KDE team has released version 4.6.0 of its flagship product – The KDE Desktop. This is a major release that brings lots of improvements, and which promises a far better user experience.
The notable enhancements you will find in KDE 4.6.0 are as follows -
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<video>, <audio> and <canvas> elements as well as integration of SVG content, which are designed to improve the inclusion and handling of multimedia and graphic content on the web without recourse to proprietary plugins and their APIs [Source : Wikipedia].In future iterations of Ubuntu (Natty and onwards), Ubuntu CD might ship with Qt libraries – Mark Shuttleworth noted in one of his blog post.
The basic premise behind this announcement is that it is the quality and usability of the application (to be included) that is important; the choice of toolkit should be irrelevant.
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GNOME 3, due for release in April 2011, is going to be revolutionary. The Desktop is designed to reduce distraction and interruption and to put the user in control. Messaging has been seamlessly integrated into the desktop. An improved file manager, redesigned work spaces, and better accessibility are some of the notable improvements.
elLoka Techsolutions Pvt Ltd a Hyderabad based product design and manufacturing company that delivers Ultra Low Cost Computer Platforms(ULCCP), has come up with a palm-sized computer that is very cheap and consumes very little power.
The computer is on display at the Rambagh SMS Convention center in Jaipur, Rajasthan where a three-day Commonwealth and information technology meet is on.
Ubuntu has helped spawn umpteen Linux distributions. Pinguy OS is yet another Linux distribution based on Ubuntu (version 10.10 to be exact).
Pinguy OS is targeted at lay persons – people who are going to use Linux for the first time, or those who want an out-of-box working OS.
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It is said a picture is worth a 1000 words. In this case, instead of a picture, the following video demonstrates Linux booting to a GUI in a mere 1 second.
And this is what the people who implemented this awesome feat have to say about this exercise (and I quote).
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Cover Thumbnailer is a small Python script which displays music/video album covers in Nautilus in place of ordinary icons of folders, preview of pictures in a folder and more.
It is similar to what you see in Microsoft Windows 7 where the folder shows a preview of the pictures contained in it.
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GNUCash – for those in the dark – is a Free accounting package which you can use to keep track of your net worth, your income, and expenses. It operates under the double entry accounting principle.