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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.8 of KFTPGrabber, a graphical FTP client for KDE which supports SSL, tabbed multiple sessions and bookmarks, has been released. Changes (since the last RC):

• Fix to upload of empty files via TLS/SSL
• Fix to typos
• Fix to plug-in handling
• Fix: Take file size into account when doing directory compare

New features since the last stable version:

• EPRT support (for IPv6)
• Support for public-key authentication on SFTP
• Individual file mark/compare in the list views

Full changelog here, screenshots here, downloads (source only at present) here, Requires KDE 3.3. This is expected to be the last major release before KDE 4.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.5.4 of KPoGre, a KDE PostgreSQL administration front-end, has been released. Changes include:

• New disk usage tab in database property window, detailing each table's disk usage (PG 8.1+)
• Ability to cancel a query from the server "activity" tab (PG 8.1+)
• Detailed column info displayed when user clicks on "datatable" header

Screenshots here, downloads (source, SUSE 10 RPM) here. Requires KDE 3.5.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 3.9.4 of Eric3, the Python and Qt-based development environment for Python and Ruby, has been released. Changes include bug fixes and better Subversion 1.4 support. Screenshots here, downloads (source only, all Python) here. Requires Qt 3.1, Python 2.3, PyQt 3.6 and QScintilla v1.0 (or later in each case).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.7.0 of Edyuk, a Qt 4-based development environment with Qt Designer and Assistant integration, has been released. The biggest change in this release is that class browsing now works and debugging is improved (full changelog, not very readable, here. Screenshots at KDE Apps; download (source only) here. Requires Qt 4 (not sure which minor version).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.4.8 of KAlarm, an alarm clock and event scheduler for KDE, has been released. This version fixes a crash which occurred when KAlarm was auto-started at login time, and makes the Find dialog work with search texts entered subsequently to the first. (A new beta, version 1.9.3, has been released which fixes the first of these two bugs.) Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Etch binary) here. Requires KDE 3 (3.2 for the beta).

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From KDE Apps:

A third preview of version 2.0 of CrossVC XXL, the commercial version of the CVS client formerly known as LinCVS, has been released. This version improves the Subversion support, implementing the move and cleanup commands, enabling profiles and HTTP SVN importing. The German translation has also been improved. Screenshots here, downloads (binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X) here. Requires Qt 3. Latest open-source version of CrossVC is 1.5.1, available from the same location.

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From KDE Look:

Version 1.0 of the KDE theme Polyester has been released. Changes:

• With colored scrollbars option turned off, the scrollbar handle has colored extremities on mouse over (similar to the Ubuntu theme)
• In the configuration dialog "Menus and toolbars" was misleading, now it's "Advanced"
• nice circles instead of asterisks in password lineedits. Idea from Daniel Molkentin (will probably be the default in KDE 3.6 btw)
• default button highlight when animations are disabled
• alphablending (yes, fake of course:)) at the corners of the popup menus
• corrected a bug in the sliders aspect
• window decoration: titlebar buttons icons have a cleaner aspect

Screenshots and downloads (source and various distro binaries) from KDE Look.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.3.10 of QTM, a Qt 4-based app for submitting entries to Movable Type compatible weblogs and content management systems, has been released. Changes:

• Bug which caused crash when trying to access non-existent web servers or services fixed
• New system tray icon for Qt 4.2 users
• New tabbed preferences box for Qt 4.2 users which can set editor, preview and console fonts; ability to set console font from Edit menu on Qt 4.1
• Ability to post to Blogger blogs (but only as draft; Blogger does not allow client applications to post entries via XML-RPC)
• Bug fix: warning message which sometimes appeared when opening entries from files with the password missing is now gone.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Mac OS X disk image, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva 2007 RPMs) from KDE Apps page or homepage. Requires Qt 4.1 or later.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.9 of trix, a serverless chat application for small/home offices, has been released. This version enables version 2.0 of its protocol by default. Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.8.0 of Smb4K, a SMB/CIFS (Windows) share browser for KDE, has been released. Changes include:

• Drag and drop support in shares view
• Improved Konqueror integration
• Ability to define custom options for shares and servers
• Updated handbook
• New IP scan lookup method
• Improved preview dialog
• Better handling of bookmarks
• Several security updates, fixing stack overflows and temporary file vulnerabilities (fixes also available for 0.7.5 and 0.6.10a).

