PCLinuxOS

KDE 4 has been updated to 4.5.1 and should appear shortly in your Synaptic Software manager.  In addition all 3rd party KDE applications have been updated and rebuilt against updated qt/kdelibs which should fix application relocate memory errors when launching various 3rd party KDE 4 applications.

KDE SC 4.5.1 brings a number of improvements:

* Stability issues in some of the platform components have been fixed, notably in the new shared data cache, in KHTML and in KNewStuff.
* Improvements to the ergonomics of moving applets inside Plasma panels.
* Listing of UPnP devices in the network:/ KIO slave has been fixed.
* KWin, the window and compositing manager has a regression fixed that would prevent desktop effects from being used.
* The weather and news applet now correctly update their data when the network connection comes back.

Full changelog located here.

The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the August 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. In this issue:

Xfce 4.6.2: Xfce Settings Manager, Part 3
Xfce 4.6.2: Customize Your Xfwm Theme
Xfce 4.6.2: Customize Thunar’s Context Menus
Video Encoding: Step-By-Step
Linux IS Ready For The Desktop
OpenOffice 3.2: Calc
Clipping Objects Together To Create Cool Graphics With Inkscape
Ms_meme’s Nook: Linux Time
Forum Foible: Fun With PCLinuxOS
Computer Languages A to Z: Modula2
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 11
Screenshot Showcase
Alternate OS: Haiku, Part 2
Game Zone: World Of Goo
Firefox Add-ons: Xmarks Marks The Spot
and much, much more!

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How does PCLinuxOS compare head to head with 2 other popular Linux distributions? Chema Martín tests PCLinuxOS, Mint and Pardus in various categories and ranks each one. Check it out at http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2010/06/comparison-best-2010-linux-desktop-for.html.

Quarterly  updated ISO’s of PCLinuxOS are now available for download on mirrors worldwide.  The quarterly release currently comes in three editions: KDE 4.4.5 SC,  Gnome 2.30.2 Edition and LXDE Edition.  Other editions to follow shorty.

Highlights of the 2010.07 release: Kernel 2.6.33.5, KDE SC 4.4.5, Gnome 2.30.2 and updated LXDE desktop. PCLinuxOS includes all of the latest popular applications such as Firefox 3.6.6, Thunderbird 3.0.5, Dropbox , Pidgin 2.7.1,  Ktorrent 4.0.1, Gimp 2.6.9, Digikam 1.3.0 , Amarok 2.3.1 and much much more.

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The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the July 2010 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Andrew Strick, Assistant Editor. The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved.

In the July 2010 issue:

Xfce 4.6.2: Xfce Settings Manager, Part 2
Xfce 4.6.2: Customize Your Xfce Panels
Xfce 4.6.2: Panel Plug-ins
KDE 4: The KDE Netbook Interface
KDE 4: Reclaim Your Background – The Widget Dashboard
OpenOffice Writer
How Teenagers View PCLinuxOS
Ms_meme’s Nook: Deep In The Heart Of Linux
Computer Languages A to Z: Netlogo
Command Line Interface Intro: Part 10
Create A Basic PCLinuxOS RPM
Create A PCLinuxOS Packaging Environment in Phoenix
Screenshot Showcase
Alternate OS: Haiku, Part 1
Game Zone: Osmos
Getting Started With folding@home
and much, much more!

This month’s cover features artwork from Timeth, and celebrates World Population Day.

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Gnome desktop packages have been updated to version 2.30.2 and are now available through the PCLinuxOS Synaptic Package Manager. This update brings small bug fixes and enhancements to the PCLinuxOS Gnome Desktop. The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.

Enlightenment E-17 packages have been updated from their June 27th, 2010 snapshot and packages are in route to the servers. In addition E-themes have been updated to match this svn snapshot. The Enlightenment desktop can be installed through the Synaptic Package Manager by selecting task-enlightenment.  Please note the E-17 desktop is currently under heavy development. If you are looking for a fast desktop that is low on resources and full of eye candy , the E-17 desktop might be for you!

June 30th, 2010. Today, KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This is expected to be the final bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.4. KDE SC 4.4.5 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE SC 4.4.4 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. This update is now available from the PCLinuxOS Synaptic Package Manager.