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From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date: 2007-08-04 9:16:53
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Hi Alexandru,
writing 'an article about KDE 4', that's a lot ;-) There is so much new,
it's hard to describe it all in one article. I recommend to pick 1 or more
things and talk about those. For example, write about one or two of the
'pillars of KDE 4', like Decibel, Akonadi, Solid & Phonon. You can then add
a page about KDE and FOSS in general, to provide some background. If the
people reading your article don't know much, if any, about FOSS, it's best
to keep things general. You can then focus on for example what is FOSS and
what is KDE. There are many presentations and other things online you can
use, but I have attached a work-in-progress that might be of service if you
want to write about KDE 4. I happened to have thought about and written that
just yesterday ;-)
This document should answer most of your questions. If you have any more,
feel free to ask me personally.
Greetings,
Jos Poortvliet
KDE-nl
jospoortvliet@kde.nl
On 8/3/07, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer <kalle@kdab.net> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> can you answer Alexandru?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kalle
>
> Dear Mister Dalheimer,
>
> My Name is Alexandru Octavian Duliu and I'm a student at the Technical
> University of Munich, Department of Computer Science.
>
> I am also working at the editorial office of the students Magazine
> /*impulsiv*/ (of the students representation of the faculties:
> mathematics, physics and computer science). As very many of our readers
> are using the K Desktop Environment (we are also using it on our Linux
> Clients), we would very much like to do an article on the upcoming
> release of KDE4. Some of us are already using the Alpha2 Release and
> reviewing its performance, features, usability, etc. We are already
> preparing questions and remarks but at this moment we do not know to
> whom we could send them.
>
> This I why we would like to ask you, how we can proceed further?
>
> Our submission deadline is the 24 September so we would like to do the
> do the review/interview around the beginning of September, just after
> the release of Beta2.
>
> I would like to thank you for your time and we eagerly await your reply.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Alexandru Duliu
>
>
> --
> Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
> President & CEO
> KDAB - Platform-independent software solutions
>
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Hi Alexandru,<br><br>writing 'an article about KDE 4', that's a lot ;-) \
There is so much new, it's hard to describe it all in one article. I recommend to \
pick 1 or more things and talk about those. For example, write about one or two of \
the 'pillars of KDE 4', like Decibel, Akonadi, Solid & Phonon. You can \
then add a page about KDE and FOSS in general, to provide some background. If the \
people reading your article don't know much, if any, about FOSS, it's best to \
keep things general. You can then focus on for example what is FOSS and what is KDE. \
There are many presentations and other things online you can use, but I have attached \
a work-in-progress that might be of service if you want to write about KDE 4. I \
happened to have thought about and written that just yesterday ;-) <br><br>This \
document should answer most of your questions. If you have any more, feel free to ask \
me personally.<br><br>Greetings,<br><br><br>Jos Poortvliet<br>KDE-nl<br><a \
href="mailto:jospoortvliet@kde.nl">jospoortvliet@kde.nl </a><br><br>On 8/3/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Matthias Kalle Dalheimer</b> <<a \
href="mailto:kalle@kdab.net" target="_blank" onclick="return \
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">kalle@kdab.net</a>> wrote:<div> <span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi \
guys,<br><br>can you answer Alexandru?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Kalle<br><br>Dear Mister \
Dalheimer,<br><br>My Name is Alexandru Octavian Duliu and I'm a student at the \
Technical<br>University of Munich, Department of Computer Science. <br><br>I am also \
working at the editorial office of the students Magazine<br>/*impulsiv*/ (of the \
students representation of the faculties:<br>mathematics, physics and computer \
science). As very many of our readers<br>are using the K Desktop Environment (we are \
also using it on our Linux <br>Clients), we would very much like to do an article on \
the upcoming<br>release of KDE4. Some of us are already using the Alpha2 Release \
and<br>reviewing its performance, features, usability, etc. We are \
already<br>preparing questions and remarks but at this moment we do not know to \
<br>whom we could send them.<br><br>This I why we would like to ask you, how we can \
proceed further?<br><br>Our submission deadline is the 24 September so we would like \
to do the<br>do the review/interview around the beginning of September, just after \
<br>the release of Beta2.<br><br>I would like to thank you for your time and we \
eagerly await your reply.<br><br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Alexandru \
Duliu<br><br><br>--<br>Matthias Kalle Dalheimer<br>President & CEO<br>
KDAB - Platform-independent software \
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<h2>Articles about KDE</h2>
<p>
The purpose of this page is to help anyone who wants to write about KDE, be it for a \
