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Release Digest: KDE, April 27, 2003

Boson
0.8
Summary: A real-time strategy game, like
Command&Conquer
TM or StarCraftTM.
Release Focus: Major feature enhancement(s)
Release Note: Added 3D terrain; a height map for 3D terrain; and smoke
support for power plant, oil refinery, mineral refinery and more.
Ported to FreeBSD. Improved speed greatly; support for big maps in
the editor; and unit models. Disabled sound for this release
(problems with aRts resource usage).
KDE Version: KDE 3.0.x
Category: Games : Strategy
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9132
KWappen
1.1.4
Summary: A board game with addictive potential.
Release Focus: Maintenance release
Release Note: Increased game speed.
KDE Version: KDE 3.0.x
Category: Games : Board
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9131
KnowIt
0.8beta1
Summary: A simple tool for managing notes, similar to
TuxCards.
Release Focus: Major feature enhancement(s)
Release Note: Added autosave; a raw text mode (for direct editing of HTML
source of the note); an insert / overwrite text edit mode; subnote
sorting; superscript / subscript commands; more functions to manage
notes; shortcuts for managing notes and changing the current note;
the option to autocollapse nonactive notes; the option to set the
default new note name; support for alternate tree colors; the
ability to split the window horizontally or vertically; and the
ability to configure the date format and word wrap. Improved the
find command (finds subsequent occurences in the current
note).
KDE Version: KDE 3.0.x
Category: PIM
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9130
KMPlayer
0.7.4a
Summary: A frontend for the popular MPlayer video player.
Release Focus: Major feature enhancement(s)
Release Note: Added support for recording; a record button; a position
slider; a configuration dialog; support for MPlayer’s experimental
TV capturing; the option to not use aRts; and da / es / fr / hu /
lt / nl / pt / ru / sv translations.
KDE Version: KDE 3.1.x
Category: Multimedia : Video : Players
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9129
krename
2.6.1
Summary: A batch file renamer.
Release Focus: Major bugfix(es)
Release Note: Fixed renaming with KFilePlugins.
KDE Version: KDE 3.0.x
Category: Utilities : File System
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9128
Gwenview
0.17.0pre2
Summary: A simple image viewer.
Release Focus: Minor bugfix(es)
Release Note: Added support for EXIF orientation information.
KDE Version: KDE 3.1.x
Category: Graphics : Viewers
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9134
KRelais
0.1
Summary: An electronic relay circuit simulator.
Release Focus: Initial public release
KDE Version: KDE 3.0.x
Category: Math / Science : Engineering
More Info: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/9133

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