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KDE 4.2 Is Released

Posted by kdawson on from the nice-and-gui dept.

OhReally writes "It's a great day for Free Software: KDE, the desktop environment for Linux, Windows, Mac, and (Open)Solaris, has just reached version 4.2, exactly a year since the release of 4.0. This is a version suitable for broad usage, with many improvements all across the board, and lots of bugfixes. You can leave a comment or congratulate the developers here."

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  1. Re:1 question by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Although 4.2 is a year away from 4.0, delaying 4.0 until it was 4.2 would have taken much longer than a year, since people only test releases

    I understand. Your solution was to tell people that something was a release when it wasn't. In extreme circumstances, I suppose a case can be made for misleading people to achieve an intended result. However, you should not then be surprised if you take a big hit to your credibility.

  2. Pretty much what KDE 4.0 should have been by golodh · · Score: 0, Redundant
    As far as I understand (without installing it myself yet), lots of things actually work the way they are supposed to (as opposed to KDE 4.0). Like in a first release.

    So as far as I'm concerned this release is KDE 4.0 as it should have been.