Netrunner 15 'Prometheus' is here -- the best KDE-based Linux distro gets better

I'm a GNOME 3 man through and through, but I love KDE too. Quite frankly, you can't go wrong with either desktop environment, but if you are new to Linux, KDE may seem a bit more familiar. Why? It more resembles the traditional "Windows" user interface.

What makes Netrunner the best KDE-based Linux distribution, and one of the best distros overall, is the polish. The team behind it pays close attention to detail, making it a cohesive and positive user experience. It comes pre-loaded with plenty of software and it is drop-dead gorgeous. Today, you can download version 15, codenamed "Prometheus". The most exciting aspect? It has been redesigned and comes with KDE Plasma Desktop 5.2 -- yeah, you want this.

Clemens Tönnies lists just some of the major changes below.

Kernel 3.16.0.30~40
KDE Plasma 5.2
KDE Frameworks 5.7
Qt5.4
Firefox 35.0.1
Thunderbird 31.4.0
VLC 2.2.0
LibreOffice 4.4
Krita ; Karbon 2.8.5
Gimp 2.8.10
Pidgin 2.10.9
and much more…





Source:
http://betanews.com/2015/02/16/netrunner-15-prometheus-is-here-the-best-kde-based-linux-distro-gets-better/

Survey says: KDE Plasma is the most popular desktop Linux environment

The KDE community has created some of the best of the breed open source software and they continue to win user’s hearts, according to a new LinuxQuestions survey.

The easiest way to start a flamewar within the Linux community is by asking what’s the best OS or application. You can then lean back in your chair and enjoy the fireworks.
We all know full well that there is no best, or right solution for everyone; what works for me may not work for someone else. The best tool is the one that works for you. Period.
But that political correctness doesn't stop us from trying to find which are the most popular open source projects; what other people use and love. It gives us an idea of what works for most people. LinuxQuestions is one of the most reputed user driven Q&A site and they run an annual survey (for over a decade now) to find the most popular open source applications and distributions.
They just concluded their latest survey and the results are not that surprising.

The top distro

The results didn't surprise me. What surprised me was that there was no clear winner. It was a tie with three players squeezed in - Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Slackware.
Ubuntu is the undisputed leader in the desktop Linux space thanks to the resources Canonical invested in marketing the desktop Linux. Ubuntu is also known for one of the most civilized online communities, which adheres to very strict code of conduct. The third factor that contributes to Ubuntu's popularity is its focus on ease of use.
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and benefits from some of the work done by Ubuntu developers. Linux Mint rose to popularity after the arrival of Gnome 3 Shell and Unity because the developer identified what a majority of users wanted and offered alternatives to Gnome and Unity.
I never used Slackware, I did try once but it did not last that long. But I have heard great things about it from hard core users.

The top desktop environment

The winner in the category didn't surprise me at all. And that's KDE's Plasma desktop. It received over 34% of the votes.


Source:
http://www.itworld.com/article/2881172/survey-says-kde-plasma-is-the-most-popular-desktop-linux-environment.html

Best office suites for Linux: 5 reviewed and rated

We test the best Linux office suites around to see which is the best

Office suites are the quintessential productivity apps, and they come in all shapes and sizes. In fact, you'll find them in every general purpose Linux distro - from full-blown desktop distros like Fedora and Ubuntu, to miniscule ones such as Puppy Linux.

An office suite is made up of apps - typically a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation app. Mainstream office suites like LibreOffice bundle these apps, occasionally along with other components such as a database or note-taking app, in an integrated package. But these monolith suites are not for everyone, and that is why KDE developed its own set of optimised office apps packaged as the Calligra Suite.






Instead of shipping such integrated suites, some distros mash up different apps, such as AbiWord and the Gnumeric spreadsheet app. Although these are lighter than the other suites, they still have many of the features that most users want.

This is something that's leveraged by online suites. Most can't match the offline suites for features, but their lower cost and negligible hardware requirements make them an attractive option for users with older hardware.

