The second beta release of amaroK 1.3 has been released
No, the amaroK devs are not off enjoying the summer. They have put on thei
r silly hats to shield them from the sun (or the winter cold as is currently necessary for team members located in the southern hemisphere) and are hard at work creating the next version of amaroK.
Highlights
* The new Helix engine now has support for visualizations
* A queue manager has been added
* Enhancements to the Smart Playlist functionality
* Scripts can now add menu items to the playlist context menu
* The playlist filter has advanced search capability using Google-like search syntax
* Optimization to the default block analyzer, greatly reducing cpu usage
* Lot's of bugfixes
KNODA is a database-frontend for Dbase, Firebird, Mdb (MS Access), Mysql, Paradox, Postgresql, SQLite and ODBC. Besides tables, views and queries KNODA comprises forms and reports, which are scriptable via Python.
Main new features:
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* Firebird driver added
* mdb driver (MS Access) added (read only)
* xbase driver (DBase) added
* paradox driver (Corel Paradox) added (read only)
* Forms improved a lot:
* new data-aware image field may store its data in external files or in
binary columns, is scaleable and can also act as a non-data-aware widget
* Buttons may contain icons
* date widget has been added
* store and load connection information, so login can be much easier
* export/import between databases is possible now
* many scripting API improvements (e.g. show_directorydialog(),
get_pyvisible() etc.). get_pyvisible is a replacement for the former
combination of get_visible() and cast_xxx() functions.
* the full documentation (tutorials, references etc.) added is available via
<F1>-key
* The GUI improved in details
Also many bugs are fixed. Example databases can be found at:
http://hk-classes.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=ExampleDatabases
Rekall version 2.2.4, the latest stable version of Rekall is now available from the URLs below. Please use the second URL if your browser cannot cope with the RekallRevealed web site.
http://www.rekallrevealed.org/ http://www.rekallrevealed.org/packages/
KOffice 1.4 has been released:
The KOffice Team is pleased to announce the next version of the lightweight, integrated and complete office suite. With exciting highlights like two new components - Krita and Kexi - and support for the OpenDocument file format, the KOffice 1.4 release is a large step forward.
Announcement:
http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-1.4.phpDOT article:
http://dot.kde.org/1119375704Release notes:
http://www.koffice.org/releases/1.4-release.phpComplete list of changes:
http://www.koffice.org/announcements/changelog-1.4.php
KTorrent 1.0rc2 has been released
Kalzium 3.5 Preview 1 has been released:
The Kalzium-developers decided it is time for a preview of the good things to come in the next version of Kalzium. This release previews the standalone version planned for July 11 2005. It is almost finished feature wise but does not include translations and documentation as they are too much of an moving target. You can help make a better Kalzium if you test this version and give us feedback using bugs.kde.org or the usual channels. Kalzium is an interactive application which shows you information about the periodic table of the elements. Kalzium can be used as an as an information database. Kalzium has already some nice features, however but there remains things to add. As Kalzium has been included in KDE 3.1+, we still work steadily to add in some new enhancements, while hopefully making it as fast and usefull as possible. You can help us by testing it or make proposals for new features
or a better design. This version of Kalzium requires KDE 3.3 or greater.
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KTorrent is a simple BitTorrent client for KDE. I have just released version 1.0rc1. This is a testing release for the final 1.0 release.
To get it go to it's homepage at
http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/~joris/ktorrent/.
The highly anticipated new K3b release 0.12 is finally here. K3b 0.12 features a lot of cool stuff and also fixes many problems that drove user, especially unexperienced, crazy. As always my ChangeLog is not complete and way too large to state in full.
The G System 0.5.1 release is now available
The second release of the G System 0.5 series is now available. Besides fixing some issues in the network layer many functional improvements have been made including a complete database storage layer.
The G System 0.5.1 release provides a more stable and functional release in the 0.5 release series.
Full Release Announcement:
http://www.g-system.at/news_detail.php?newsid=43&forum=4&thread=75Website:
http://www.g-system.atDownload:
http://www.g-system.at/page_down_download.phpUniverse Status:
http://www.g-system.at/page_doc_server.php
dataKiosk 0.7 can provide a fully featured data entry application tailored to any SQL database in a matter of minutes.
Version 1.3-beta1 of the amaroK audio player has been released
Highlights of the amaroK 1.3 series:
* Wikipedia artist lookup, a revolutionary feature providing information from the free online encyclopedia.
* Redesigned sidebar, with improved look-and-feel.
* Automatic download of scripts and themes with KNewStuff.
* HelixPlayer engine.
* New Playlist Browser, powerful and easy to use.
* Cue file sheet support.
* Dynamic playlist mode.
* PostgreSQL database support.
* Much extended DCOP scripting interface.
* Multiple analyzer visualizations for the playlist window.
* Editable Smart Playlists.
