KPilot is a
KDE
KDE is an international Free software movement, free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-know ...
application intended to replace the functionality of the
Palm Desktop
Palm Desktop is a personal information manager computer program for Microsoft Windows or Mac OS/Mac OS X, and can be used alone or in combination with a Palm OS personal digital assistant.
Features
Palm Desktop contains four main modules which cor ...
by allowing the
KDE Desktop and associated applications to communicate with a
Palm
Palm most commonly refers to:
* Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand
* Palm plants, of family Arecaceae
**List of Arecaceae genera
* Several other plants known as "palm"
Palm or Palms may also refer to:
Music
* Palm (ba ...
device.
Pilot-link is used for the connection with the device.
KPilot was featured in the first issue of
Tux Magazine
''Tux Magazine'' was an American Linux magazine aimed at Linux desktop end users, specifically those who use the KDE desktop environment. The mission of the magazine was to help Linux take over the desktop market. It was headquartered in Seattle, ...
,
[Tux Magazine]
project application and has been featured as a KDE "App of the Month".
[KDE App of the Month]
December 2004
There is a
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to contributors who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. , the program is ...
project to prepare KPilot for
KDE 4.2.
[Google Summer of Code ]
Issue 1
KPilot is distributed as part of the
Kdepim
Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite developed by KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email. It offers a number of inter-changeable graphical UIs (KMail, KAddressBook, Akregator ...
module.
In January 2010 it was announced that there would be no further development of KPilot, citing that the developers no longer use Palm devices.
See also
*
J-Pilot
*
Palm Desktop
Palm Desktop is a personal information manager computer program for Microsoft Windows or Mac OS/Mac OS X, and can be used alone or in combination with a Palm OS personal digital assistant.
Features
Palm Desktop contains four main modules which cor ...
References
External links
KPilot Homepage
KDE software
Kdepim
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