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==Amarok 'Fast Forward' 1.4.5 (AKO article)==
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The Amarok team is proud to announce the sixth release of the successful 'Fast Forward' series. This new version adds an integrated Shoutcast stream directory, support for custom labels (aka tags), a Magnatune redownload manager, and it will give you improved sound quality when using the equalizer with xine. There are also many improvements in the GUI which make Amarok more sexy and usable than ever. See [http://ljubomir.simin.googlepages.com/awnissue6 Amarok Weekly News #6] for more details on the 1.4.5 release.

1.4.5 is last release of the 1.4 Fast Forward that will have new features. Amarok 2.0 development, based on Qt4/KDE4, has already started. Exciting times for the Amarok project - the summer 2.0 release will run natively on Linux, OS X and Windows!

We are also going to have a Wiki Cleanup Weekend on Feburary 10th and 11th to bring our documentation up to date. Everyone is invited to join the efforts and rediscover our wiki in #rokymotion on irc.freenode.net.

You also have the chance to meet some members of the Amarok team at the KDE booth at [http://fosdem.org FOSDEM] from 24th to 25th February in Brussels.


===dot.kde.org article (probably deprecated by [http://ljubomir.simin.googlepages.com/awnissue6 AWN 6])===

The Amarok team is proud to announce (XXX: link to announcement) the sixth release of the famous 'Fast Forward' series. This new version adds an integrated Shoutcast stream directory, support for custom labels (aka tags), a Magnatune redownload manager and will give you a better sound quality when using the equalizer with xine.

There are also many improvements in the GUI which make Amarok more sexy and useable than ever. For a detailled list of new features, changes and bugfixes have a look at the changelog - which has grown as much as never before between releases.

This release is planned to be the last release including new features in the 1.4 'Fast Forward' series as the development of Amarok 2.0, based upon Qt/KDE 4, has already begun.

There will also be a Wiki Cleanup Weekend on Feburary 10th and 11th to bring documentation up to date. You are free to join the efforts to rediscover the Amarok wiki.

===Digg: Amarok 1.4.5 released, 2.0 development started===
Amarok 1.4.5 has just been released. This version adds some long requested features: A shoutcast stream browser and support for user defined labels (aka tags). The developers have already started to work on the next major release based upon Qt4/KDE4, which is going to run on Linux, OSX, and Windows!