Free Software Linux

The changes in this release are as follows: The LCL now uses Unicode strings encoded as UTF-8 on all platforms. Lazarus now runs natively under Mac OS X using the “Carbon” widget set. The LCL internal graphic system was rewritten for more consistency, more flexibility, better Delphi compatibility, icon support, and native image lists. The IDE designer now allows you [...]

Here is the tutorial with screenshots in French , but from images you can follow the lazarus wizzards and it should be ok in any language                    

The list of open issues for Lazarus 0.9.26 is getting smaller by the day. Most are fixed. Some are re-targeted to 0.9.28, if we estimate it takes too long fix them now. Some are re-targeted to 1.0.0, if closer inspection turns out the bug is not a regression. Some issue are in the status feedback. [...]

The Free Pascal team is pleased to announce that version 2.2.2 is released and available for download for all major platforms A list of major changes is available Here.