2 Available

Barney Tormey has announced the release of Shift Linux 0.6.2 a few days ago. This new release comes in three flavors: Shift Linux 0.6.2 Gnome, Shift Linux 0.6.2 KDE4 and Shift Linux 0.6.2 Lite - specially designed for older computers.Shift Linux Lite will bring two less resource-hungry desktop managers - XFCE 4 and F...

30 January 2008
04:36 GMT

Linux Desktop Environment Coming to Windows Vista

Not happy with what Windows Vista has to offer? Well, you will soon have a chance to bring a breath of fresh "open source" air to the latest Windows client. This will be possible with the integration of a Linux desktop environment into Vista. However, Vista users still have to be patient as the KDE Windows Project su...

24 January 2008
09:30 GMT

Linux Mint 4.0 KDE RC2 Released

Linux Mint community has released today the second release candidate of Linux Mint 4.0 (codenamed Daryna) KDE Edition. Being based on Celena KDE CE and compatible with the Ubuntu Gutsy repositories, Daryna brings many new software and tools, such as:■ Linux kernel 2.6.22-14■ KDE 3.5.8■ OpenOffice...

22 January 2008
10:58 GMT

Kubuntu 8.04 Will Not Be LTS

Canonical and the Kubuntu team decided that, due to the delayed release of KDE 4, the upcoming release of Kubuntu, 8.04, will not be a long term support release.Periodically, Ubuntu, Kubuntu and other Ubuntu variants from Canonical launch a LTS release (the version is supported for three years on the desktop and five...

29 December 2007
08:21 GMT

KDE 4.0 Release Candidate 2

The second release candidate of KDE 4.0 was announced last night by the KDE Team. It includes many improvements from previous Alpha, Beta and RC versions: "the KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second release candidate for KDE 4.0. This release candidate marks the last mile on the r...

12 December 2007
02:38 GMT

Linux Mint 4.0 KDE Beta Released

Linux Mint community has released today the first beta version of Linux Mint 4.0, codenamed Daryna, KDE Edition. Being based on Celena KDE CE and compatible with the Ubuntu Gutsy repositories, Daryna brings many new software and tools, such as:• Linux kernel 2.6.22-14• KDE 3.5.8• OpenOffice.org 2.3.0• Mozilla Thunder...

6 November 2007
02:45 GMT

KDE 3.5.8 and Kubuntu Packages Available Now

The 8th maintenance update to the popular K Desktop Environment (KDE) 3.5 (and probably the last before the KDE 4.0) has just been released today, just as I am writing this. Version 3.5.8 brings bugfixes to applications like Konqueror, Kolourpaint, KMail and even KOrganizer. Let's have a detailed look at the imp...

16 October 2007
09:47 GMT

Mandriva 2008 Released

Mandriva 2008 has arrived today and it brings new software, innovations, improvements and a little bit of magic to the Linux world: "The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008 includes all the latest software and many enhancements over previous Mandriva Linux releases. You will find KDE 3.5.7 and...

9 October 2007
09:22 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Available Now

The long awaited, award winning openSUSE 10.3 has been released today with everything a user needs to get started with Linux. It includes a flexible Linux-Windows dual-boot configuration, Microsoft Office file compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office productivity suite and enhanced multimedia support. What...

4 October 2007
10:54 GMT

The KDE 4.0 Release Event on January 17-19, 2008

The KDE community will present KDE 4.0 with a Release Event at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California on 17th to 19th January 2008.The event will celebrate the long awaited release of KDE's new desktop environment and development platform. Representatives from businesses, journalists and other Free...

3 October 2007
10:27 GMT

Akademy 2008 Will Take Place in Belgium

Akademy (formerly written "AKADEMY"), the annual KDE World Summit, will be held in Belgium next year, from the 9th to the 16th of August.The KDE World Summit will take place at the De Nayer Institute, an associated campus of the University of Leuven, located in the Flanders region of Belgium. The activity will be sp...

29 September 2007
03:35 GMT

KDE Ported to Nokia Internet Tablets

An independent developer, by the nickname of PenguinBait, has ported Linux's K Desktop Environment to Nokia's Web Tablets: N800 and 770. For the older 770 the addition of an RS-MMC card upgrade is necessary so that KDE will function correctly.In January 2006, Nokia released 770 as its first Linux-based Inte...

13 September 2007
07:01 GMT

Tagua: A New Chess Game for KDE

Tagua is a generic boardgame for KDE, and it has been released a few days ago as an alpha version, with the codename "Clinks". The boardgame was formerly known as Kboard, and it includes games like Chess, Shogi and more. It is based on a powerful plugin system which allows games to share the same history, graphical f...

10 September 2007
07:39 GMT

Dear Santa, All I Want for Christmas Is KDE 4.0!

While the KDE 4.0 final release was postponed for Christmas, the second beta release of the most awaited project of 2007, was just announced today by the hard-working people behind the KDE project: "The KDE Community proudly presents the second Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the feature...

6 September 2007
10:04 GMT

LinuxMCE and KDE Preset Their First Release Together

LinuxMCE (Linux Media Center Edition) is a free and open source operating platform designed to allow a computer to act as a Media PC / HTPC (Home Theater PC) similar to Mythbuntu and it is more of a complete HTPC-bundled operating system.So far, a lot has been said about some plans regarding a KDE integration. Even t...

16 August 2007
23:56 GMT

Linux Mint 3.0 KDE Edition Released

The Linux Mint team has released last night the KDE Edition of their successful Linux operating system, Linux Mint 3.0 (codename Cassandra). The KDE Edition was created by and for the Linux Mint community and it's based on Bianca-KDE but compatible with all Feisty repositories. Highlights of this release include...

15 August 2007
03:55 GMT

Linux Mint 3.0 KDE Edition Beta Released

The Linux Mint team has released last night the KDE Edition (beta) of their successful Linux operating system, Linux Mint 3.0 (codename Cassandra). This KDE Edition was created by and for the Linux Mint community and it's based on Bianca-KDE but compatible with all Feisty repositories. Highlights of this releas...

25 July 2007
02:39 GMT

KDE 4.0 Alpha 2 Available Now

The second Alpha release of the most awaited project of this year, KDE 4.0, was released last night by the hard-working people behind the KDE project: "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first alpha release of the KDE Desktop Environment, version 4.0. This release is a basis for...

5 July 2007
02:47 GMT

KDAB, Another Patron of KDE

Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB (also known as KDAB for short), international software company based in Sweden, has just become the KDE patron, continuing this way the Free Desktop project, joining names such as Mark Shuttlewoth, Intel, Trolltech and Novell Inc. Regarding this announcement the KDAB officials state:"KDE a...

4 July 2007
10:10 GMT

AKademy 2007 Annual Meeting Has Been Opened

The KDE aKademy is an annual contributor's conference for the K Desktop Environment, which this year will be held in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. For more than a week, the event would gather developers and KDE contributors from the entire ...

2 July 2007
03:00 GMT


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