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The developers of this project which is part of the KDE community announced the availability of Calligra 2.6 Alpha , a preliminary version of the new edition of this suite of office applications and productivity.

 Author Calligra 500x420 Calligra 2.6 Alpha Author comes with a word processor aimed at writers

Besides adding features already existing applications in the suite, this is the preliminary edition first to include a new word processor called “Author” .

This tool, which was announced in August, is aimed at writers profesionaes and is designed to offer all the features needed to create a new book or novel, from conception to final publication. As revealed in The H Open, is focused on two types of users: the novelists who write long texts, and authors of textbooks they want “ take advantage of the additional possibilities of eBooks compared with print books “.

Among these improvements are support for export EPUB2 or MOBI formats , as well as providing statistics counters text characters and words. Developers indicate that this first version Author is very similar to Words word processor that is based on, but future versions will be more and more differentiated.

But besides the new star of the suite, there are improvements all Calligra Suite tools . Thus, the application of spreadsheets Solver Sheets includes an optimizer functions. The Stage presentation program already has a framework for the creation and manipulation of animations in presentations. Connections are improved in Flow Diagram application, and supports the storage of user data in the visual creation tool Kexi database. Finally, in Krita has given support to the standard OpenRaster plus improvements have been implemented in the HDR image support .

The next version will

Calligra 2.6 Beta, which will appear in about a month, while the final edition theoretically appear in December . You can get more details on this release in the official announcement, and you can download Calligra 2.6 Alpha (or more specifically, Calligra 2.5.90) ​​from the links of this announcement, including the source code is a tar.bz2 package .

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warned him less than a month ago: OpenShot 1.4.3 was about to come up with important news, and it has. He explains in the official announcement Jonathan Thomas, one of the heads of the project, stating that “ this version has more bug fixes, improvements and new features that no other version of OpenShot to date “.

 1 4 3 500x346 openshot OpenShot 1.4.3 comes with auto transitions

In the video accompanying the announcement shows much of the news , among which are:

self-adjusting

    • Transitions: there are no transitions to manually adjust all the time, as there is a tuning that simplifies and makes more comfortable inserting transitions.

      Feature Enhancements

    • drag and drop
    • New

    • 3D animations
    • More than 10 new video effects
    • Applying effects in

    • complete tracks: affected with multiple clips
    • Adjusting the speed of animated titles
    • New

    • transitions
    • New Topic “Dark”
    • Best

    • translations
    • Updated documentation
    • Dependencies

    • updated: need Blender 2.62 or higher

    You have more details on the project in that announcement, and OpenShot 1.4.3 you can download from the official download page of the project. Now we leave you with the video where you can see some of these improvements.

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    In the open source world really like the antics of the versions, and is often complicated a program that comes easily to a round version . In fact, it may be years until the developer or developers decide to give their projects the honor to get to version 1.0.

     ffmpeg FFmpeg 1.0 logo comes 12 years after the birth of the project

    what happened with FFmpeg, one of the most respected open source projects, legendary and valuable worldwide because its developers have decided to finally launch FFmpeg 1.0 , a version that comes after more than a decade of work and that is the basis of many media tools like VLC, MPlayer and even plays a role in the YouTube service.

    Phoronix

    reveal, the initial version of this library media came in December 2000 . Michael Niedermayer, his primary responsibility since 2004, has been commissioned to make important announcement.

    There are all kinds of changes in this release that continues to improve day by day, so if you want you can consult them in that message Niedermayer, besides being able to download FFmpeg 1.0 from the official project page.

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    Fedora Project leaders have announced the availability of Fedora 18 Alpha , the first release of a highly anticipated and distribution comes with several new features in several areas.

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    One of the most interesting is the new look of Anaconda , the installation wizard appearance has changed dramatically to try to simplify and clarify the process of installation. In Anaconda have removed the vast majority of questions put to him, and the user simply presents a series of defaults that the user can change if desired.

    Apart from this in Fedora 18 Alpha we find with KDE SC 4.9, Xfce 4.10, 3.6 and Cinnamon GNOME 1.6 , as well as all components of MATE, the fork of the 2.x branch GNOME.