blog or a magazine. We will show you how to find information and contact the \
community with questions. </p>
<h3>Finding information.</h3>
<p>
As most work in KDE is done over the internet, 95% of the information can be found \
there as well. But much of this information is hidden away in mailinglists, chat \
channels and blogs. It is hard to extract information out of those in an efficient \
way, so we will give you a few pointers on how to find information about a topic \
efficiently. </p>
<h4>The KDE site</h4>
<p>
The first source of information about KDE and the project can be found on the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">KDE website</a>. <a href="http://kde.org/whatiskde/">What \
is KDE</a> and <a href="http://kde.org/info/">general information about KDE</a> are \
of most interest. Of course, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">site of the Free \
Software Foundation</a> can give you more information on our roots. Don't skip the <a \
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy">philosophy section</a>! </p>
<h4>Websites</h4>
<p>
Most individual KDE subprojects have their own website under the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">kde.org</a> umbrella. For example, the educational project \
can be found on <a href="http://edu.kde.org">edu.kde.org</a>. Much information can be \
found on these sites, though it might be outdated. These sites are aggregated on the \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects page</a>. </p>
<h4>Techbase</h4>
<p>
Much more technical information can be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org">techbase site</a>. KDE gathers all relevant developer \
information here. Interesting pages can be: <UL>
<LI>Development frameworks in KDE 4: <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4">Architecture/KDE4</a> \
<LI>Release schedulers and feature plans: <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules">Schedules</a> <LI>Overview of the KDE \
projects: <a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> </UL>
</p>
<h4>The KDE news site</h4>
<p>
A premier source off information about KDE is the KDE news site, <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org">the Dot</a>. It offers <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org/searchForm">search functionality</a>, and we can give a \
recommendation: The <a \
href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/dot?as_q=road+to+kde&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100">'Road \
to KDE 4'</a> series by Troy Unrau are an excellent startingpoint on the many new \
technologies available in KDE 4. Further, just searching for the technology you are \
looking for, like 'Decibel' will help you find what you are looking for. </p>
<h4>People</h4>
<p>
For information about the KDE developers, we recommend <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>. It offers interviews with \
many KDE developers. Further, you can find their blogs mostly on the <a \
href="http://planetkde.org/">Planet</a>. Look under subscriptions for individual \
feeds. </p>
<h4>Commit Digest</h4>
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commit-digest.org/">Commit Digest</a> is a very valuable \
source of more detailed information, but it can be hard to extract due to the sheer \
amount of information. A good tip is to quickly read the 'This Week' section at the \
top to get a quick overview of "what's hot". Further, you can use your browsers \
search functionallity... </p>
<h4>Mailinglist Archives</h4>
<p>
The most detailed information generally available online is to be found in the \
mailinglist archives of the several KDE projects. Links to these mailinglists can be \
found on their respective websites (see the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> site). </p>
<p>
An example of the edu mailinglist archives can be found <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-edu/">here</a>. Using the search \
functionallity is often required to find anything usefull in a decent amount of time! \
</p> <h3>Contacting the community</h3>
<p>
If you want to have the latest information, or verify what you're writing, the best \
place to ask is on the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailinglist">mailinglist</a> or the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC channels</a>. You can \
subscribe to the mailinglist, information about this can be found on the induvidual \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">projects'</a> websites. The same goes for \
IRC, the channelnames and server information. </p>
<p>
If you want to get in contact with individual developers, you can send them an email. \
Names can often be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Project</a> website or on <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>, and google-ing often brings \
up their email adress (tip: Google the name + "KDE"). </p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>
If you want to write about KDE, it is often advisable to find a specific source of \
interest, as the whole of KDE is a lot to write about. Picking one of the \
technologies behind KDE and writing an article about them is made easy by the huge \
amount of information available online. The above guide can help you quickly gather \
the basic information, and it tells you where you can find or ask about the current \
status. </p>
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