Screenshots here, downloads (source only with links to third-party binaries) here. Requires KDE 3.2 and Samba 3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 3.9.3 of eric3, an IDE for Python written using PyQt and QScintilla, has been released. This version features enhanced Subversion 1.4 support and various bug fixes. Screenshots here, downloads (source TGZ only - it's in Python) here. Requires (at least) Qt v3.1, Python v2.3, PyQt v3.6 and QScintilla v1.0.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.8.0 of the Dolphin File Manager, a file manager for KDE with a navigation bar, has been released. Changes include:

• Bookmark and history sidebar
• Documentation and screenshot update
• Drop-down menu in the navigation bar for accessing directories
• Filter bar

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Kubuntu Dapper, SUSE 10.1 and links to Mandriva) and full changelog here. Requires KDE 3.5.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.3 of kAnyRemote, a Bluetooth and InfraRed remote control application for KDE (for controlling mobile phones, for instance) has been released. Changes:

• Support for icon layouts (skins) and full-screen mode in Java
• Exception handling improved
• Bug fixes

Screenshots here, downloads (source, FC6 RPM) here. A command-line version, anyRemote, is also available.

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Trolltech has issued a patch to fix a compilation error which disrupts compilation of code with Visual Studio 2005 (Service Pack 1). It affects Qt 4.x. The patch can be found here.

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Trolltech has announced the release of Qtopia v4.2.0, Qtopia being the embedded device platform for Qt. This version includes VoIP and WiFi functionality, a multimedia player based on RealNetworks' Helix DNA client, basic MIDI support, SVG support and multiple display support. The open source edition lacks the DRM and telephony components. Product home page here; open source downloads here.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.5r10 of Klik, a system of Mac-like disk images for Linux, has been released. This version contains "bugfixes and reliability improvements" and version numbers throughout the site. Screenshots at KDE Apps; download instructions on home page.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.0.5 of KDbg, a KDE front end for the GNU debugger, has been released. Changes include:

• Appearance of main window improved for first-time users
• Improve file handling when the srcdir != builddir.
• Show value popups for members of 'this' (current object).
• Allow the user to give redirections in the Program Arguments dialog.
• Minor bug fixes.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, links to Debian binaries) here. Requires KDE 3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.5.1 of CrossVC, a multi-platform CVS client, has been released. Changes:

• SSPI protocol support
• Converts old LinCVS configurations
• Improved French and German translations
• Moving main window to the visible area of the desktop at startup at necessary
• Bug fixes

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Linux tar binary) here.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.4.7 of KAlarm, an alarm and event scheduler for KDE, has been released. This version fixes a crash on some systems which happens while saving preferences. Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Etch binary) here. Requires KDE 3.

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A new edition of Linux Format was released earlier this week, containing an extended feature on the development of KDE 4 and a review of KOffice v1.6 (verdict: Kexi and Krita good, most of the rest bad; 5 out of 10). Also contains a feature on the upcoming FreeBSD v6.2 release, commentary on the Microsoft/Novell deal and a round-up of non-blog-oriented content management systems. The DVD contains Fedora 6, alternate and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu Edgy, Python 2.5 and a snapshot of KDE 4.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.9.5 of Qalculate!, a desktop calculator for KDE (which can also use GTK) has been released. Changes include:

• A French translation (incomplete)
• Integer factorisation
• Engineering display mode
• Fixes to display of units and prefixes
• New functions: cross(), heaviside(), rectangular(), triangular(), ramp() kronecker(), sigmoid(), and logit()
• Several other fixes and minor new features

Screenshots here, downloads (source, links to binaries) here. Requires KDE 3 (or GTK 2.4); other requirements listed on download page.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.2.1 of KLatexFormula, an application to produce an image from a LaTeX formula, has been released. This version adds a command-line mode (use the --help option for details). Screenshots here, downloads (source, SUSE 10 RPM) here. Requires KDE 3.1.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.5.2 of KPoGre, a PostgreSQL administration tool for KDE, has been released. Changes include:

• Code completion in the SQL editor now contains main user database objects (tables, views, functions)
• "Find" action for database and for result tables in query/result, executor and SQL query editor
• Updated SQL keywords for syntax highlighter and code completion, as per Postgres v8.2

Screenshots here, downloads (source, SUSE RPMs) here. Requires KDE 3.5.

