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KDE 3.4 RC1 Released

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-pretty dept.

twener writes "The KDE project has announced the first release candidate of KDE 3.4 which brings many new features targeted for release at 16th March. Sources (requirements list, build script), an i486 GNU/Linux Live-CD (375MB) and SUSE 9.2 binary packages are available currently. OSdir.com and tuxmachines.org have screenshots of this release. Source Code and a Live CD are available."

2 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. Re:3.4 changes by stilborne · · Score: 5, Informative

    > there's not even a simple config/dialog where
    > you can choose to run firefox/mozilla instead
    > of konqueror whenever you click on links on
    > other "K" apps.

    in the Control Center, under KDE Components, there's a "Component Chooser" panel that's been there since 3.3 that allows you to set your default browser, email, text editor, IM client and terminal app.

  2. 486 introduced many new useful/fast instructions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    For example, this 486+ instruction speeds up TCP communication:

    Byte Swap (bswap) [486]

    bswapreg[16|32]
    Example

    Convert little/big endian to big/little endian by swapping bytes.

    bswap %ebx

    The equivalent 386 code would take 3 times as many cycles even on modern hardware:

    simplified excerpt from a GNU C library header file:

    /* To swap the bytes in a word the i486 processors and up provide the
    `bswap' opcode. On i386 we have to use three instructions. */
    # if !defined __i486__ && !defined __pentium__ && !defined __pentiumpro__
    ... use rorw $8, %w0; "rorl $16, %0; rorw $8, %w0 ...
    #else
    ... bswap %0 ...
    #endif