The Compiz project has just released the first developer version of its 3D window manager after the reunion with Beryl.

While the KDE Team is busy working on version 4, more and more Linux desktop applications and interfaces keep on appearing. Kcall 0.7 and Decibel 0.5 bring integrated desktop software for Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), VoIP and real-time messaging to KDE.

Kontact, the KDE project's Personal Information Manager (PIM) is making progress en route to becoming a complete Groupware client.

The KDE project has just released a beta 1 version of its next generation KDE 4 desktop environment. At the same time, interfaces to KDE libraries were frozen to allow application developers to use them for their work.

A bug in the Xpdf 3.02 source code can cause the PDF viewer to crash. Programs that use Xpdf code are affected.

Following announcements at Cebit, Collax has now completed work on a Software Development Kit (SDK) for its Collax Solution Platform.