    As indicated in The H Open, the new versions of these desktop environments arrive with other new features. For example, the possibility of establishing an access point with NetworkManager, an updated edition OpenStack in ‘Folsom’ support for such controversial UEFI Secure Boot feature that Microsoft wants to implement with manufacturers before the arrival Windows 8.

    Due to the premature

    development cycle there are several features that will be included in future versions of Fedora previous 18. In fact, you have to be careful because there are options not covered, and eg automatic partitioning reformats the selected disk partitions without notice , so be very careful with this option enabled.

    delay of three weeks Fedora 18 Alpha wins affect the entire roadmap of the distribution, but if no new obstacles the final release of Fedora 18 should reach late November . Meanwhile, you can get more details on Fedora 18 Alpha in the official announcement, and you can also download it from the official download page of the project.

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    publish our fellow MuyComputer, the Ubuntu Music Store jumps Rhythmbox and Banshee players to the web and mobile applications Ubuntu One , has announced the company through the official blog of the service.

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    From now, users of Ubuntu cloud may buy music from sites mentioned -players, web and mobile apps, and can access it from the same sites.

    will launch promotion for those users who purchase at least one item 20 GB of extra space and 6 months free subscription. After the promotion, the subscription will be $ 3.99 per month , which includes 20GB of gift.

    Keep in mind that while the music purchased through the store does not occupy space in Ubuntu Ubuntu One, unlike other services such as those offered for free Google or Amazon, streaming of that music is paid with the aforementioned subscription.

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    Thunderbird comes with 15 live chats

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    Mozilla may want to leave some in the background its Thunderbird mail client, but still has published a new edition of this application, Thunderbird 15 , which allows users to take full advantage management of email.

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    15 Thunderbird shares the appearance of his first cousin, Firefox , since various changes have been implemented in the user interface so that both tools have a similar identity.

    Besides

    comes a new feature of interest: a live chat to avoid having to start a conversation based on exchanging mails. The so-called Multi-Channel Chat we can enjoy real-time conversations with our contacts directly from our preferred messaging application.

    Adem’sa has implemented the “Do Not Track” that prevents tracking our steps in navigating the Web from your mail client, and Ubuntu One is now supported as an option on FileLink , a service that allows you to attach large items to e-uploading them to online storage services.

    You can download Thunderbird

    15 from the official project page here.

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    Tags: chat, live chat, email clients, email, Do Not Track, FileLink, Firefox, messaging, Mozilla, Multi-Channel Chat, Open Source, Thunderbird, Thunderbird 15, Ubuntu One

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    BlackForrest: filtered RIM’s future plans and comes out a new tablet

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    We arrived at that point in the drought year such information to any rumor falls as rain in May in the courtyard. While the alignment of the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM) for December looks weak as the crow flies from the competition, it seems the Blackberry matrix is ​​prepared for strong counterpoint from 2013 … or so it can be concluded based on alleged leaks of documents.

    The first thing that stands out is a new tablet, known by the codename Blackforrest and according to the map work, released on the Web by the site BlackberryOS , would have 4G technology and with 129 GB of memory (somewhat exaggerated this information if asked).

    The aparatejo not come out until mid next year and will bring forward an updated version (also 4G) Playbook and the first two handsets with Blackberry OS 10 (yes, that with which RIM has placed all its hopes for survival on the market) .

    RIM BlackForrest ROADMAP: filtered RIM's future plans and comes out your new tablet

    According to these dates, confirmed the launch of London and WIN Nevada (code names for new smartphones) for first months of 2013 and using physical QWERTY keyboard in one of them, continues the distinctive element of the mark and denying his disposal.

    Also mentioned in the image “ Nashville ” and “ Naples ” which means although some have ventured to say that they are other mobile phones, it is possible that is an upgrade of operating systems or new applications native (thus serving as a liaison to the expected “10″).

    As the CEO, Thorsten Heins, has reiterated on several occasions that are not in a “death spiral” but in a stage of ” transition “but the dismissal of more than 5 000 employees (30% of its workforce) do not assume good letter of reference for that comment.

