KDE 4.7 RC Is Here: GRUB2 Integration, KWin Mobile

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 26, 2011 @03:27AM from the less-unitary dept.

dkd903 writes "KDE 4.7 is almost here and brings along with it a number of features and performance improvements such as a better Dolphin with a faster file search, ability of KWin to run on Mobile devices, Grub2 integration in KDM and offline search support in the KDE virtual globe, Marble." Here's KDE's own announcement of the release candidate; the final release is planned for July 27. Reader jrepin quotes the KDE announcement: "With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing last-minute showstopper bugs and finishing translation and documentation that comes along with the releases."

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Re:Rapidly Rising Minor Version Numbers... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-06-26 08:14 · Score: 5, Informative

Yes, although KDE 4.8 is still planned, there is talk about a KDE 5 now. However, it's not going to be a big rewrite like last time (mostly thanks to Qt 5 not being a big rewrite, like last time), but will instead just be a cleanup of current APIs and removing some old cruft from from the early days of KDE 4.0. Most of the currently used and working code will be left alone, with perhaps a bugfix here and there.
All in all, it sounds like it'll be a much smoother transition than KDE3 to KDE4 was.