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Source: http://dot.kde.org/2009/02/05/kdevelop-4-beta-1-available

On behalf of the KDevelop team I am happy to announce that we have reached the next milestone on our way to a final release, KDevelop 4 Beta 1. We feel that KDevelop 4, although in no way feature complete, is now usable and stable enough to get first feedback from a somewhat wider audience. Being a beta there are of course still bugs and missing functionality, but we have excellent language support for C++, integration of the CMake buildsystem, subversion, git and even starts of Qt GUI designer integration.

Source: http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/unexpected-surprises-linux-fans

It was one of those weeks when the surprise gifts just kept on coming, so I think we can count it as a positive for Linux.

First up, and most exciting to me, was the arrival of KDE 4.2. KDE 4.2 really lives up to the potential of the KDE 4 series, and the KDE team deserves a big congrats for getting this release out the door.

It's been discouraging to note that there are still a lot of detractors for the 4.0 line--people are still ticked off about the "unfinished" nature of 4.0 itself, and tend to not trust anything labeled KDE 4. But when 4.0 was released, the KDE team warned everybody that this would be a transition release with a lot of work to do. Apparently, judging from the vitriol that came out at the time, people didn't get that memo.

openSUSE 11.1 is now out (screenshots), featuring KDE 4.1.3 and a string of KDE improvements. The release brings back the much-loved KDE-PIM suite, and includes new games, the KSCD CD player, KSystemLog to keep track of system changes, improvements to Dolphin, Konqueror (including Webkit part), Plasma (including auto-hide panel, folder view), Marble integration with OpenStreetMap, and much more. The release is available as an installable live CD, or on a DVD with KDE 3.5.10, GNOME, Xfce, and many more applications.

Source: http://news.opensuse.org/2008/12/04/opensuse-education-10-beta2-for-open...

Here are the first results of the great last Meeting of the openSUSE-Education Team two weeks ago…

We are proud to announce the first openSUSE Live-CD containing applications from openSUSE-Education - created via Studio by Andrea Florio!

http://www.opensuse-education.org/download/ISOs/openSUSE-Education_1.0.i686-0.0.5-LiveCD.iso (696M)

This ISO image is based on openSUSE 11.0 (x86) and enhanced with a few of our applications for Education. We are currently testing the possibilities of SUSE Studio with the Live-Media - and might release updated versions in a shorter timeframe. Stay tuned!

Postfix, designed by Wietse Venema, is a mail server built with security in mind and specifically designed to replace Sendmail. The project began development in a security sensitive atmosphere. This secure focus has had a major advantage over a product like Sendmail that was created in a non-hostile environment and then had to be adapted to protect users form the evils of the common day. Postfix simplicity and focus on security are both major reasons why it is selected over Sendmail. This tutorial will show you how to configure a basic Postfix Mail server for CentOS,OpenSuse and Ubuntu.

I just read Louis Gray’s post titled “On the Web, If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying.” It gave me a chilling realization about web services. Like everything else, what goes up must come down. This must apply to Linux distributions too, right? So, what’s happening with Linux? Which distributions are growing? Like Louis Gray, I’m going to use data from Google Trends. People searching the name of Linux distributions on Google can be considered new users. After all, wouldn’t experienced Linux users already know where the websites of the big Linux distributions are?

Let’s start out with Debian. I’ll note here that if you want to see the Google Trends search results, and not just the screenshot, you can click on the images.

The OpenSUSE Project has achieved a new release of its free desktop and server distribution. OpenSUSE 11.0 features a redesigned installer, KDE 4.0, GNOME 2.2.2, and the flashy Compiz Fusion 3D window manager, and over 200 new features.

Today Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) makes a play for Linux users new and old with the release of its openSUSE 11 distribution.

Version 11 introduces an installer, improved package management and updated key open source packages.

The new distribution is Novell's attempt to put its best stuff out on the field as it ramps up the competition against Red Hat's Fedora and Ubuntu Linux in the growing Linux community.

Joe Brockmeier, openSUSE community manager, told InternetNews.com that openSUSE 11's strength is its targeting of end users making the switch from Vista. "We're also targeting the longtime Linux users," he added.

In Brockmeier's view, openSUSE 11 is easy enough to use for new user, and it doesn’t dumb Linux down to the point where it is unpleasant for longtime users.