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Kubuntu v9.10 released

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-10-29 15:20
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From Kubuntu website:

Version 9.10 (i.e. Oct 2009) of Kubuntu, the version of Ubuntu with a KDE desktop, has been released (codename: Karmic Koala). Major new features:

OpenSUSE to have KDE as default desktop

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-08-21 08:29
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[opensuse-project] Decision made - openFATE feature 306967, KDE default

The default desktop in OpenSUSE Linux will be KDE as of version 11.2, following discussion within the community which found that KDE was the preferred desktop of most users of the distro. GNOME will not be removed; what this means is that if the user accepts the defaults, KDE and not GNOME will be installed.

PC-BSD v7.1.1 released with KDE 4.2.4

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-07-08 17:43
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PC-BSD - PC-BSD Changelog - 7.1.1

Version 7.1.1 of PC-BSD, a FreeBSD-based desktop-oriented operating system for Intel/AMD PCs, has been released. Major changes:

Kubuntu Tutorials Day next Monday

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2009-06-25 22:35
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KubuntuTutorialsDay - Ubuntu Wiki

There is to be a Kubuntu Tutorials Day next Monday (29th June) to run from 1900 to 2400 UTC, with questions and answers afterwards. The tutorials are:

Fedora 11 released with KDE v4.2.2

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2009-06-09 16:55
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Version 11 of the Fedora Linux distribution, codenamed Leonidas, has been released. This version features KDE v4.2.2 and Qt v4.5.0 (you can usually get up to date packages through the standard update channel, unlike with Debian-type distros).

Kubuntu v9.04 release candidate out

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2009-04-17 14:16
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Kubuntu 9.04 RC available

A release candidate (likely to be the only one) of Kubuntu v9.04, codenamed Jaunty Jackalope or just Jaunty, has been released. This version includes KDE v4.2.2 and Digikam v0.10.0, neither of which had been released at the time of the beta. For full information, including download locations and important changes, see here. This is part of the forthcoming Ubuntu release, which includes Linux kernel version 2.6.28, Ext4 file system support, GNOME 2.26, X.org server v1.6 and Eucalyptus, which facilitates cloud computing; for more information see here.

PC-BSD 7.1 released with KDE 4.2

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2009-04-11 23:57
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Version 7.1 of PC-BSD, a desktop-targeted operating system derived from FreeBSD, has been released. This is the first to feature KDE 4 (version 4.2.2); the BSD backend is updated to FreeBSD 7.1, making it the first to offer a journalled filesystem (FreeBSD's own, not Linux compatible). Other changes:

  • Xorg v7.4
  • New print manager, removing need to use CUPS web interface
  • Software & Updates application, consolidating "Add/remove Programs" tool and the updater
  • Updater Tray streamlined into tray-only update notifier
  • FreeBSD ports and packages can now be created by utilizing the "runports" command
  • Greater stability for Flash 9 allows users to get higher quality from Flash sites such as Hulu and Youtube
  • Enhancements to installer, including option to upgrade while preserving the userland
  • Fixes to Wi-Fi and networking, and to Linux emulation

Full changelog here; downloads for both old-style and 64-bit PCs here.

Slackware adopts KDE 4.2

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2009-03-11 23:17
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Slackware, one of the last Linux distributions to still be shipping KDE 3 instead of KDE 4, has replaced that version with version 4.2.1 in its "current" package set. This is probably the biggest change to the package tree in Slackware's history, and also includes XFce 4.6, kernel 2.6.28.7, gcc 4.3.3 and glibc 2.9 ("more like 2.10") (full changelog here).

Fedora 10 released with KDE 4.1

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-11-25 21:55
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Version 10 of Fedora, the operating system with its roots in Red Hat Linux, has been released. This features KDE 4.1.2 and, while it includes libraries from KDE 3.5 to support kdewebdev and KDevelop, it does not include KDE 3 itself. It also includes kernel 2.6.27, X.Org 7.4 / XServer 1.5.2, updated PyQt and Qt 4/GTK style support, GNOME 2.24.1, GCC 4.3.2, RPM updated to version 4.6, GIMP v2.6, OpenOffice.org v3.0, extended live USB support as introduced in F9, support for Network Manager connection sharing, a new graphical boot system called Plymouth (albeit one which only supports ATI cards to its fullest), and SecTool, a new security auditing and intrusion detection system. A download mirror list can be found here, and there is a KDE-based live CD available.

Kubuntu v8.10 beta released

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2008-10-03 14:42
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IntrepidIbex/Beta/Kubuntu - Ubuntu Wiki

The beta of Kubuntu v8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" has been released. This release features KDE 4.1 as its main desktop in place of the old KDE 3 (obviously, Ubuntu itself has a GNOME desktop, in version 2.24; see announcement here). Main new features:

  • KDE 4.1.2
  • Adept 3.0 (new, refactored user interface, lighter on resources than Adept 2)
  • KNetworkManager v0.7
  • Desktop effects enabled by default if a user's video card supports it
  • New update and crash notifiers
  • KMix support for keyboard multimedia keys
  • Porting of several Python-based applications to PyKDE, including GDebiKDE, Jockey-KDE, Language Selector, Software properties, and the printer manager.

See the link at the top for downloads.

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