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KDE 4.0 Is Out

Posted by kdawson on from the years-in-the-making dept.

Many users wrote to alert us that KDE 4.0 has been released. Here's Computerworld Australia's take on the release KDE 4.0 is based on the Qt4 toolkit, which brings significant enhancements in the way memory is used. "So it ends up making KDE less resource intensive than KDE 3, which is quite an improvement," according to Australian KDE developer Hamish Rodda, who calls the new architecture "future-proof." Computerworld notes that developers are already at work porting the new environment to Windows and the Mac.

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  1. 5 out of 4 dentists agree... by Raineer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IT: KDE 4.0 Is Out 9 of 3 comments Does this have anything to do with the quality of KDE?
  2. This Could Be The Worst Thing For KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This release could well be the worst thing for the KDE project. This release is BUGGY to say the least. This release lacks feature and application support, due "real soon". This release is is a dot oh(x.0) release which is supposed to mean completed and ready but, is instead described by the countless and confusing explanations from KDE insiders as more of a beta or preview release. Stupid statements are made like; This is KDE 4.0 not KDE4. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Does that not seem slightly ambiguous to the developers? For some stupid reason, we are supposed to ignore all the short comings of this release and treat it as a beta, despite it being an x.0. This is a giant cockup!

    This should have been a KDE 3.9 release. With all of its shortcomings, calling this release KDE 4.0 is going to damage KDE's reputation. It's sad really.

    I won't even start about all the screen real estate that is wasted on crap borders and drop shadows...

  3. This is what, Beta 1? by gambolt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wake me up when 4.1 is out. I'm going back to bed.