[dot] KDE 3: All About the Apps (Part 4)

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1154267202/

From: Carsten Niehaus <cniehaus at kde.org>
Dept: amazing-what's-out-there
Date: Sunday 30/Jul/2006, @06:46

KDE 3: All About the Apps (Part 4)
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   This is part four of the the [http://dot.kde.org/1144660487/]
successful [http://dot.kde.org/1145962774/] series
[http://dot.kde.org/1146830533/] All About the Apps, reminding us that
while KDE 4 development may be fun, to watch to find great apps working
today KDE 3 beats them all.  This time we report on the Linux equivalent
of Cubase - Rosengarden, the great Basket, KPhotoAlbum and the next
version of KDevelop.
    [http://basket.kde.org/development.php]


                                 BASKET

     You know Klipper, the advanced KDE-clipboard? You have a large
notes.txt-file on your home-directory? Your monitor is full of yellow
notes? If only one anwser was yes you should have a look at Basket!
 [http://basket.kde.org/]
     The author is currently working on the next version, 0.6, which
makes it easier to handle a lot more data
[http://basket.kde.org/news.php] and has a range of usability
improvements while looking [http://basket.kde.org/development.php] much
better.



                              KPHOTOALBUM

     KPhotoAlbum [http://kphotoalbum.org/] is the new name of the famous
KimDaBa. It is a very powerful photomanager with a very strong
tagging-system. In early May 2006, version 2.2 was released featuring
many long awaited features. Currently, there is a Summer of Code
[http://developer.kde.org/summerofcode/soc2006.html] project for
KPhotoAlbum which will switch its backend from XML to a much more
performant SQL table. Learn more about this great app by watching Flash
videos [http://kphotoalbum.org/videos/] of it.



                               ROSEGARDEN

     If you're into music composition, Rosegarden
[http://www.rosegardenmusic.com] may be of interest. It's a MIDI
sequencer and notation editor, which also has basic audio capabilities
(recording and playback). Connecting with Jack
[http://jackit.sourceforge.net/], LADSPA [http://www.ladspa.org/] and
DSSI [http://dssi.sf.net/] plugins, featuring a powerful notation
editor, Rosegarden should fit nicely into your home studio. If classical
notation doesn't fit your needs it also offers a "piano roll" editor
along with a percussion editor. The next version should feature lots of
improvement in notation handling, along with other modes like guitar
tablature for instance.



                                KDEVELOP

     After more than seven months of hot development the
KDevelop-developers are going into the beta-stage for 3.4. On the 6th of
July they released 3.4beta1 including an incredible list of new features
[http://www.kdevelop.org/index.html?filename=3.4/features.html]! The
list is by far too long to post here, it ranges from user interface
improvements to a lot of C++ improvements, a better Ruby-parser and Qt 4
support.



                               THE FUTURE

     With all those exiting applications you should not forget about KDE
itself, KDE 3.5.4 will be released very soon! Stay tuned to The Dot.