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From KDE Apps:

A second release candidate of version 0.9 of digiKam, the KDE digital photo importer and manager, has been released. Changes include:

• Exiv 0.12 dependency fixed
• Compilation with "./configure -enable-final" fixed
• ImageEditor : Fixed and improved Color Management View workflow
• Ten other bug fixes from the bug manager

Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here (instructions here). Requires KDE 3.3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.2.7 of Tellico, the personal collections manager for KDE, has been released. Changes:

• Fixed bug that could cause images to be lost when loading from data file.
• Fixed bug with saving URL values without the protocol.
• Fixed bug with editing ISBN-13 values.
• Updated sorting to take title articles into account.
• Updated Amazon.com search to allow ISBN-13 values.
• Changed file listing import to match on URL only.
• Improved performance when copying or deleting multiple entries at once.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, links to third-party binaries) with requirements on the home page. Requires KDE 3.3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.3.3.6 of Scribus, the open-source multi-platform desktop publishing (DTP) application, has been released. Changes include CMake build support, some bugs (including crashes) fixed and updated translations. Screenshots here, downloads (source, binaries for Windows, Mac OS X and several Linux distributions) from the Scribus home page. Uses Qt 3 (it does not say which minor/patch version).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 3.0.13 of KRename, a mass renaming utility that plugs into the Konqueror or Krusader file managers, has been released. Changes:

• New Turkish translation
• Encoding plug-in now working
• Plug-in performance improved
• Command-line option to specify the number of preview items to show

Screenshots here, downloads (source, SUSE 10 and FC6 RPMs) here. Requires KDE 3.1 or later.

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The latest edition of Linux User & Developer magazine (issue 68, Dec 2006) has been released in the UK. Its main Qt-interest feature is a write-up of the aKademy event in Dublin earlier this year; there are also features on Blender and PyGTK, the usual columns from Pamela Jones and Jeremy Allison, and Ubuntu Edgy on the cover DVD. It costs £5.99 (US $12.99).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.4.6 of KAlarm, the alarm and event scheduler for KDE, has been released. Changes include:

• Fixing a bug affecting leap years
• Farsi and Belarusian translations added, others updated
• Fixed various bugs (including crashes) and various user interface improvements
• Add user talkback facility

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Etch binary, link to Slackware 10.2 binary) here. Requires KDE 3.

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Linux.com | Trolltech's Greenphone: A reasonable first effort

Linux.com reviews the Trolltech Qtopia Greenphone, a mobile phone produced by Trolltech for Qtopia Phone Edition developers. There is a Flickr library of screenshots of the development software and photos of the device itself. The reviewer emphasises that this is a developer's device and is not really a useful mobile phone (especially at the price); there are "annoying quirks" such as a badly-designed rocker button and the device requires recharging every other day, which takes 12 hours and makes the device gets hot. Then again, Trolltech never marketed this device as a consumer mobile phone; the intention was obviously to facilitate application development. (See also some OSNews discussion.)

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Trolltech yesterday announced that it had released a second update of Qt and Qtopia 4.2. The substantial list of bug fixes can be found here; downloads for all platforms available here and GPL releases of Qtopia can be downloaded here. OpenSUSE have already released binaries which can be found at the usual downloads site.

Note that Trolltech has omitted to update the page for Mac downloads; you can, however, grab them from the mirrors here: Athens [http] [ftp], Chemnitz [http] [ftp], Iasi, Romania [http] [ftp], [rsync]. Each FTP site (Athens, [Chemnitz, Iasi) offers a 54Mb disk image with a binary of the Qt library, development tools and examples; it requires OS X Tiger to develop applications and 10.3.9 to run the tools (and, presumably, anything developed with the binary). I recommend not installing the examples (click the "Customise" button when it appears at the "Installation type" stage, and then de-select the examples package) because the installer hung when installing the examples on my machine.

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