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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: KDE-2.0 Beta3 available
From: "Arthur H.Johnson II" <ajohnson () tucows ! com>
Date: 2000-07-31 12:34:17
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Before making these announcements, you need to mirror out the directory. I
can't connect to kde.org and it doesn't exist on ftp.us.kde.org. I've been
trying to connect for almost a half hour.
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Martin Konold wrote:
> html version online at
>
> http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-1.92.html
>
> ======================================================
> DATELINE JULY 31, 2000
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> **** KDE Desktop Available for Linux® ****
> Third Beta Preview of Leading Desktop for Linux® and Other Unixes®
> July 25, 2000 (The INTERNET). The KDE_Team today announced the release of KDE
> 1.92, codenamed "Korner", the third beta preview of KDE's next-generation,
> powerful, modular desktop. Following on the heels of the release of KDE 1.91
> (Kleopatra) on June 24, 2000, Korner is based on a snapshot of Trolltech'stm
> upcoming Qt® 2.2.0 and will include the core libraries, the core desktop
> environment, the KOffice suite, as well as the over 100 applications from the
> other standard base KDE packages: Administration, Games, Graphics, Multimedia,
> Network, Personal Information Management (PIM), Toys and Utilities. Korner is
> targeted at users who would like to help the KDE team make usability and
> feature enhancements and fix the remaining set of bugs before the release of
> KDE 2.0, scheduled for early September 2000.
> Korner benefitted greatly from a productive 10-day_conference of many core KDE
> developers in Norway last week. "A lot has happened since the last KDE
> release", said Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, President of Klarälvdalens Datakonsult
> AB and long-time core KDE developer. "Besides fixing many of the remaining
> bugs, we also achieved numerous improvements in useability, functionality and
> appearance. I am especially impressed by the remarkable advances in HTML
> display and in KOffice."
> Korner offers a quite stable desktop suitable for a non-critical environment.
> The principal benefits lie in the cutting-edge technologies provided by
> Konqueror and the KOffice_suite, in KDE's enhanced customizability and in KDE's
> continued improvements in ease of use.
> * Konqueror reigns as the next-generation web browser, file manager and
> document viewer for KDE 2.0. Widely acclaimed as a technological break-
> through for the Linux desktop, Konqueror has a component-based
> architecture which combines the features and functionality of Internet
> Explorer®/Netscape Communicator® and Windows Explorer®. Konqueror will
> support the full gamut of current Internet technologies, including
> JavaScriptTM, Java®, HTML 4.0, CSS-2 (Cascading Style Sheets), SSL
> (Secure Socket Layer for secure communications) and Netscape
> Communicator® plugins (for viewing FlashTM, RealAudioTM, RealVideoTM and
> similar technologies). In addition, Konqueror's network transparency
> offers seamless support for browsing Linux® NFS shares, Windows® SMB
> shares, HTTP pages, FTP directories as well as any other protocol for
> which a plug-in is available.
> *
>
> * The KOffice suite is one of the most-anticipated Open Source projects.
> The suite consists of a spreadsheet application (KSpread), a vector
> drawing application (KIllustrator), a bitmap drawing application
> (KImageShop), a frame-based word-processing application (KWord), a
> presentation program (KPresenter), and a chart and diagram application
> (KChart). Native file formats will use XML, and work on filters for
> proprietary binary file formats is progressing. Combined with a powerful
> scripting language and the ability to embed individuals components within
> each other using KDE's KParts technology, the KOffice suite will provide
> all the necessary functionality to all but the most demanding power
> users, at an unbeatable price -- free.
> *
>
> * KDE's customizability touches every aspect of this next-generation
> desktop.
> Korner benefits from Qt's style engine, which permits developers and
> artists to create their own widget designs down to the precise appearance
> of a scrollbar, a button, a menu and more, combined with development
> tools which will largely automate the creation of these widget sets. Just
> to mention a few of the legion configuration options, users can choose
> among: numerous types of menu effects; a menu bar atop the display
> (Macintosh®-style) or atop each individual window (Windows-style); icon
> styles; system sounds; key bindings; languages; toolbar and menu
> composition; and much much more.
> *
>
> *** Downloading and Compiling Korner ***
> The source packages for Korner are available at ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/
> unstable/distribution/2.0Beta3/tar/src/ or in the equivalent directory at one
> of the many KDE ftp server mirrors. Korner requires Trolltech's Qt 2.1.9-
> korner, which is a snapshot only available from the above locations under the
> name qt-copy-1.92. Please note that Qt 2.1.9-korner is not an official
> Trolltech release and is also not part of KDE's beta testing.
> Please be advised that Korner will not work with older versions of Qt,
> including Trolltech's latest stable release, Qt 2.1.1, which formed the basis
> of the Kleopatra release.
> For further instructions on compiling and installing Korner, please consult the
> installation_instructions and, if you encounter problems, the compilation_FAQ.
> *** Installing Binary Packages of Korner ***
> The binary packages for Korner are available under ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/
> unstable/distribution/2.0Beta3/ or under the equivalent directory at one of the
> many KDE ftp server mirrors. Korner requires Trolltech's Qt 2.1.9-korner, which
> is a snapshot only available from the above locations under the name qt-copy-
> 1.92. Please note that Qt 2.1.9-korner is not an official Trolltech release and
> is also not part of KDE's beta testing.
> Please be advised that Korner will not work with older versions of Qt,
> including Trolltech's latest stable release, Qt 2.1.1, which formed the basis
> of the Kleopatra release.
> At the time of this release, precompiled packages are available for:
> * Caldera-2.4
> * Mandrake
> * Redhat
> * SuSE
> Check the ftp servers periodically for pre-compiled packages for other
> distributions.
> *** About KDE ***
> KDE is a collaborative project by hundreds of developers worldwide to create a
> sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop environment employing a network-
> transparent, intuitive user interface. Currently development is focused on KDE
> 2, which will for the first time offer a free, Open Source, fully-featured
> office suite and which promises to make the Linux desktop as easy to use as
> Windows® and the Macintosh® while remaining loyal to open standards and
> empowering developers and users with Open Source software. KDE is working proof
> of how the Open Source software development model can create technologies on
> par with and superior to even the most complex commercial software.
> For more information about KDE, please visit KDE's web_site.
>
> ===============================================================================
> Press Contacts:
> United States: Kurt Granroth
> granroth@kde.org
> (1) 480 732 1752
> Europe (French and English): David Faure
> faure@kde.org
> (44) 1225 471 300
> Europe (English and German): Martin Konold
> konold@kde.org
> (49) 179 2252249
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