Word processor

Source:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-office-suites-for-linux-5-reviewed-and-rated-1146417

We are happy to announce the second beta release in 2.9 series of Calligra Suite for you to test

Hi,
We are happy to announce the second beta release in 2.9 series of
Calligra Suite for you to test. We are focusing on fixing issues
including those that you?d report so please continue to work with us.

https://www.calligra.org/news/calligra-2-9-beta-2-released/








--
regards, Jaroslaw Staniek

KDE:
: A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators
: and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org
Calligra Suite:
: A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org
Kexi:
: A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi
Qt Certified Specialist:
: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek






Source:
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-announce-apps

Tumbleweed Highlights ‘KDE Applications 14.12 snapshot’

The latest snapshot release of Tumbleweed has several updates. We dub this as the ‘KDE Applications 14.12 snapshot‘ for Tumbleweed since many are related to 14.12.

Here are a few other updates:

Bison version updated to 3.0.2. This is a major update with deep overhaul improvements of the diagnostics.

IceWM added a fix for shutdown and reboot commands that didn’t work and changed the shutdown and reboot command in preference.

AppStream-Glib, which makes it easy to read and write AppStream metadata, updated to version 0.3.2 adds more non-applications to the blacklist and added Blacklist KDE3 KCM components.

Britty updated to 5.2 and removes obsolete patches and adds a dependency to python3 for building.

Read more details about the latest update at bit.ly/1wpLlLo

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Source:

https://news.opensuse.org/2015/01/22/tumbleweed-highlights-kde-applications-14-12-snapshot/

Cutegram - Telegram client 1.0.0

Description:
 What is Cutegram?
Cutegram is a free and opensource telegram clients
for GNU/Linux focusing on user friendly,
compatibility with Linux desktop environments and
easy to use.
Cutegram using Qt5, QML, libqtelegram,
libappindication, AsemanQtTools technologies and
Faenza icons and Twitter emojies graphic sets.
It\'s free and released under GPLv3 license.

Source:
http://aseman.co/en/products/cutegram/

What is Telegram?
Telegram Messenger is a cross-platform instant
messaging system whose clients are open source and
servers are proprietary software. Telegram users
can exchange encrypted and self-destructing
messages, photos, videos and documents (all files
types are supported).

features:
* file sending and recieving
* Secret chat (Experimental)
* Native desktop notification
* Customizable fonts
* System tray icon
* Modern UI
* Fully drag and drop support to forward, delete
messages and send files.
* Twitter emojies
* Linux desktops full compatible.
* Beautiful and smooth user interface using QML
technology.
* It\'s free and OpenSource.Cutegram page on
aseman.co website.


Source:
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=168559

KDE Ships Plasma 5.1.2, Bugfix Release for December

Tuesday, 16 December 2014. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to Plasma 5, versioned 5.1.2. Plasma 5.1was released in October with many feature refinements and streamlining the existing codebase of KDE's popular desktop for developers to work on for the years to come.

This release adds a month's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:

Source:

https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.1.2.php

KDE Ships KDE Applications 14.12.0

December 17. Today KDE released KDE Applications 14.12. This release brings new features and bug fixes to more than a hundred applications. Most of these applications are based on the KDE Development Platform 4; some have been converted to the new KDE Frameworks 5, a set of modularized libraries that are based on Qt5, the latest version of this popular cross-platform application framework.

Libkface is new in this release; it is a library to enable face detection and face recognition in photographs.

The release includes the first KDE Frameworks 5-based versions of Kate and KWrite, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram,KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta. Some libraries are also ready for KDE Frameworks 5 use: analitza and libkeduvocdocument.

The Kontact Suite is now in Long Term Support in the 4.14 version while developers are using their new energy to port it to KDE Frameworks 5

Source:

https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-14.12.0.php

kde - KteMarkSelection 0.1

KteMarkSelection    0.1   KDE Text Editor Score 50% taskstruct Euro GamesTechnology
	Depends on  KDE 4.x Downloads:  5 Submitted:  1 day ago Description: Marks all occurrences of a text in a document with a colored background. You can mark up to five different texts. License: GPL
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