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From KDE Dot News:

Version 4.0.4 of KDE, the desktop environment for the X11 window system used on Linux and other Unix-type workstations, has been released. This is mostly a bug-fix release; see the changelogfor details. Downloads, and compilation instructions, available here. Requires Qt 4.3 (use of Qt 4.4 features will come in version 4.1, which is at alpha stage now).

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Version 2.6.0 of CMake, the cross-platform, open-source build tool from Kitware used by KDE 4 and by many other Qt-based projects, has been released. This includes support for the new modules in Qt 4.4 which was released yesterday; it also includes a new Qt-based GUI front-end and support for Mac framework generation; full changelog here. Downloads (source, Mac and Windows installers, various Unix binaries) available here.

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Qt 4.4 Framework Broadens Rich Application Development with Integration of Web Content and Portability to Mobile Devices — Trolltech

Trolltech has released version 4.4 of Qt, its cross-platform application development toolkit. Major new features include:

• The new WebKit web page rendering module (the same technology used in Safari and Konqueror)
• Qt for Windows CE (Qtopia Core has been renamed Qt for Embedded Linux)
• Multimedia framework based on Phonon (from KDE)
• Ability to draw widgets on graphics views
• A new concurrency framework, allowing easier multi-threaded application development
• Support for XQuery in a separate Xml Patterns module
• A redesign for Qt Assistant, with a self-contained help format
• Improvements to the printing system, with a new QPrinterInfo class allowing encapsulation of printer specs and a print preview class

For full details, see What's New in Qt 4.4 (or this page) with a comprehensive changelog here. Open-source downloads (source for X11, source and binaries for Windows and Mac) here. Available under GPL v2 and v3. Also see this feature at Ars Technica.

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From Qt Apps:

Version 4.1.3 of eric4, the integrated development environment for Python written using PyQt, has been released. This is a bug fix release. Screenshots here, downloads with requirements (no packages, just tarballs) here. Requires Qt 4.2 and Python 2.4.

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blauzahl: BugSquad's BugDay #3!

The KDE BugSquad are putting on a third Bug Day this coming Sunday (4th May). It will be co-ordinated on the IRC channel #kde-bugs (on irc.freenode.net) and the subject will be Konqueror. Participants should be using KDE 4.0.3 or newer, or SVN trunk. For full details, see here.

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From KDE Dot News:

A first alpha of version 4.1 of KDE has been released. This version is based on Qt 4.4 and features improved SVG rendering and general performance and the ability to draw widgets on canvasses. It also features Akonadi, the framework for storing personal data, and (non-Akonadi-based) versions of KMail and KOrganizer. Source code can be downloaded here. This is strictly a preview and is not suitable for daily use.

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Akademy 2008 - Call for Presentations

Kevin Ottens has posted a reminder (via Planet KDE) that the deadline for papers for Akademy 2008 is 1st May, i.e. this Thursday. Information as to what sort of presentations are welcome can be found here. Submissions should contain a 150-word abstract, a short biography (up to 100 words) and a picture (250x250px max).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.9.4 of Smb4K, the Windows/Samba share browser for KDE, has been released. Changes:

• Smb4KGlobal::timer() is now deprecated.
• The core classes now use QObject::timerEvent() instead of a connection to Smb4KGlobal::timer().
• Smb4K will try to launch the wallet manager before it opens the wallet. This should prevent it from hanging on start-up.
• If the digital wallet could not be opened, KWallet support won't be disabled completely but only for the current session.
• Fixed blocking of tooltips in the network browser.
• Fixed invalid check in the network browser's tool tip code.
• Simplified code in smb4k_cat. Bumped version to 0.8.
• Fixed disabled configuration dialog when another user edited the same system file.
• Fixed wrong path when the strings "cifs" or "smbfs" were part of the mount point name.
• Fixed unrecognized authentication error when querying the workgroup master browser for the workgroup members.
• Fixed flickering of items in the shares views.
• Applied patch by Dirk Mueller that installs the configuration dialog as KDE module.

Screenshots here, downloads (source only, with links to third-party binaries) here. Requires KDE/Qt 3.3 and Samba 3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 3.02 of KTorrent, the BitTorrent client for KDE, has been released. This is a bug fix release, including for some in the IP filter plugin and one which caused a crash when plugins were unloaded in Qt 4.4. Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires KDE 4.

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Mark Summerfield (of C++ GUI Programming fame) has written an introductory article on using the PyQt Undo framework. The four-page feature is at InformIT.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.92 of Yakuake, the drop-down terminal for KDE (a bit like the console in Quake) based on Konsole, has been released. Changes:

• The item background in the skin list is now determined by the style engine if on KDE 4.1 (including pre-release versions) and hence Qt 4.4.
• Fixed title bar not immediately being updated upon creating a new single-terminal session.
• Fixed shortcuts with versions of KDE 4 trunk (4.1) from April 22nd 2008 and newer. The Konsole KPart now defaults to overriding shortcuts, and Yakuake must do additional work to continue to receive them.

Screenshots and downloads from the KDE Apps page. Requires KDE 4.

