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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. Why only 4 words on the main page? by donscarletti · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a keen and loyal Gnome user and a former Gnome developer.

    I think the 4.0 release of KDE deserves an un-abbreviated summary on the front page.

    Congratulations on this milestone guys, keep up your work.

    --
    When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
  2. Re:This Could Be The Worst Thing For KDE by teslar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This should have been a KDE 3.9 release.
    Absolutely not - KDE4.0 is a completely new thing and therefore by definition not part of the KDE 3.x family. It coexists for now in parallel with KDE3, it is not sequential improvement.

    No, the sad truth is, this should have been KDE4 Beta 1. It's not finished, it's been rushed out. I like KDE and I appreciate that KDE4 is going to be very cool eventually, but this is not the time. And rushing products out before they are finished, saying that the real stuff will turn up in the .1 release, well that kinda reminds me of another company, except they call the .1 release 'Service Pack 1'.

    Again, let's be clear about this - KDE4 is gonna kick some ass eventually, but releasing it in its current state has been a big mistake.
  3. Yay, KDE4 by z0M6 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Unlike the bunch here that cries "It should be called KDE 4.0 Beta 1", I believe that it should be called KDE 4.0. It signals that the base technology is ready and it is time for adoption by a larger mass than what the release candidates had. Remember that KDE 3.5.8 is a matured product, KDE 4.0 is not. It doesn't happen over night.

    Whiners aside, yay, KDE 4.0 is here. Congratulations everyone!