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PC-BSD v8.2 released

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p>Version 8.2 of PC-BSD, a desktop PC-oriented repackaging of FreeBSD, has been released. This is based on FreeBSD v8.2 and uses KDE 4.5.5, and has improvements to partitioning and network management (changelog here with requirements and package lists here). Downloads (install DVDs or USB key images, apparently no live CDs) here.

Kubuntu Maverick (10.10) released

Kubuntu 10.10 | Kubuntu

Version 10.10 (codenamed Maverick Meerkat) of Kubuntu, the Ubuntu package with a KDE desktop, has been released. For new features, including upstream Ubuntu changes, see earlier entry. See here for downloads and here for instructions on upgrading using the package manager.

Kubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) release candidate available

Kubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate | Kubuntu

A release candidate of version 10.10 (codenamed Maverick Meerkat or just Maverick) of Kubuntu has been released. More details are available on the Kubuntu Wiki. Major changes in this release:

  • Linux kernel v2.6.35
  • New Ubuntu font
  • KDE v4.5.1, currently the latest version, based on Qt v4.7.0

OpenSUSE v11.3 released

Kubuntu Tutorials day, 7th July

The annual Kubuntu Tutorials Day is to be held on 7th July 2010. It's held on the #kubuntu-devel IRC channel on Freenode and there are the following sessions:

  • 18:00UTC, Kubuntu Maverick: An exciting six months ahead, Jonathan Riddell
  • 19:00UTC, Introduction to Qt Quick and QML: The exiting new way of developing applications, Alan Alpert, Nokia
  • 20:00UTC, Packaging and Merging with the Ninjas: How to make and merge .deb packages, Rohan Garg (shadeslayer)

Kubuntu v9.10 released

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

[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

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:

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