Free Linux Software
KDE 4.1.1
The KDE project and announced the first update of maintenance KDE 4.1, launched just a month ago. KDE 4.1.1 includes long list of corrections and changes, which include:
- Significant increase in the yield, and render Interaction included in KHTML and Konqueror, the KDE browser.
- Bug Fixes in Gwenview, image viewer, more robust and even shows pictures corrupt.
- Interaction with the user, redraws stability solved in Plasma, desktop KDE4.
- Engine PDF fixed in the viewer Okular documents.
- Stability and interaction arranged in KMail.
3D animation, Linux and Windows
According to The Inquirer:
"In the film industry Linux has won, used in virtually all desktops and servers dedicated to creating animation or special effects," say industry sources. "
That said Robin Rowe, Portal linuxmovies.org, and I think that we should pause to think a bit, because it seems to me that this gentleman is advancing a couple of years.

KDE 3.5.10
And as expected, August did not end without prior announcement outside KDE 3.5.10 in this way. While no one version is very exciting on new roles, 3.5.10 comes with a few bug fixes and updates translation for those who choose to stay with KDE 3.5. The patches are scattered around KPDF, with a series of corrections fault that produced unexpected closures, Kgpg and probably the most interesting, diverse corrections kicker, panel KDE3:
SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 1
Already available is the first of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta, distribution ever called "a Kubuntu better than Kubuntu", and is now based on "Lenny", the next version of Debian stable. SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 1 includes Kernel 2.6.26.2, X. Org 7.3, KDE 3.5.9, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2, Firefox 3.0.1, Sun Java 6.0, Amarok 1.4.10, MPlayer 1.0 RC2, GTK + 2.12.11 and Qt 4.4.0. The announcement of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 1 said little more than that, but its final version could arrive very shortly after the "Lenny", which could be as early as next month.
LiveCDs Debian Lenny Beta 1
The project team Debian Live announced in a message on their mailing list the availability of its first images as a LiveCD Beta 1 of the next Debian GNU / Linux 5.0 "Lenny". The images are available for i386 and AMD64 architectures, independent CDs for Gnome desktop, KDE and XFCE. Also available is a small image without any standard graphical environment.
Playbuntu is Playdeb
The new draft repository of games for Ubuntu announced as Playbuntu posted a message on his blog saying that change name to "Playdeb". The reason is that Canonical decided to implement its policy of trademark and denying permission and support for using the name "Playbuntu." Apparently this would be to avoid the confusion that users would have to believe that Playbuntu is another version of Ubuntu.
The good news is that an initial Beta Playdeb repository will be available from next September 1.
Super Grub Disk 0.9745
In Fent Linux I find that is now available a new version of Super Grub Disk, specifically 0.9745.
This application can save us headaches as their primary purpose is to restore power Grub if you've had a problem and you can not boot your PC.
Among the main features of DGS are:
gOS 3 Gadgets Beta
The people who develop the distribution Gos has just launched a beta preview of what they call Gos 3 Gadgets, which automatically initiate several Google Gadgets on your desktop Gnome, in addition to providing the possibility of adding more than 100,000 iGoogle possible. Google Documents, Gmail and Google Calendar are executed under Mozilla Prism. It also includes pre-installed and Wine 1.0 to support Windows software.

gOS 3 Gadgets instantly launches Google Gadgets for Linux on startup, introducing over 100,000 possible iGoogle and Google Gadgets to the desktop.
Fedora Alpha 10
The first preliminary version of the next Fedora Alpha 10 "Cambridge" was announced, with some developments that include:
Free LInux Software: Automatix reborn with Ultamatix
Automatix could have ended long time ago, but obviously many are still añorando its functionality and ease of use.


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