News and announcements
KDE Ships Third Beta of Applications and Platform 4.14
Written for KDE SC by yurikoles on 2014-07-28
KDE has released the third beta of the 4.14 versions of Applications and
Development Platform. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the
focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing. Your assistance is
requested [1]!
A more detailed list of the improvements and changes will be available for the
final release in the middle of August.
This third beta release needs a thorough testing in order to improve quality
and user experience. A variety of actual users is essential to maintaining
high KDE quality, because developers cannot possibly test every configuration.
User assistance helps find bugs early so they can be squashed before the final
release. Please join the 4.14 team's release effort by installing the beta and
reporting any bugs. The official announcement has information about how to
install the betas.
[1] http://
Plasma 5 Beta 2
Written for KDE SC by yurikoles on 2014-06-13
The next generation desktop from KDE is taking shape and the second
beta is out now for testing. The developers have settled on a name -
Plasma 5, and there is only one month to go until the first release so
please test packages from your distro or download the Neon 5 Live ISO
to see what is working and what needs fixed.
The main layout of the desktop remains similar to previous versions,
no massive new workflows here, but it has been entirely remade in Qt
Quick to give it a smoother more dynamic feel. The new Breeze artwork
from the Visual Design Group is taking shape and various elements made
more consistent so the widget explorer, window and activity switcher
now share a common feel. As with any major release some features are
yet to be ported and some new problems will have slipped in, do let
use know how you find it.
Neon 5 ISO
http://
KDE Ships Third Beta of Applications and Platform 4.13
Written for KDE SC by yurikoles on 2014-03-21
The KDE community today released the third beta of Applications and
Development Platform 4.13. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place,
the focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing. We kindly request your
assistance [1] with finding and fixing issues.
A partial list of improvements can be found in the 4.13 Feature Plan [2]. A
more complete list of the improvements and changes will be available for the
final release in the middle of April.
This third beta release needs a thorough testing in order to improve quality
and user experience. A variety of actual users is essential to maintaining
high KDE quality, because developers cannot possibly test every configuration.
User assistance helps find bugs early so they can be squashed before the final
release. Please join the 4.13 team's release effort by installing the beta and
reporting any bugs [1].
The official announcement [3] has information about how to install the betas.
[1] http://
[2] http://
[3] http://
[kde-announce] KDE Ships February Updates to Applications and Platform
Written for KDE SC by yurikoles on 2014-02-05
Today KDE released updates for its Applications and Development Platform, the
second in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.12 series. This
release also includes an updated Plasma Workspaces 4.11.6. Both releases
contain only bugfixes and translation updates; it will be a safe and pleasant
update for everyone.
More than 20 recorded bugfixes include improvements to the personal
information management suite Kontact, the UML tool Umbrello, the document
viewer Okular, the web browser Konqueror, the file manager Dolphin, and
others. Starting with KWin 4.11.6 there is a hint to exclude a window from the
closing animation. KSnapshot can use this to ensure that it doesn't capture
itself.
A more complete list of changes can be found in KDE's issue tracker. For a
detailed list of changes that went into 4.12.2, you can also browse the Git
logs.
To download source code or packages to install go to the 4.12.2 info page.
If you want to find out more about the 4.12 versions of KDE Applications and
Development Platform, please refer to the 4.12 release notes.
KDE Ships December Updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform
Written for KDE SC by yurikoles on 2013-12-05
Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications and Development
Platform. These updates are the fourth in a series of monthly stabilization
updates to the 4.11 series. As was announced on the release, the workspaces
will continue to receive updates for the next two years. This release only
contains bugfixes and translation updates and will be a safe and pleasant
update for everyone.
At least 65 recorded bugfixes include improvements to the personal information
management suite Kontact, the UML tool Umbrello, the window manager KWin, the
web browser Konqueror, and others. There are many stability fixes.
A more complete list of changes can be found in KDE's issue tracker. For a
detailed list of changes that went into 4.11.4, you can also browse the Git
logs.
To download source code or packages to install go to the 4.11.4 Info Page. If
you want to find out more about the 4.11 versions of KDE Workspaces,
Applications and Development Platform, please refer to the 4.11 release
notes.
