KDE is moving into the fast track of becoming the number one Desktop environment. And if the latest beta release (3) of KDE 4.0 is taken into consideration, 2008 could very well be the year of KDE.
KDE community has released the 3rd beta of KDE 4.0. A couple of months back, I had listed a number of new features expected in KDE 4.0. Since then KDE 4.0 has got even better and more good looking. As of now, since the last beta release, no new features are added into KDE 4.0 and it is going through a bout of bug fixing and necessary polish.
Fig: Plasma widgets in action in KDE 4.0 beta 3I think, when KDE 4.0 final is released in December this year, it is going to be a heck of Desktop - lean, beautiful, responsive, modular and user friendly.
Read the full news of KDE 4.0 beta 3 release on the official site.
Update : KDE 4 beta 3 release packages are available for Kubuntu. If you are a Kubuntu user then check out how you can install KDE 4 alongside KDE 3 and give it a test run.
Read the full news of KDE 4.0 beta 3 release on the official site.
Update : KDE 4 beta 3 release packages are available for Kubuntu. If you are a Kubuntu user then check out how you can install KDE 4 alongside KDE 3 and give it a test run.
4 comments:
you kiddin' us? that bar at the bottom is horrific.
Juan,
KDE 4.0 is still in beta stage and a lot of work is still going on to smoothen all the hard edges. I agree the kicker panel (or what ever it is called now) is a bit hard to look at. But by the time KDE 4.0 is finally released in December, all these issues will surely have been overcome.
Impressive, indeed. The problem with KDE 4 is that is still KDE though. With all its bloat and klunk. After a week or so you will be fed up looking at semi-transparent terminals and oversized floating widgets and get back to work.
I've been trying out a lot of lightweight desktops lately, but always miss the features of KDE. Vector had nice fluxbox and icewm enviroments, but I don't see them listed as available for the new release. Guess I'll probably jump to the first distro with full KDE 4 as default on the install. Gnome sucks, in my opion, not any more features than ice flux or x, but uses near as much resources as KDE.
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