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KDE 4.0 RC 1 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-wants-to-restart-x11 dept.

angryfirelord writes "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate for KDE 4.0. This release candidate marks that the majority of the components of KDE 4.0 are now approaching release quality. While the final bits of Plasma, the brand new desktop shell and panel in KDE 4, are falling into place, the KDE community decided to publish a first release candidate for the KDE 4.0 Desktop. Release Candidate 1 is the first preview of KDE 4.0 which is suitable for general use and discovering the improvements that have taken place all over the KDE codebase."

6 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. Slashdotted. by Valdrax · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks like plasma.kde.org is Slashdotted right now, so hey -- Wikipedia to the rescue.

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    If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
  2. Slashdotted by JBHarris · · Score: 5, Informative

    The main site is already bogged down. However, the major change is the completion & inclusion of Plasma. I like candy.

  3. Screenshots by arevos · · Score: 5, Informative

    Screenshots are important for superficial people like me :)

    I like the widget and window theme, but the kicker replacement at the bottom looks pretty tacky. It was the same in beta, and I'd hoped they'd change it for release, but it seems like they're sticking with it.

  4. KDE 4 Live CD by Rich · · Score: 5, Informative

    For people who want to check out the RC without reinstalling KDE (and without risking breaking your existing setup) there's a live CD available at:
    http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/
    Have a lot of fun!

  5. Re:Yes but... by Surye · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's built on QT4, so after they iron out a few details, yes.

  6. Re:Did they de-fat KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    And yet, despite all the extra features and configurability, KDE still manages to use about the same resources as GNOME:

    http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/desktop_benchmark.html

    http://spooky-possum.org/cgi-bin/pyblosxom.cgi/kdevsgnome.html

    KDE doesn't have much fat; it has muscle.