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Distribution Release: Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05

Anke Boersma has announced the release of Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05, an updated release of the project’s rolling-release “Archimedes” series featuring KDE 4.8.3: “The Chakra project is proud to announce the third ‘Archimedes’ release. As with the previo…

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Distribution Release: Kubuntu 12.04

Kubuntu 12.04, a new version of an Ubuntu variant featuring the KDE 4.8.2 desktop, is out: “The Kubuntu community is proud to announce the release of 12.04 LTS, the ‘Precise Pangolin’: the new Long-Term Support version of our friendly operating system….

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Interview With Apper Author, KDE Developer Daniel Nicoletti

We interviewed KDE developer Daniel Nicoletti, who also happens to be the author of Apper.

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Blue Systems to Sponsor Kubuntu

Following the news that Canonical would no longer fund the KDE derivative of Ubuntu, developer Jonathan Riddell has announced that the Kubuntu project will be sponsored by Blue Systems from May…

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Simon Listens Speech Recognition Project Migrates to KDE

The Simon Listens speech recognition project has successfully completed its migration from SourceForge to KDE's Git infrastructure…

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Kubuntu Active Starts Producing Daily Builds Aimed at Vivaldi Tablet

So far, only i386 builds are available but the team plans to create ARMv7 images as well, which could run on KDE's new Vivaldi tablet…

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Install KDE 4.8.1 On Kubuntu

KDE 4.8.1 was released recently and you can now upgrade your Kubuntu machine to KDE 4.8.1.

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The Effect Of Desktop Effects On Graphics Performance

Earlier this month I published an article with benchmarks of the Gaming/Graphics Performance On Unity, GNOME, KDE, Xfce. Now, however, there's a much larger comparison, including results from OpenBox, Lubuntu, GNOME classic, and other desktop al…

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Development Release: Fedora 17 Alpha

Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial public test release of Fedora 17 – featuring the GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8 desktops, a development build of GIMP 2.8, and the controversial placement of system files in /usr: "The Fedora …

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Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC1

Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based mini-distribution featuring Trinity (KDE 3), KDE 4, LXDE and now also the Xfce desktop: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce the…

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