Opale is a very simple personal finance manager for KDE/KOffice. It can be found on
http://orzel.freehackers.org/opale/The 0.6.1 release is to fix several reported bugs, most notably some compilation problems using koffie 1.3.5
Kile-1.8.1 has been released
OSDir has posted a KDE 3.4.1 Klax Live-CD Screenshot Tour
Kexi 0.9 has been released:
May 31, 2005 (The INTERNET). The Kexi Team today announced the immediate availability of Kexi 0.9, codenamed "Shorthorn", the newest release of the integrated environment for managing data.
Changes
(since 0.1 beta 5 version)
* Database forms are now officially supported
* Many improvements in handling server databases
* For users' convenience, Tabular Data View's behaviour is similar to Form Data View's behaviour
* Data and project migration from existing data sources (SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
* (Read only) import of Microsoft Access MDB file import available as optional plugin.
* Tens of overall improvements and hundreds of bug fixes
See also Detailed information on changes and Screenshots.
KDE 3.4.1 has been released
May 31, 2005 (The INTERNET). The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.4.1, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.4.1 ships with a basic desktop and fifteen other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in 50 languages.
K3b 0.12beta2 has been released
An announcement from KDE.org:
The deadline for Akademy talks is soon, if you develop an interesting program or part of KDE we want to hear about it. Talks to akademy-team@kde.org
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aKademy 2005 Dates and Call for Papers
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KDE's World Summit, aKademy 2005, will be held in the University of Málaga [http://www.uma.es] from Saturday 27th of August to Sunday 4th of September. The summit starts with a 2 day user conference followed by a 2 day developers conference then a week long coding marathon. If you plan on coming you should subscribe to the aKademy mailing list [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-conference]. Help in finding sponsors is especially welcomed. The call for papers is below.
As of now Kile, a LaTeX environment for KDE, version 1.8 is available for
download from:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kile/kile-1.8.tar.bz2?downloadChangeLog:
* QuickPreview: quickly compile and view part of your document.
* Encoding: You can set the default encoding for your files now. Especially
useful for those who are struggling with utf8 in combination with TeX.
* Wizards: Improved tabbing wizards and a new Postscript tools, Math and
float wizard.
* Help: You can add your own help files to the help system.
* Numerous bugfixes.
The following languages are included:
da, en_GB, es, et, fi, fr, it, nl, pt, pt_BR, sr, sr@Latn, sv and ta.
The amaroK team announces version 1.2.4 of the amaroK audio player
ChangeLog relative to amaroK 1.2.3:
FEATURES:
* Queue selected tracks shortcut, Ctrl+D. (BR 83675)
Version 0.6 of Opale, a simple personal finance manager, has been released
This latest release is mainly to keep in track with latest kde/koffice. Still, some small improvements are here :
From the Changelog :
* smoothest graphic moving/zooming
* entirely new chart rendering engine, i threw away KDChart
* usability enhancements
* works with unsermake
Homepage:
http://orzel.freehackers.org/opale/Download:
http://orzel.freehackers.org/opale/download
Kst 1.1.0 has been released:
TORONTO, Canada - May 20, 2005 - Staikos Computing Services Inc. and The Kst development team today announced the immediate availability of Kst 1.1.0, a real-time data viewing and plotting tool with basic data analysis functionality. Kst 1.1.0 consists of a KDE based application and a set of data analysis and manipulation plugins. Kst ships complete with documentation, and is translated to over 25 languages.
G System 0.5.0 has been released. Here the announcement:
Finally, the 0.5 release of the G System is released to public. This release marks an important milestone in the history of this project: multi-user capability. It's the first release where many users can join in the same virtual universe.
Kexi 0.9 beta 1 has been released:
Kexi Team Ships Beta Release of Major Enhancements to Free Integrated Database Environment
May 9, 2005 (The INTERNET). The Kexi Team today announced the immediate availability of Kexi 0.9 beta 1, codenamed "Shorthorn", the newest stable release of the integrated environment for managing data.
G System 0.5.0 BETA 2 has been released
The G System is a free and open source simulation framework and virtual reality. The framework provides network distributed operation, which allows for huge simulations.
The virtual reality created with the G System, called G Universe, focuses on evolution, thus creating a virtual, multi-user, evolving universe with both adventurous and scientific aspects.
This second BETA release, one week after the first, includes some bug fixes and numerous improvements over the first BETA release, including:
* G Universe Client initialisation fixed
* Full XMPP/Jabber Instant Messaging support (see below)
* Protocol improvements, corrections and many optimizations
* Smoother camera movement
Homepage:
http://www.g-system.atDocumentation:
http://www.g-system.at/doc/latest/dochome.htmlMailing lists:
http://www.g-system.at/page_doc_maillist.phpDownload:
http://www.g-system.at/page_down_download.php
KimDaBa 2.1 has been released:
After approximately half a year of development, a new version of KimDaBa is now ready for your image management pleasure.
