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Plasma 5.2 Released

On January 28, 2015, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Packages for the release of Plasma 5.2 are available for Kubuntu Plasma5 14.10 and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Next Backports PPA for 14.10, users of the development release will get it as a regular update. The 14.10 packages include updates to Qt 5.4 which…

Kubuntu Vivid Alpha 2

On January 22, 2015, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

The second Alpha of Vivid (to become 15.04) has now been released! The Alpha-2 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-2/ More information on Kubuntu Alpha-2 can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha2/Kubuntu

Kubuntu Vivid Alpha 1

On December 18, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” – Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island The first Alpha of Vivid (to become 15.04) has now been released! The Alpha-1 images can be downloaded at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/vivid/alpha-1/ More information on Kubuntu Alpha-1 can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Alpha1/Kubuntu

Calligra 2.8.7 is Out

On December 12, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Packages for the release of KDE’s document suite Calligra 2.8.7 are available for Kubuntu 14.10. You can get it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA. They are also in our development version Vivid. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To…

KDE Telepathy Instant Messenger 0.9 for 14.10

On November 5, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Our instant messaging application KDE Telepathy 0.9.0 has been released. Packages are avaialble for Kubuntu 14.10 and our development version Vivid. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository…

Kubuntu Shirts are Back

On October 24, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Kubuntu T-shirts and Polo Shirts are available again. This time our supplier is HelloTux who are working with the Hungarian Ubuntu LoCo. $3 from each shirt goes to Kubuntu and $1.5 to the Hungarian LoCo team. Kubuntu Shirt Shop, International Kubuntu Shirt Shop, Hungary

Kubuntu 14.10

On October 22, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Kubuntu 14.10 is available for upgrade or install. It comes in two flavours, the stable Plasma 4 running the desktop we know from previous releases, and a tech preview of the next generation Plasma 5 for early adopters. Getting 14.10 Download a Plasma 4 Disk Image (Stable) Download a Bootable image and…

KDE Applications and Development Platform 4.14.2

On October 15, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Packages for the release of KDE SC 4.14.2 are available for Kubuntu 14.04LTS and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA, and the Kubuntu Utopic Updates PPA Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To…

KDE Applications and Development Platform 4.14.1

On October 2, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Packages for the release of KDE SC 4.14.1 are available for Kubuntu 14.04LTS and our development release. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To update, use the Software Repository Guide…

14.10 Beta 2

On September 26, 2014, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Kubuntu 14.10 beta 2 is out now for testing by early adopters. This release comes with the stable Plasma 4 we know and love. It also adds another flavour – Kubuntu Plasma 5 Tech Preview. Try Kubuntu Plasma 5 to see the future of desktop software but expect some more…