KNOPPIX 3.6 'AKADEMY EDITION' ANNOUNCED AT KDE WORLD SUMMIT DATELINE August 23, 2004 Web URL: Web URL: http://conference2004.kde.org/announcements/knoppix_announcement.php To celebrate the start of the CodeMarathon event at the KDE World Summit 2004, the KDE Project and Knoppix proudly announce Knoppix 3.6, dubbed 'aKademy Edition'. Last-minute bugs were fixed, and the finished version demonstrated exclusively in an aKademy tutorial on Knoppix, indicative of the strong relationship between the Knoppix and KDE developer and user communities. Klaus Knopper, said: "Since the first Knoppix version users have been using KDE and are very comfortable with its efficiency and userfriendliness." Building on their successful LiveCD platform, Knoppix 3.6 comes with KDE 3.2.3 and the FreeNX Server, which is the speed boosting NX Terminal Server technology in KDE. In presentations at LinuxTag and aKademy, co-authors Fabian Franz and Kurt Pfeifle impressed audiences showing how FreeNX with KDE can provide multiple reliable remote X connections, a huge advantage for KDE developers and Knoppix users alike. Check the Knoppix mirrors for downloading the ISO. Also you can get FreeNX packages at Kalyxo. NOTES TO EDITORS: For more information on Knoppix, see their web site: http://www.knoppix.org For information on Kalyxo: http://www.kalyxo.org For more information on No Machine and NX: http://www.nomachine.com/resources.php For more information on aKademy, including the detailed schedule: http://conference2004.kde.org About the KDE Project and Kde E.V. The KDE Project is a non-profit group of volunteering professionals and enthusiasts contributing to free and open-source software, especially to the "KDE Desktop for the Enterprise". KDE e.V. is a German entity of KDE members for handling legal matters (http://www.kde.org/areas/kde-ev/). About Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart Gmbh (WRS) WRS is the "Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation", a subsidiary of the administrative body of the Greater Stuttgart Region. WRS provides services to industry and municipalities in the field of economic development and in 2004 is running an all-year campaign to help advance the deployment of Open Source Software in private and public entities in the Stuttgart region (http://opensource.region-stuttgart.de/). About Linux New Media AG Linux New Media, based in Munich, Germany, is the world's leading supplier of Linux content. Linux New Media currently publishes six monthly Linux magazines, produces eight Linux-oriented web sites, and organizes the LinuxPark exhibition at major European trade shows such as CeBIT (http://www.linuxnewmedia.com/). CONTACT INFORMATION KDE Project Kurt Pfeifle Phone +49-172-715-7017 Email: pfeifle@kde.org Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart Hans-Ulrich Schmid Phone +49-711-22835-27 Mobile +49-172-731-0463 Email: hschmid@region-stuttgart.de Linux New Media AG Ms. Rosemarie Schuster Phone: +49-89-9934-0 Email: pr@linuxnewmedia.com