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Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.3 Updates

On May 31, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Packages for the May updates of the KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.8.3 are available for Kubuntu 12.04 in the official repositories. As long as the precise-updates pocket is enabled (this is the default) you should receive this release as part of your normal system updates. Many thanks go to…

Kubuntu Council Elections – 2012

On May 25, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

The Kubuntu Council is a group of 6 Kubuntu Members who get to vote on membership of Kubuntu Members and occasionally other decisions regarding Kubuntu. Half the council is nearing the end of their 2 year appointment so we need to hold elections for the open positions to the council….

Kubuntu 12.04 LTS

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. See the Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Release Notes for a technical description including known issues. Built on Ubuntu’s core and polished with KDE’s applications and…

Calligra Released

On April 11, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Calligra has been released, KDE’s document suite of applications. It has applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing and much more. Take the tour to discover the many apps of Calligra. It can be installed from the backport PPA for 11.10 and the main archive for our development release. Bugs…

Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems

On April 10, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Kubuntu will have a new sponsor in Blue Systems from the 12.10 cycle starting in May. Kubuntu is a community led project to create a KDE flavour as part of Ubuntu. Our sponsor since it started has been Canonical who are now moving to focus on their Unity flavour. We…

Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.2 Updates

On April 6, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Keen KDE Software users can find Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.2 updates in the backport PPA for 11.10 and compiling now in the main archive for our development release. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To update, use the…

12.04 Beta 2 Released

On March 29, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 is released for testing. Download from the cdimage mirrors or upgrade from 11.10 or upgrade from 10.04 LTS. This release features the technology preview of Kubuntu Active the first Ubuntu flavour for tablets.

Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.1 Updates

On March 8, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , With No Comments

Keen KDE Software users can find Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.1 updates in the backport PPA for 11.10 and compiling now in the main archive for our development release. Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE. To update, use the…

Kubuntu 12.04 to be Supported for 5 Years

On March 1, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

The Kubuntu Community is pleased to announce plans for the 12.04 LTS release of Kubuntu. As approved by the Ubuntu Technical Board on January 9th, 12.04 will be a 5-year long-term support cycle for Kubuntu. Please see our Beta 1 announcement for some of the highlights. Some recent confusion followed…

12.04 Beta 1 Released

On March 1, 2012, Posted by , In News, By , , With No Comments

Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 1 is released for testing. Download from the cdimage mirrors or upgrade from 11.10 or upgrade from 10.04 LTS.