KDE’s most powerful video editor just got upgraded. Kdenlive is a multitrack editor with a wide support of cameras and video codecs. New in this release is a rewritten effect stack, effects can now be adjusted on real time. One innovative feature is how it integrates with archive.org, Free Sound and Open Clip Art . By connecting to their database you can download different clips of audio and video all with open licences, meaning it’s absolutely legal to use them in your own personal productions. If you want to try it out, or upgrade your current installation, just add ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release to your repositories. Source:… Continue Reading

The first alpha of the upcoming 1.4 version of Muon has been released, in our series about package managers we presented in detail. The most prominent new feature is Muon Discover, this feature is being developed by Alex González under the sponsorship of Blue Systems: Kubuntu’s new sponsor and Netrunner’s too. Muon Discover aims to eventually replace the Muon Software Center, but not in this version. It offers a new way to install and find new software at the same time it offers a good user experience, full with animations, good looking transitions and screenshots, this is achieved thanks to… Continue Reading

While LaKademy, the first ever Latin American Akademy, is happening in Brazil, the biggest KDE event of the year has announced its preliminary conferences schedule. Akademy, set to start on June 30th in Tallinn, Estonia, will feature KDE developers from all over the world, including personalities like Aaron Seigo himself. While it may seem far away, people interested should start looking for a place to stay, organizers themselves give a few recommendation in Akademy’s site. This is Estonia’s first time hosting KDE’s biggest event, so local developers have put together a video introducing the community of the beautiful Scandinavian country. If you want to check… Continue Reading

Read the full anouncement here: http://www.kubuntu.org/news/12.04-release

Listaller is a project that aims to replace the way people currently install applications. Specifically, its developers think adding repositories (for example, PPAs) to get a new application or the newest version is an overkill, it’s a security issue since it mostly means someone has full on root access to your computer. To solve this, they’ve come up with a way to install applications  (low level libraries aren’t supported, i.e. you won’t be installing X with this) without requiring changes on anything installed using your system repositories. Their solution is simple enough: Apps installed by the user are dependent on… Continue Reading

Later today Calligra, after just over two years of existence, will reach version 2.4, it’s first stable release intended for regular users. Calligra is a suite of applications, a continuation of the KOffice Project. The set of application goes from productivity to graphical design: Productivity applications: Words: Word processor (formerly KWord) Sheets: Spreadsheet program (formerly KSpread). Stage: Presentation program (formerly KPresenter). Flow: Flowchart program, (formerly Kivio). Kexi: Database application like Microsoft Access. Plan: Project management (formerly KPlato). Braindump: An infinite canvas to dump images, words and graphics into (brain storming, flowcharts, etc). Graphics applications: Krita: Drawing application for multi-layered pixel-based images. Karbon: Drawing application for multi-layered vector images…. Continue Reading

Brazil will be the host of the first Latin American Akademy, named LaKademy. The only event similar done in Latin America was 2010’s Akademy-BR. Akademies are summits where developers meet, there they assist to conferences regarding KDE’s future and to massive hacking sessions. The organizers would love to see this project become an official part of the KDE annual summit schedule, along Akademy, later this year in Estonia, or Camp KDE, which happened a few days ago in San Francisco. The list of confirmed participants includes people from all over Latin America and contributors to many different KDE projetcs. The event… Continue Reading

For those who don’t know Netrunner  is based on Kubuntu and sponsored by Blue Systems. From 12.10 onward Kubuntu will be sponsored by Blue Systems too, this comes after Canonical decided to focus all their resources to Ubuntu and its Unity-based interface, ending Kubuntu’s official status as part of the Ubuntu family. Kubuntu will continue to be a community driven project, and a successful one. Being the most used Linux operating system in Brazil, it’s no wonder why the Latin American flavor of Akademy will be happening in the country of samba and bossa nova. Blue systems is also the… Continue Reading