    Looking in retrospect, Just as he seemed to Nintendo after the end of his Gamecube (though the situations are very different) and managed to reinvent itself after the departure of the Wii. Remains to be seen if RIM ends up seeing opportunities and achieve their real use in their favor, but in all that-long-time it intends to do so can gamble against.

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    1.0 Nouveau comes seven years after

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    effort to achieve an Open Source driver for NVIDIA graphics cards spent seven years running: the Nouveau project has concluded with the publication of Nouveau 1.0.0 , a development version of redondísima with a huge merit.

    nvidia linux 1.0 Nouveau comes seven years after

    The move to that version shows the maturity of the open controller, which have long been part of Mesa 3D long and WIN Nouveau DRM driver which is developed as part of the Linux kernel and left the area Linux 3.4 kernel staging for some time.

    This development supports 2 monitors configurations with aa 2D acceleration via EXA, while providing all the necessary components to achieve 3D acceleration with virtually all NVIDIA chips .

    firm proprietary drivers are doing much better 3D gaming but not too complex in structure and WIN graphical effects for GNOME or KDE Nouveau drivers and 3D performance is more than enough . That’s right: these drivers are not able (yet) to manage the power saving modes, so that fans of our discrete graphics shall be operated with much greater frequency. Anyway, many congratulations to the entire development team for a simply fantastic.

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    Tags: 3D, 2D acceleration, 3D acceleration, graphics chips, controllers, drivers, GPU, Nouveau, Nouveau 1.0, NVIDIA graphics cards

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    Microsoft extends support Linux in Windows Azure: persistence comes

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    MuyComputerPRO since we announced the initiative of Microsoft, which has begun to offer extended support (persistent virtual machines) for Linux distributions to deploy from its Windows Azure cloud service, a strategy as novel and interesting.

     linux zure Microsoft extends support Linux in Windows Azure: persistence comes

    movement may be a surprise to observers of Microsoft, which has traditionally seen itself as a platform built around the huge success of Windows. As such, the company considers Linux as a competitive threat especially in the server market, where it competes with Windows Server to replace traditional UNIX servers.

    However, its Azure cloud service faces other like Amazon Web Services already offered this type of support for Linux distributions.

    From now Microsoft, specifically Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, OpenSuse 12.1, CentOS 6.2 and Ubuntu Canonical 12.04 (no Red Hat, a competitor in that market) that can be selected and deployed as virtual machines from Microsoft data centers. Customers may also import their own versions of Linux over Microsoft’s Virtual Hard Disk (VHD).

    Microsoft’s announcement also mentions that Azure now supports Python and Java, and web development technologies like Node.js and PHP, which will pave the way for facilitate the use of web management tools content as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.

    support Linux on Windows Azure has been applauded from multiple sectors, including the Linux Foundation. Microsoft’s move is logical and will benefit the company, customers and also Linux. Simply seeks to Microsoft Azure offer the best place to run applications regardless of platform or technology and through a cloud increasingly important in global computing.

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    Tags: Azure, CentOS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Linux, Microsoft Azure, Node.js, openSUSE, persistence, PHP, SLES, SUSE, Ubuntu

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    MPlayer 1.1 comes quietly

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    latest official version of the famous Open Source player MPlayer was the 1.0-rc4, announced no less than in January 2011. For a year and a half this application developers have hardly been heard of them, and indeed the theoretically never appeared imminent MPlayer 1.0 publicly.

    MPlayer 1.1 MPLayer1 comes softly

    However, as indicated on Phoronix, suddenly on the FTP site project officer has appeared MPlayer 1.1 , and will observe a version that passes directly from the 1.0 that was expected to offer a higher edition and as explained in the original article is genuine.

    the change log that can be found in the source package are improvements since MPlayer 1.0-rc4, and among which experimental support of binary codecs Quicktime, experimental support for OpenGL ES 1.0, the PGS support to play Blu-ray , the DVB subtitle support and XSUB, and a version of Wine.

    seems that those responsible wanted to joke with this version of MPlayer , whose code name is “ We Gave up on 1.0 ” (“We surrender to the 1.0″ ) and hopefully means that from now on will come more news from one of the most relevant media player Linux landscape.

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