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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
KDevelop Beta 6 and PHP Beta 1 Released
KDevelop 4 in action
The KDevelop team is proud to announce the sixth beta of KDevelop4. There haven't been any major features started since beta 5 as this is mostly a bugfix release (demonstrated by the list of fixed bugs). This also marks
KDE 4.3.3 Out Now: Clockwork
Like the ticking of a Swiss watch, every month the KDE team brings you a new release. November's edition of KDE is a bugfix and translation update to KDE 4.3. With the KDE 4 series picking up in popularity, we're happy to encourage even more people
openSUSE KDE Sneak Peek Lifts the Lid on Innovations
Over at openSUSE News, the new KDE features in openSUSE 11.2 come under the spotlight before its release in a few days. KWin stalwart and openSUSE hacker Luboš Luňák bares his soul. See how KDE is presented as the default desktop on openSUSE, and find out how the openSUSE team made Firefox fit in on a KDE desktop.
Walled Gardens, Semantic Data and the Open Web: an Interview with Steven Pemberton
During the NLUUG end-of-year conference "The Open Web" in Ede, Netherlands, we did an interview with keynote speaker Steven Pemberton. Steven Pemberton is a researcher at the Center for Math and Information Technology in Amsterdam and has been