KDE 4 Uses 40% Less Memory Than 3 Despite Eye-Candy 566

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 13, 2007 @09:37PM from the optimization-in-action dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Pro-Linux reports that KDE 4, scheduled to be released in January 2008, consumes almost 40% less memory than KDE 3.5, despite the fact that version 4 of the Free and Open Source desktop system includes a composited window manager and a revamped menu and applet interface. KDE developer Will Stephenson showcased KDE 4's 3D eye-candy on a 256Mb laptop with 1Ghz CPU and run-of-the-mill integrated graphics, pointing out that mini-optimizations haven't even yet been started." Update: 12/14 22:40 GMT by Z : Or, not so much. An anonymous reader writes "The author of the original KDE 3.5 vs KDE 4.0 memory comparison has come out with a more accurate benchmark. In reality, KDE 4.0 uses 110 MB more memory than KDE 3.5.8.

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Submission + - KDE announces videos and music for all platforms

Submitted by Peter on Thursday December 13, 2007 @12:15PM

Peter writes: Trolltech has released GStreamer, DirectShow 9, and QuickTime 7 backends to KDE's Phonon multimedia framework. This will enable KDE 4 and Qt 4 applications to play videos and music on all major platforms (Linux, *BSD, Windows and Mac OS X) through the exact same high-level API, thus eliminating the hassle of porting the applications to individual operating systems. The new backends are released as Free and Open Source Software under LGPL versions 2 and 3. The code has been deposited in KDE's SVN server and will be maintained there by Trolltech.

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Submission + - Trolltech bringing KDE multimedia to Windows, Mac (businesswire.com)

Submitted by

Bill Kendrick

on Thursday December 13, 2007 @12:14PM

Bill Kendrick writes: "Back in October, Aaron Seigo mentioned that KDE 4's "Phonon" multimedia API will gain Mac (QuickTime) and Windows (DirectX) backends, and now it seems Trolltech is working on it, too. In the meantime, Ars Technica reviews KDE 4 rc2. I, for one, welcome my new K Desktop Overlords!"

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Submission + - KDE 4 uses 40% less memory despite 3D eye-candy

Submitted by on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @08:39AM

An anonymous reader writes: Pro-Linux reports that KDE 4, scheduled to be released in January 2008, consumes almost 40% less memory than KDE 3.5, despite the fact that version 4 of the Free and Open Source desktop system includes a composited window manager and a revamped menu and applet interface. KDE developer Will Stephenson showcased KDE 4's 3D eye-candy on a 256Mb laptop with 1Ghz CPU and run-of-the-mill integrated graphics, pointing out that mini-optimizations haven't even yet been started. Will this combination of resource efficiency and consumer appeal make KDE 4 the leader in the booming Linux-based ultra mobile laptop and energy efficient desktop markets?

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Submission + - KDE 4.0 Release Candidate 2 (kde.org) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @10:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: December 11, 2007 (The INTERNET). The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second release candidate for KDE 4.0. This release candidate marks the last mile on the road to KDE 4.0.

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Submission + - KDE and KOffice rebuke OOXML; GNOME dithers 3

Submitted by Peter on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @04:21AM

Peter writes: Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman and ITWire have praised KDE and KOffice developers for taking a principled stand against OOXML, while raising serious concerns about the GNOME Foundation's decision to give credibility to Microsoft's broken format. This comes on the heels of GNOME co-founder Miguel de Icaza's depiction of OOXML as a 'superb standard', and GNOME Foundation director Quim Gil's stonewalling of the patent-free Ogg Vorbis / Theora format on behalf of Nokia. Have GNOME's leaders completely sold out their free software credentials to corporate and anti-consumer interests? And will the GNOME Foundation's indifferent response to Richard Stallman's appeal drive him to throw his weight behind KDE?

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RIAA Argues That MP3s From CDs Are Unauthorized 668

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @04:09AM from the no-fair dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In an Arizona case against a defendant who has no legal representation, Atlantic v. Howell, the RIAA is now arguing — contrary to its lawyers' statements to the United States Supreme Court in 2005 MGM v. Grokster — that the defendant's ripping of personal MP3 copies onto his computer is a copyright infringement. At page 15 of its brief (PDF) it states the following: 'It is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized copies... Virtually all of the sound recordings... are in the ".mp3" format for his and his wife's use... Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recordings into the compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no longer the authorized copies...'"

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Ubuntu 6.06 'Dapper Drake' Released 435

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 01, 2006 @08:45AM from the best-kind-of-drake dept.

BBSeXoDuS writes "Ubuntu Dapper Drake has been finally been released. Run on over to the download site while it's still hot. From the announcement: 'Ubuntu 6.06 LTS introduces functionality that simplifies common Linux server deployment processes. For system administrators setting up large numbers of web, mail and related servers, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS offers the fastest and most consistent path to deployment, combined with the availability of global commercial support where needed.' "

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