This article shows how you can install the Zimbra Desktop email client on an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) desktop. Zimbra Desktop is a full-fledged replacement for email clients such as Outlook or Evolution, offering email, contacts, calendar, documents, tasks, etc. You can use it in conjunction with the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) or any other email account that supports POP3 or IMAP.

Al GUADEC, conferenza internazionale che raccoglio sviluppatori di tutto il mondo per discutere dello sviluppo di Gnome, sono state lanciate le prime indiscrezioni su Gnome 3.0.

Uno degli ambienti desktop più utilizzati in ambito Linux e Unix raggiunge la versione 4.1, promessi maggiori benefici derivanti dall'utilizzo del framework Qt4

Il nuovo KPC 4800 si basa su piattaforma Intel e si potrà scegliere se installare Linux o Vista, prezzi a partire da 299 dollari

Quattordicesimo numero della rivista digitale in lingua inglese dedicata ad Ubuntu.

Il produttore americano continua nella proposta di PC con Ubuntu, questa volta aggiornati alla versione 8.04. Purtroppo non ancora in Italia

GQview is a free software image viewer created by John Ellis using the GTK+ toolkit, designed to run on the X Window System. For MS Windows, an unofficial port is also available.GQview is a convenient, configurable image browser that runs well regardless of desktop environment, though it does require GTK 2.2. It has a couple of features especially useful in archiving digital camera photos. For example, "auto rename" allows one to rename a bunch of photos at one go. In addition, JPEG images can be easily rotated 90 degrees cw or ccw. Gqview can also call on an external editor such as The GIMP for more complex image editing. It also includes a rather interesting feature, "duplicate finder". If you're looking for a decent image viewer and album program then Gqview might be what you are looking for.

Kexi is a Free/Libre and Open-Source integrated data management application, a long awaited Open Source competitor for products like Microsoft Access.Kexi can be used for creating database schemas, inserting data, performing queries, and processing data.Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data. All database objects - tables, queries and forms - are stored in the relational database, making it easy to share data and design.

KArm is a time tracker that integrates with the KOrganizer to do list.It features a simple user interface, idle detection, desktop tracking, CSV export, and a time card report.ApplicationsThe development information for the different applications in KDE PIM is collected here. Much of KDE PIM is extensible via plugins; there are a wide variety of file-formats in use. As much as possible, these are documented here. You may also want to take a look at the tutorials that are available.

In occasione del GUADEC è stato presentato il piano di sviluppo di GNOME, che giungerà alla versione 3.0 tra circa un anno e mezzo. Il team ha optato per una crescita sul medio-lungo termine