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May 22, 2007 (The INTERNET). The KDE Project today announced the
immediate availability of KDE 3.5.7, a maintenance release for the
latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free
desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE now supports 65 languages, making
it available to more people than most non-free software and can be
easily extended to support others by communities who wish to contribute
to the open source project.
This release has a renewed focus on KDE PIM applications. KAddressBook,
KOrganizer and KAlarm received
attention with bugfixes, while KMail additionally
witnessed new features and improvements with both interface work and
IMAP handling: it can manage IMAP quota and copy and move all folders.
Several other applications saw feature improvements:
- KPDF shows tooltips for
links when hovering on them, displays correctly more complex PDF files
like this Firefox
advertisement and reacts to the commands for opening the Table of
Contents pane.
- Umbrello now can
generate and export C# Code and has added Java 5 generics support.
- KDevelop got a major
version upgrade to version 3.4.1. New features include much improved
Code Completion and Navigation, a more reliable debugger interface, Qt4
support and better Ruby and KDE4 development support.
In addition to the new features there were many bug fixes across
the board, especially in the Edutainment
and Games packages and Kopete. Besides bugfixes Kopete also
got a major performance improvement on chat rendering.
As KDE users have come to expect, this new release includes
continued work on KHTML and KJS, KDE's HTML and Javascript engines. A
new and interesting usability feature in KHTML makes the mouse pointer
indicate if a link wants to open a new browser window or not.
For a more detailed list of improvements since the KDE 3.5.6
release on the 25th January 2007, please refer to the KDE
3.5.7 Changelog.
KDE 3.5.7 ships with a basic desktop and fifteen
other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities,
multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE's
award-winning tools and applications are available in 65
languages.
Distributions shipping KDE
Most of the Linux distributions and UNIX operating
systems do not immediately incorporate new KDE releases, but they will
integrate KDE 3.5.7 packages in their next releases. Check this list to
see which distributions are shipping KDE.
Installing KDE 3.5.7 Binary Packages
Package Creators. Some operating system
vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 3.5.7 for some
versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers
have done so. Some of these binary packages are available for free
download from KDE's download server at http://download.kde.org.
Additional binary packages, as well as updates to the packages now
available, may become available over the coming weeks.
Package Locations.
For a current list of available binary packages of which the KDE
Project has been informed, please visit the KDE 3.5.7 Info Page.
Compiling KDE 3.5.7
Source Code.
The complete source code for KDE 3.5.7 may be freely downloaded.
Instructions on compiling and installing KDE 3.5.7 are available from
the KDE 3.5.7 Info Page.
Supporting KDE
KDE is a Free
Software project that exists and grows only because of the
help of many volunteers that donate their time and effort. KDE
is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether its
help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation,
translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully
appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting
KDE page for further information.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
About KDE
KDE is an award-winning,
independent project of hundreds
of developers, translators, artists and other professionals worldwide
collaborating over the Internet to create and freely distribute a
sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop and office environment
employing a flexible, component-based, network-transparent architecture
and offering an outstanding development platform.
KDE provides a stable, mature desktop including a
state-of-the-art browser (Konqueror),
a personal information management suite (Kontact),
a full office suite (KOffice), a
large set of networking application and utilities, and an efficient,
intuitive development environment featuring the excellent IDE KDevelop.
KDE is working proof that the Open Source
"Bazaar-style" software development model can yield first-rate
technologies on par with and superior to even the most complex
commercial software.
Trademark Notices. KDE®
and the K Desktop Environment® logo are registered
trademarks of KDE e.V. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the
United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights
referred to in this announcement are the property of their respective
owners.
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Sweden
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