KDE 4.0.0 is days away from being released. In this post I show you some pieces of the final look of KDE 4.0.0 and mention some of the most anticipated features of this great step forward for the Free software desktop. Let's take a look at the final state of this highly anticipated release. While some of the most shift-key-challenged KDE personalities have cautioned against too high hopes for KDE 4.0.0 and despite it being the very first in a long row of releases: KDE 4.0.0 is a very impressive desktop.

"Part 2 of the blog/webapp tutorial is up. I’d like to point out that I’m learning most of how to do this as I go along, perhaps not the best way to write a tutorial, but I’m having fun, and perhaps someone can make use of it. In other words; feel free to suggest improvements..."

"The successful release of 1.0 last November was largely the result of the assistance we received from a relatively small group of dedicated volunteers. As we continue making improvements to the functionality of Miro - we also need to continue to improve the QA and increase the number volunteers..."

Joomla! is one of the most powerful CMS (Content Management Systems) that has been released the latest years. Using a CMS, you can easily create a professional looking web site in no time.

"As documented previously I’m moving to a new VPS at Slicehost. I decided to be more adventurous this time and run the latest development version of Emacs (version 23). I’m currently attempting to get this installed together with the latest CVS version of Slime and the latest Git version of SBCL (there is a GIT repository that mirrors the main CVS one).This is a lot of bleeding edge software and I’m hoping I can get all of it to interoperate. I’ll attempt to document it here..."

The way we use the internet is changing. As well as using the web to buy books, clothes and CDs, download music, auction junk on eBay, book a holiday, and find out what's going on in the world, we're increasingly using it to form networks and connections and share our thoughts and media with the rest of the world.

Think gOS. It might not be such a bad advice after all. It's been hyped up, but it sold out. And there may be lessons in its deployment and success for all of us Free Software and GNU/Linux advocates!

Walter Bender, President of Software/Content and COO for the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC), Friday blasted Intel (NSDQ:INTC) Corp. for what he called its "disingenuous" dealings with the non profit organization.