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Version 8.04 (i.e. April 2008, codenamed Hardy Heron or just 'hardy' for package management purposes) of Kubuntu, the version of Ubuntu with a KDE desktop, has been released. This comes in two flavours, the mainstream version with KDE 3.5.9 and a "remix" with KDE 4.0.3. Unlike the GNOME-based version, simply called Ubuntu, this does not come with long-term support. Important new features in this version:

• KDE 3.5.9 or 4.0.3
• Easy enablement of Compiz desktop effects in KDE 3
• Amarok v1.4.9.1
• Automatic installation of codecs in Kaffeine
• Wubi, a program for installing Ubuntu like a Windows application without repartitioning (although it runs from the boot menu)
• Ability to encrypt filesystems (other than /boot)
• Support for writing to NTFS filesystems
• User-mountable drive support
• Bulletproof X, a failsafe mode for X11
• A power management module in Guidance (KDE 3)

Downloads are available here or you can buy or order through Shipit; APT upgrade instructions here. The main Ubuntu announcement is here and you can download that here.

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From Qt Apps:

Version 0.6 of QTM, the blog management application, has been released. Changes since last stable version:

• New feature: QTM now saves blog and category lists in an XML file from session to session, saving the delay of fetching them several times in a session
• Installer: New Windows installer
• New feature: Opening files by specifying them on the command-line when starting QTM
• New feature: Ability to quickpost articles downloaded through HTTPS as well as HTTP (requires Qt 4.3, doesn't work on Windows, at least not out of the box)
• Compatibility: Removed regex searching on Qt 4.1, because that version of Qt doesn't support searching a text document (QTextDocument) using regular expressions
• User interface: New yellow system-tray icon displayed while quickpost is in progress (Windows only)
• User interface: Now displays busy cursors when posting blog entries or refreshing blog or category lists
• Improvement: When setting the title of a new quickpost article, sets the window title to it as well
• Bug fix: Now displays categories in proper alphabetical order, with shorter entries (e.g. KDE) appearing before longer ones (e.g. KDE Apps)
• Bug fix: Now checks for and, if necessary, creates the local storage directory before writing the templates file

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Windows installer, SUSE and Ubuntu binaries) here. Requires Qt 4.1 (many features require 4.2 or 4.3).

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Adopt a KDE Util as your baby

KDE Developer Friedrich Kossebau has published a list of KDE Utils projects which are without proper maintainers. Some of them have been ported from KDE 3 to 4 and others are in limbo and won't compile. The former category includes kcharselect (character selector), kdessh (SSH front-end), KFloppy, KTimer (to schedule the execution of a program), KWallet (the password manager) and Sweeper ("cleans unwanted traces the user leaves on the system"), and kregexpedit. Anyone interested should subscribe to the KDE development mailing list and introduce themselves.

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KDE SOC projects published

Via Planet KDE, Roland Wolters has published a list of the KDE-related projects which are getting a Summer of Code slot this year:

* Media Device Support in Amarok 2 with Collections * Amarok and UPnP * Notes and Presenter View Support for KPresenter * Easy monitor hot-plug support in KDE * Integrate Decibel into the KDE 4 environment * Jingle video and voice chat in Kopete * KMail enhancements and porting to native Qt4 * Integration of the QtWebKit based KPart * Integration of WebKit SVG library with KHTML * StepGame: educational game based on Step

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Kubuntu Release Candidate announcement

A release candidate of the upcoming version of Kubuntu, the version of Ubuntu with a KDE desktop, has been released. Version 8.04 (Hardy Heron) has a choice of version 3.5.9 or 4.0.3 of KDE and, unlike the mainstream Ubuntu, with a GNOME desktop, will not be a long-term support (LTS) release. Major changes since the beta:

• KDE 4.0.3 (was 4.0.2)
• Amarok v1.4.9.1 (was 1.4.8)
• Power management module in Guidance

For a list of major new features in Hardy, see the announcement linked above; screenshots are there also (and here). The announcement also has download instructions and links.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.2.6 of KTorrent, a BitTorrent client for KDE, has been released. This is the last bug-fix release for the KDE 3 version of the application and contains bug fixes over version 2.2.5. Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here or from home page. The latest version (3.0.1) requires KDE 4.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.3.1 of Kommander, a dialog authoring application for KDE, has been released. Changes include:

• Now has a snippet database manager on the Tools::Editor menu
• added cut, copy and paste to editor popup menu
• added test geometry function to buttons for popup use
• boolean execute slot for scripts
• several improvements to tree/detail widget
• added "lost focus" signal to text edits and line edits
• bug fixes

Full changelog here. Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires KDE 3.4.

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From KDE Dot News:

A set of new logos has been designed for KOffice, the office and graphical application set for KDE, which was sponsored by the Dutch NLnet foundation which "aims to financially support organisations and people that contribute to an open information society", and designed by Michiel van Kleef of 30 Media. The KOffice logo itself is a K in a circle, while the individual component logos are variants on that theme. NLnet also sponsored Girish Ramakrishnan to improve KWord 2's ODF support.

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From KDE Dot News:

The KDE BugSquad are holding a BugDay this coming Sunday (midnight to midnight UTC). Participants should have a recent version of KDE 4 (or 3.5.9) and do not need programming experience. Join #kde-bugs on irc.freenode.net for details. There is also a mailing list.

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