You may download the source code from
http://ktown.kde.org/kimdaba/download-source.htmBelow you will find the list of major changes since KimDaBa 2.0, plus a short introduction to KimDaBa.
digiKam 0.7.3-beta2 has been released
G System 0.5 goes BETA
The G System is a free simulation framework and virtual reality. The framework provides network distributed operation, which allows for huge simulations. The virtual reality created with the G System, called G Universe, focuses on evolution, thus creating a virtual, multi-user, evolving universe with both adventurous and scientific aspects.
KIOSK Admin Tool is a graphical tool to enable KDE's KIOSK features and to easily create KDE settings profiles for groups of users.
KIOSK Admin Tool requires at least KDE 3.2.2 or SUSE Linux 9.1
hk_classes & knoda 0.7.4-test1 are now available:
I released a new test version of Knoda. With this release Knoda is the first KDE database frontend reading MS Access databases natively and is getting closer to its goal to be a full replacement for MS Access. Knoda is a database-frontend for KDE. Besides tables and queries Knoda comprises forms and reports, which are scriptable via Python.
KDE Security Advisory: kimgio input validation errors
Original Release Date: 2005-04-21
KDE Security Advisory: Kommander untrusted code execution
Original Release Date: 2005-04-20
DigikamImagePlugins 0.7.3-beta1 is out for your image correction pleasure with digiKam image editor and showfoto.
DigikamImagePlugins are a collection of plugins for digiKam 0.7.3 Image Editor and showfoto (digiKam stand alone image editor implementation). These plugins add new image treatment options like color management, filters, or special effects.
You can donwload DigikamImagePlugins-0.7.3-beta1 tarball at this url :
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/digikam/digikamimageplugins-0.7.3-beta1.tar.bz2?download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/digikam/superimposetemplates-0.1.0.tar.bz2?downloadFor more informations, please consult the web project page available at this url:
http://extragear.kde.org/apps/digikamimageplugins
digiKam 0.7.3-beta1 is out for your image management pleasure.
digiKam is a digital photograph management application for KDE, which makes importing and organizing digital photos a "snap". The photos can be organized in albums which can be sorted chronologically, by directory layout or by custom collections. Additionally images can be tagged and these tagged images can be viewed in virtual albums.
An easy to use interface is provided that enables you to connect to your camera and preview, download and/or delete your images.
digiKam includes a fast Image Editor with a few advanced image editing tools. You can use the Image Editor to view your photographs and to make corrections and alterations. A stand alone version of image editor named ShowFoto is also available.
Note to packagers : showfoto program is independant of digiKam core. digiKam is only require during showfoto compilation, but shofoto program have none depency with digiKam.
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KDE security updates are available for SUSE Linux:
ReallyLinux posted a review on KMail and Kate
Version 1.2.3 of the amaroK audio player has been released
The Kile developers are pleased to announce the availability of the first beta release of Kile 1.8. Kile is a LaTeX editor for the KDE desktop.
The most important changes are:
* QuickPreview: Compile and view a selection of your document. Very convenient if you want to preview a section, formula or paragraph of your document.
* UserHelp: Add help documents of your choice to the Help menu.
* 3 new wizards: Float, Math and Postscript Tools.
* Several bugfixes and cleanups.
You can download the source here:
http://kile.sourceforge.net/download.phpPlease test and report back to:
kile-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
KDE 3.4 has been released:
The KDE Project ships a new major release of their leading Open Source desktop environment.
March 16, 2005 (The Internet) - After more than a half year of development the KDE Project is happy to be able to announce a new major release of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. Among the many new features that have been incorporated, the improvements in accessibility are most remarkable.
Three KDE security advisories have been issued today.
KlamAV-0.15 has been released
The amaroK team announces version 1.2.2 of the amaroK audio player
amaroK 1.2.2 offers many bugfixes, improvements and new features over the previous release. We are especially happy to present the new Theming support for amaroK, making it possible to style the Context-Browser with your favorite
designs. Happy theming!
KDbg 1.9.7 has been released
digiKam 0.7.2 is out for your photographs management pleasure.
The digiKam team is pleased to announce the new 0.7.2 release.
digiKam is a digital photo management application for KDE, which makes importing and organizing digital photos a "snap". The photos can be organized in albums which can be sorted chronologically, by directory layout or by custom collections. An easy to use interface is provided that enables you to connect to your camera and preview, download and/or delete your images. digiKam includes an image editor for process image corrections. This one can be extended using plugins from DigikamImagePlugins project.
DigikamImagePlugins 0.7.2 is out for your photographs correction pleasure with digiKam image editor.
The DigikamImagePlugins team is pleased to announce the new 0.7.2 release.
DigikamImagePlugins are a collection of plugins for digiKam 0.7.2 Image Editor. These plugins add new image treatment options like color management, filters, or special effects.
The amaroK team announces version 1.2.1 of the amaroK audio player
KDE Security Advisory: kppp Privileged fd Leak Vulnerability
Original Release Date: 2005-02-28
URL:
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt0. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0205 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities
1. Systems affected:
kppp as included in KDE up to including KDE 3.1.5. KDE 3.2.x and newer are not affected.
OSDir has posted a screenshot slideshow of KDE 3.4 Release Candidate
