Krusader NewsLetter: Volume 3, Number 1, 29 January 2007
Frank Schoolmeesters
Krusader Newsletter, 29 January 2007
(c) 2005-2007 by The Krusader Krew, All Rights Reserved
http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=8673
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Welcome to the first Krusader Newsletter of 2007 with news, views and
information about recent developments and ongoing issues in the
Krusader project. Our aim is to inform of recent developments, give a
preview of upcoming features and to let our loyal users have a direct
line to the Krusader Krew.
Krusader 1.80.0-beta1 "The Last Krusade" released!
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On 7-January-2007 Krusader 1.80.0-beta1 was released [1] [2], this
time no feature freeze was done, so new features are already comitted
in cvs and development continues. The 1.8x series will become the last
series for KDE3. Efforts to port the 1.8x series to KDE4 will be done
in the coming months, at that moment Krusader-2.x for KDE4 is born.
The first Krusader release was Krusader-M1 (milestone 1) in May 2000
for KDE 2 (Kleopatra 1.91) [3], Krusader-1.0 for KDE2 was released at
1 January 2002 after many 0.x releases. Seven years after the first
Krusader release, Krusader2.x for KDE4 will become available.
1. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1862
2. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
3. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/release_overview.html
Krusader supports ACL permissions
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Thanks to Csaba Karai ACL permission handling is now implemented in
Krusader [4] [5], this feature is available in Krusader 1.80.0-beta1.
4. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1855
5. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/acl.html
Krusader supports Brief View
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It was requested many many times by several users, but difficult to
implement into the code ... but finally the Brief View feature was
added in Krusader-cvs [6] [7]. Brief View was ranked number 2 on the
feature voting system [8]. To use it: "View Menu -> view -> Brief
View", and to return to the original view "View Menu -> view ->
Detailed View" or the keybord shortcuts ALT+SHIFT+B for Brief view and
ALT+SHIFT+D for Detailed View. The number of brief columns can be
changed, by right clicking on the "Name" header. More details can be
found on Krusader-devel [9]. Thanks to Shie and Csaba for writing this
feature[9].
Please note that this feature was added after the release of Krusader
1.80.0-beta1, so you need to compile Krusader-cvs to use it.
6. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1873
7. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=790
8. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/todo.php
9. http://groups.google.com/group/krusader-devel/browse_thread/thread/d2ad800bf434a993/4508c35a34a473a6#4508c35a34a473a6
linux.com: file managers,the first choice has to be Krusader
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Bruce Byfield has done a survey of Linux file managers at Linux.com,
the conclusion: the first choice has to be Krusader [10] [11] [12].
[quote]By far the most promising file manager for the desktop is a KDE
application called Krusader. With its use of function keys and its
ability to call external applications as needed, Krusader looks more
like a direct descendant of the Norton Commander clones than other
modern file managers. With its abilities to search archives, compress
files in a variety of formats, encrypt, and show disk usage in a chart
in a separate window, Krusader is easily the most powerful file
manager for the modern desktop.[/quote]
[quote]However, for those who have always relied on file managers, the
first choice has to be Krusader. Combining the centralized
functionality of earlier generations with the look and feel of modern
applications, Krusader is by far the most complete of the file
managers I've mentioned.[/quote]
10. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1852
11. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/13/1957208
12. http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/
New features available in cvs
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Since the last newsletter [13] several new features and bugfixes where
added in cvs. We welcome and encourage your feedback! Download it
[14], play with it, push it to the limit, and then tell us what you
found! More cvs information is available in the Changelog [15],
cvsnews [16] and the changelog diff [17].
13. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1850
14. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/cvs.php
15. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=ChangeLog
16. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=CVSNEWS
17. http://krusader.cvs.sourceforge.net/krusader/krusader_kde3/ChangeLog?r1=1.746&r2=1.764
Changelog:
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ADDED: Brief view
ADDED: GUI for configuring the atomic extensions in Konfigurator
ADDED: credit for Václav Juza and Jiri Palecek in the about box
ADDED: Russian Handbook (translation is work in progress) thanks to
Roman Batejkin
ADDED: Experimental input method support in quick search (patch by Jiri Palecek)
FIXED: [ 1631578 ] Config error (caused by italian handbook)
FIXED: Problems with zip file names containing '[' character
FIXED: Autoconfigure doesn't tell that packing is enabled by 7z
FIXED: Problem with unpacking passworded ZIP files
FIXED: Compile problem with automake-1.10 (thanks to Sausi at the forums)
FIXED: FTP crash at slow servers
FIXED: ACL compile problem on FreeBSD
FIXED: in pack dialog, if two passwords are empty, a message would say
"passwords are equal"
I18N: Updated a feature description in Konfigurator to match the new
menubar (thanks Doutor Zero)
REMOVED: Outdated and unused Italian handbook translation
1.80.0-beta1 "The Last Krusade"
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ADDED: quotation mark handling at search (ex. "Program Files")
ADDED: full support for ACL permissions (properties, preserve attrs,
synchronizer)
ADDED: credit for Vaclav Juza and Jiri Palecek in the about box
ADDED: Experimental input method support in quick search (patch by
Jiri Palecek)
FIXED: problems at starting maximized, without splash screen
FIXED: [ 1500411 ] Crash when R-click on free space and drag on files
FIXED: [ 1579847 ] launch command line in console not saved
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Krusader 1.70.x distribution news
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Distrowatch.com only tracks stable releases, so there is no
distribution information about Krusader 1.80.0-beta1.
Distrowatch.com reports 19 (=) distibutions that provide
Krusader-1.70.0 [18] and 24 (+1) distros that provide Krusader-1.70.1
[19]. Some distributions have released distro updates or beta
releases. Be aware that Distrowatch.com only checks the initial
release of a distro, so updates and backports are not always reported
in this list. Some other distros use repositories where Krusader can
be downloaded and installed, such as from the Fedora Extras
repository. Knoppix has released a new version and updated Krusader
with Krusader-1.70.1: KNOPPIX: 5.1.1 [20].
18. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.0
19. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.1
20. http://distrowatch.com/knoppix
Krusader-1.70.1 distro list
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[*]Arch Linux: current
[*]Ark Linux: dockyard, dockyard, 2006.1
[*]Atomix: 4.0
[*]CCux Linux: stable
[*]Debian GNU/Linux: unstable, testing
[*]DragonFly BSD: 1.6
[*]FreeBSD: 7, 6, 6.2
[*]Frugalware Linux: 0.6pre1, 0.5
[*]Gentoo Linux: unstable, stable, 2006.1
[*]KANOTIX: 2006-01-rc4
[*]KateOS: 3.2
[*][i]NEW: KNOPPIX: 5.1.1[/i]
[*]Linux-EduCD: 0.7.1
[*]Lunar Linux: moonbase
[*]Mandriva Linux: cooker
[*]NetBSD: pkgsrc, 3.1
[*]NetSecL: 2.0
[*]PCLinuxOS: apt, 2007-test1, 0.93a
[*]PLD Linux Distribution: dev
[*]Sorcerer: grimoire
[*]Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
[*]OpenSUSE: factory, 10.2
[*]T2 SDE: snapshot
[*]UHU-Linux: 2.0
Krusader-1.70.0 distro list (no changes)
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[*]ALT Linux: Sisyphus
[*]ASPLinux: 11.2
[*]Aurox Linux: 12.0
[*]Boston University Linux: 4.6-beta
[*]Linux Caixa Mágica: 11
[*]CCux Linux: 0.9.8
[*]DANIX GNU/Linux: 2006-09-09
[*]Frugalware Linux: 0.4
[*]KNOPPIX: 5.0.1
[*]Linspire: 5.1
[*]Linux-EduCD: 0.6
[*]Lunar Linux: 1.6.0
[*]NetSecL
[*]PLD Linux Distribution: 2.0-rc1
[*]QiLinux: 2.0
[*]ROCK Linux: snapshot, 3
[*]Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
[*]openSUSE: 10.1
[*]T2 SDE: 6.0.2
Help and feedback
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Here you get a chance to contribute to the Krusader project. Some
things need to be done, but can't be done by us. Help, feedback, and
contributions are always welcome. If you feel you can help, please
follow this link [21].
Thank you! If you have a topic for Krusader news, please contact
Frank. Your feedback on this newsletter and future newsletters will be
appreciated.
21. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/help.php
Thanks for reading. If you have any ideas to improve
Krusader, feel free to let us know. We do it all, for you....
Kind regards,
The Krusader Krew