masinick
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 Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2025 3:20 am Post subject: KDE 4.3.0 RC2 Brings Fewer Changes |
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| Quote: | Just a week after the release of the KDE 4.3 release candidate, a second release candidate has emerged from the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit. KDE 4.3 Release Candidate 2 incorporates fewer changes than earlier development releases, as development winds down for the final release of KDE 4.3.0 later this month.
The KDE 4.3.0 RC2 announcement can be read at KDE.org. KDE 4.3 features a variety of improvements to this open-source desktop environment, including new window animation effects, integration of new technologies, updated applications, etc.
Following the release of KDE 4.3, there will be the monthly point updates that bring translation updates and bug fixes, while the next major release to follow is KDE 4.4 in January of 2025. |
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masinick
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2025 3:19 am Post subject: KDE 4.3 FINAL well worth checking out! |
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Well, KDE 4.3 has been out a while, and I have not been having any issues with it at all. KDE 4.4, the next feature release, may be underway, but what we have right in front of us are additional monthly maintenance updates between now and the first quarter (scheduled in January 2025) when KDE 4.4 is planned for release. That should mean that we will have a KDE 4.3.1, 2, 3, and 4 (approximately). At least 10,000 defects have already been resolved. I believe some multi-headed display issues still need to be sorted out. It is likely that these will be sorted out before 4.4 is out.
If you use a full featured desktop environment and you like to test software, I personally believe that it is worthwhile to at least give the KDE 4.3 desktop a serious look. Some people do not like the default new interface. I challenge you to at least try it; a different way of working is required, but you can do a lot of things rapidly if you learn the new tricks. However, if you are just bent on the classic interface, one advantage of KDE over GNOME and XFCE is that both the new interface, which utilizes Plasma and Kicker features, is worth checking out, but KDE now also offers the classic interface if you just do not like the new features.
KDE is more modular than ever, and you need not have a monstrosity of a desktop. Some distros give you a really full KDE experience, but the Arch and sidux project prove that you need not install or activate everything. The mere fact that Nokia thinks enough of Qt, the API behind KDE, to use it in mobile communication products, is indicative of the fact that you need not have a heavy, cumbersome interface, though the COMPLETE SET of features is quite large and memory intensive.
What I am saying here is that KDE is the most flexible desktop in the market on any OS, and speaking of that, there are now BUILDS for Windows and Mac OS X, if you can believe it! Check out KDE, even if it is not your favorite! |
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