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Listen to the Music! KDevelop  Picture perfect
Version 1.3 of the GTK+ based FM Radio The KDevelop Project was founded in Environment should be . The new
tuner is out. It works with every radio 1998 to build an Integrated Development KDevelop requires KDE greater than
card that is supported by video4linux Environment. Available under the GPL, 3.0.2 (or 3.1) and Qt greater than 3.0.3
(http://www.exploits.org/v4l/). You can it supports KDE/Qt, GNOME and C+ (or 3.1) and can be downloaded from the
+
use remote controls via (optional) LIRC projects. Now the team have released the project s homepage. %
(Linux Infrared Remote Control, http:// first Alpha Release of the 3.0 version, http://www.kdevelop.org
www.lirc.org/) and record radio as wav codenamed  Gideon .  This version
or mp3. The user interface is available in features a rewritten code base utilizing
several languages including English, plug-ins , claim the people behind the
Danish, German, French, Spanish, and scenes. New in this release is support for
Italian. The main changes to the new other languages such as Java and C.
version are the use of GConf instead of Other highlights are an application
a gnome1-style configuration file and wizard for easy creation of KDE 2&3,
additional translations into Belarussian, Qt 2&3, GNOME, and terminal C/C+
+
Czech, and Brazilian Portuguese. % projects. An internal debugger, an
http://mfcn.ilo.de/gnomeradio HTML-based helpsystem and CVS
support complete the picture.
KDE s own news site http://dot.kde.
org writes:  Gideon brings out the best
in what an Integrated Development
The Chameleon strikes back
Geeko, the green SuSE mascot, starts its installation in less than 30 minutes . Its
World conquest tour with the new 8.1 updated hardware detection handles
release. The latest distribution comes USB 2.0 and Firewire devices. Using a
with KDE 3.0.3 and the new GNOME new service called YOU ( YaST Online
2.0 desktop. OpenOffice 1.0.1 offers Update ), you can install updates from
TrueType support and improved import FTP, HTTP and other sources. %
filters  the right way to convince people http://www.suse.com
GIMP 1.3.9 released
that an office suite can provide access to
The GIMP ( GNU Image Manipulation all functionality and data without having See also p32 for our review of SuSE 8.1.
Program ) project has announced to cost a fortune. In the
another release in their development multimedia section
tree, GIMP 1.3.9. It introduces mostly you ll find the new
minor bugfixes and some new functions. GPhoto 1.2 and the Ogg
But be warned: The GIMP 1.3 series is Vorbis 1.0 encoder and
for developers only and is not intended player.
for end users. The development team say It is YaST2 ( Yet
that all work on GIMP 1.4 (the future another Setup Tool )
stable version) is done on the 1.3 series that really makes SuSE.
and that it s therefore mainly made for This core administration
developers who want to work on the component includes
software. If you want to install a working many functions that
version of GIMP, you should stay with help with installing and
the latest stable release, 1.2.3. configuring the OS. SuSE
The latest release is available via claim that even first-time
anonymous CVS. % Linux users should be
http://www.gimp.org/devel_cvs.html able to  complete the
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Privacy for the Masses SpamAssassin 2.42 set loose
The GnuPG team proudly presents This mail filter consists of a set of Perl sophisticated patterns. After identifying
Version 1.2.0 of the GNU Privacy Guard, modules and uses a wide range of tests the mail as spam it is tagged for later
a new stable release of GNU s tool for to identify spam, including header and filtering. SpamAssassin works perfectly
secure communication and data storage. text analysis. In addition, some well- with Procmail. Using a Procmail rule,
This complete and free replacement known blacklists like http://www. incoming mail is piped through the
of PGP can be used for encrypting data mail-abuse.org/ and http://www.ordb. Spamassassin program, and then all
and for creating digital signatures. org/ are supported. tagged messages can be filtered into a
GnuPG comes with an advanced key The spam detection works like this: separate folder. Even if you use a graphi-
management facility and is said to Typical advertising expressions like cal mail client like KMail you don t have
implement  most of OpenPGP s optional  Try it out for FREE! or  To be removed to do without the spam killer. The
features, has somewhat better inter- from our list please reply with&  are website http://kmail.kde.org/tools.html
operability with non-conforming recognised and there is a big set of more provides help with the configuration.
OpenPGP implementations and improved If you upgrade from a version previous
keyserver support. to 2.40 you should read the release notes
You can download GnuPG 1.2.0 or carefully, since SpamAssassin no longer
a patch to upgrade from version 1.0.7 comes with code to handle local mail
from one of the mirror sites http://www. delivery. Other changes include some
gnupg.org/mirrors.html#ftp. To check bugfixes, some updates to the spamd
the integrity of the version, the team daemon and new documentation.
recommend either verifying the supplied SpamAssassin s website offers useful
signature (if you already have a trusted tips & tricks, documentation, FAQs and
version of GnuPG installed), or checking HOWTOs for setting up SpamAssassin
the MD5 checksum. % under various environments. %
http://www.gnupg.org/gnupg.html http://spamassassin.org
Like a Phoenix from the Happy Birthday, OpenOffice
Flames
Just in time for the second birthday of notes, there is no need to upgrade. The
The Mozilla-based stripped down the project, a new release sees the light new documentation now contains a
browser, Phoenix, has reached release of the world  OpenOffice 1.0.1 is out. detailed guide in pdf format which helps
version 0.3,  Lucia . The idea is to have The OpenOffice team claim that only with the single user or network installa-
a reduced browser without the mail, minor bugfixes made their way into the tion. French, German and Italian
news, composer and IRC functions. On release. If you have had problems using translations are available and other
their website the developer state in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 or if your problems languages are in preparation. %
FAQ that they  want to have fun and are not mentioned as fixed in the release http://www.openoffice.org
build an excellent, user-friendly browser
without the constraints. Phoenix uses
less memory than Mozilla and is there-
fore a lot faster, especially on startup.
To try it out, the project provide
binaries for Windows and Linux. In
addition you can download the latest
nightly builds, which are intended for
testing purposes and may have bugs. For
upcoming features, take a look at http://
www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/
phoenix-roadmap.html. There is help
with the installation at http://www.
mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/phoenix-
release-notes.html#install. As the website
says:  Use at your own risk , to explore
strange new websites, to seek out new
bugs and new features, to boldly go
where no one has gone before& %
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/
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