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Maverick Alpha 3 Out

The third alpha of Maverick Meerkat has been released. This contains a release candidate version of KDE Platform and Plasma 4.5. Other highlights of Alpha 3 include : Dragon continues on as the default video player Message Indicator support is enabled by default for Kopete and Quassel Qt was updated to…

KOffice 2.2.1 Out

On July 28, 2010, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With No Comments

KOffice 2.2.1 is out. Users of Kubuntu 10.04 can install it from lucid-backport, just enable “Unsupported Updates” in your software source settings and install “koffice”.

KDE SC 4.5 RC 2 Packages Available

On July 28, 2010, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

For those wanting the latest crack-of-the-week, packages for the release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.5 RC 2 are available. This is release candidate software so expect bugs. Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. Users of 10.04 LTS can install…

Maverick Alpha 2 Available for Testing

Maverick Alpha 2 is now available for testing. This is an early release of our next version of Kubuntu. This release comes on one CD/USB image for both Desktop and Netbook, loading up the relevant workspace for your machine.

KDE SC 4.5 RC Packages Available

On June 28, 2010, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

For those wanting the latest crack-of-the-week, packages for the release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.5 RC 1 are available. This is release candidate software so expect bugs. Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. Users of 10.04 LTS can install…

Canonical Sponsoring Akademy

On June 21, 2010, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Canonical is very pround to announce it is sponsoring Akademy again. Canonical is the founder and principle commercial supporter of the Ubuntu project, including Kubuntu. Akademy is the annual conference of KDE’s developers and contributors. By supporting Akademy we are allowing KDE to meet up, give talks, hack on code…

Kubuntu Tutorial Days

On June 21, 2010, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Kubuntu Tutorials Day is back, and this time it’s with special guest star speakers. Incase you missed it in previous years (check out the logs, there’s some interesting sessions in there), Kubuntu Tutorials Day is a few hours of interactive IRC sessions on topics around Kubuntu and KDE development. If…

KDE SC 4.5 Beta 2 Packages Available

On June 9, 2010, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

For those wanting the latest crack-of-the-week, packages for the release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.5 Beta 2 are available. This is beta software so expect bugs. Bugs in packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. Users of 10.04 LTS can install it…

Maverick Alpha 1 Released

The first alpha release of Kubuntu Maverick has been released. This alpha contains the recently announced Amarok 2.3.1 and KDE SC 4.5 beta.

KDE SC 4.4.4 Packages Available

On June 1, 2010, Posted by , In News, By ,, , With No Comments

Packages for the release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4.4 are available. Users of 10.04 LTS can install it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA. To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list: ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa