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KDE 3.4 Released

Posted by timothy on from the 'gradulations dept.

andy753421 links to today's announcement of the official release of KDE 3.4, and writes "Several KDE 3.4 based distributions such as ArkLinux and Kubuntu are soon to follow. Features in the release include built in Text to Speech, a revamped trash system, enhanced PDF support and PC to PC synchronization, as well as a new theme. KDE 3.4 weights in at 6,500+ bug fixes, 1,700+ enhancements, and a grand total of 80,000+ contributions." Reader gotr00t adds a link to the KDE download mirror page . Update: 03/16 20:58 GMT by T : mrevell points out an interview with KDE hacker Aaron Seigo in the latest LugRadio, in which Seigo "dispels various myths about KDE and talks about the desktop environment's future."

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  1. Screenshots by Grip3n · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Everyone loves pretty pictures!

    http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?re lease=265&slide=1

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  2. Re:BSD? Huh? by timothy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Call me ignorant, but what does KDE have to do with BSD?

    Mr. Helmet:

    Well, KDE has about as much to do with BSD as it does with Linux :) Popular desktop on both.

    My intent was to make it basically in the Linux section (since many more KDE users are using Linux -- I assert, without numbers, just observation, and I could be wrong, and a moose once bit my sister and and and), cross-listed in the BSD section.

    A peculiarity of the Slashdot backend means I picked the wrong order / weighting for KDE vs. Linux; I updated the story to fix this. No slight is meant toward Linux users, BSD users, Gnome users, those who enjoy boiled eggs with dill of a winter evening ...

    timothy

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  3. Re:awesome by Carewolf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Neither does KDE. We have around 800 developers with 100 commits each on average. Although fairly it is mostly 200 core developers with 100s of commits. Check CIA/a.

  4. Re:Good LORD it's got some useless stuff! by avalys · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First of all, that thing has been there since KDE 1.0. It's a toy, and I doubt it requires much maintenance, so why not leave it in? What do you expect from something in the "kdetoys" package, anyway?

    Second, the current moon phase is very important for amateur astronomers. A full moon makes it nearly impossible to see anything but the brightest objects in the sky, because of the glare. Also, if you want to look at the moon itself, the best time is not when it's full (because everything is so bright and washed out), but when it's at approximately 1/2 phase, because the shadows show depth.

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