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Booth, Web and Marketing Sprint
If you read PlanetKDE, you may have noticed that there was a combined Booth, Web and Marketing Sprint in Stuttgart last weekend. While those blog posts discussed the fun to be had in getting a load of KDE contributors together in one place, the event
Camp KDE "Be Free" Contest Now Open
Do you have a special story about how you or your organization has used KDE to break free from proprietary software? If so, enter the Camp KDE "Be Free" Contest and tell us your story!
Camp KDE, in conjunction with the KDE e.V., will be
Amarok 2.2.1 "Weightless" released
Amarok version 2.2.1 has been the released by the Amarok team. It includes a lot of improvements to podcast handling, much faster collection scanning as well as the ability to automatically update scripts.
Head over to the release announcement, download it and enjoy rediscovering music.
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openSUSE 11.2 Released With Polished KDE Desktop
If you haven't heard yet, you've probably been under a rock since Thursday, but openSUSE 11.2 was released with KDE 4.3.1 as the default desktop.
openSUSE 11.2 KDE on a Intel 945GM netbook
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Camp KDE 2010 Call for Presentations Deadline
The deadline for requesting to give a presentation/talk at Camp KDE 2010 has been set for 0:00 on December 5th.
As indicated in the open registration announcement, if you wish to give a presentation, please indicate this preference when
Introducing KDE 4 KNetworkManager
One of the few utility programs that are used every day on mobile devices is a wireless networking tool, but somehow this is one of the last applications to appear for KDE 4. With the autumn 2009 crop of Linux distributions, a usable client for the widely used NetworkManager system finally makes its debut.
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Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit
Matthias Ettrich.
Today at 4pm CET at the Center for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues at the Berlin Senate, KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software.
Second Akonadi Sprint Re-factors Communication
Akonadi working in KMail
The second Akonadi sprint this year took place in Berlin, Germany on October 16-18. With a confrontation between the local punks and the law simmering on the streets below, the KDE PIM team and others worked to port
Amarok Joins Software Freedom Conservancy and Starts Rokvember Fund Raiser
The Amarok project has joined the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC). This move allows donors to give tax-deductible donations in the US, and it increases transparency in the spending of Amarok's funds. At the same time, we will not loosen our ties
ThinkDigit Explores KDE 4 on Windows
Kshitij Sobti has written a nice article over at ThinkDigit.com about installing KDE 4 applications on Windows. He takes a look at the installation process and reviews some key applications such as Dolphin and Okular, praising Dolphin's "simple yet