Today, I’d like to share a tip I found out while working with a beta release for a distirbution of Linux with KDE’s 3.5.7 version. As many readers of this blog know, I use PCLinuxOS 2007 as my main desktop and have done so since about 2005.

"...We heard from you, the community, that you wanted to be able to both contribute to and distribute our code under a truly open source license — “open source” as defined by the Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative. To that end, we have decided to add an additional license to the Aptana IDE: the GPL..."

Today's Linux developers are much better armed with a variety of support opportunities, noted HP's Bdale Garbee. They have access to project revision boards that open a whole new level of support not available to individual proprietary software developers, he explained. Ultimately, there is no reason a Linux developer should feel isolated and without help

KDE's window-specific settings feature gives you a fine level of control over the way windows behave. It lets you change settings such as minimum/maximum size, position, overlay, and transparency. The GIMP uses multiple windows to select tools, tool options, and other items used in the process of image editing.

The improvements in GNOME 2.20 include: Improved support for right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file chooser dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and calendar client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified system preferences; efficient power management and incredibly accurate laptop battery monitoring.

America is still the world’s leading technology power. But it’s not the whole world. For this open source should be grateful. I am often reminded that our software patent regime is not the law elsewhere, meaning any claims that patents may threaten the open source movement are bogus, and become more bogus as America’s portion of the buying market shrinks.

KDE users however have a built in architecture called KWallet, which is designed to securely store passwords and other sensitive information but also includes integration with KDE (so for example you can have passwords auto-filled, pulled direct from your encrypted, secure KDE wallet).