KDE has announced its Version 4.9 Releases to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Development Platform, dedicated to the memory of KDE contributor Claire Lotion. The full announcement has details.
These releases got special attention to the general levels of quality and stability. In particular, there was a focus on eliminating any regressions from previous releases. Thanks to the efforts of the KDE Quality Team and its new contributors, the 4.9 Releases are the best ever.
Plasma Workspaces, Applications, and Platform Releases
Substantial improvements were made to Plasma Workspace core components in this release. There are new KDE Applications and major improvements to Okular, Kopete, KDE PIM, education, games and others. The KDE Platform release includes quality improvements and preparation for Frameworks 5 based on Qt5. The announcements have more details.
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Comments
Pure awesomeness. Best thing ever!
Thank you for this release!
Best release yet, keep up the good work ;)
Thank you, all developers of KDE!!!
I worked lot with KDE 3.5 many years ago...
...then unfortunately I got a little bit frustrated with the new 4.0 release those days and for a long time I did not try KDE any more...
In the meantime I programmed a lot with Qt4, but under windows...
Now at work I have to program under Linux again, also in Qt.
Trying the new release of KDE (now for 4 weeks 4.8 and then 4.9) I have to tell you that I'm SOOOO HAPPY with this new desktop!!!!
You brought back the stability and usability of the 3 series and enhanced it with new features!!!
I also like the activity concept very much and I'm excited how you will extend it in the future!
So THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU again!!! ;-)