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KDE 12 Iterations After the 4.0 Release

Now is the time to abandon Windows and dodge Microsoft trespassing

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Summary: The world's most features-rich desktop is coming to a milestone which represents expansion to yet more form factors

KDE SC is approaching its 12th KDE4 release [1], which brings further improvement [2] not just for desktops [3]. KDE has become a platform for tablets and perhaps phones, not just desktops and laptops. Even home media centers are an area of focus and in places like CERN KDE gets uses scientifically as a kind of server/experiments front end. Based on what we've seen on the Web, these efforts from KDE are all fruitful and people are increasingly satisfied with KDE, even those who used to dislike it. Development of KDE continues [4] even if some KDE/Qt applications lose momentum [5] (they cannot die, in part owing to the licence) and new GNU/Linux releases continue to show signs of confidence in KDE; even the bad guys use KDE [6]. GNOME has a new release too [7] and it brings significant improvements [8], which helps show that a decade and a half down the line these two leading desktop environments can coexist and mutually thrive. Now is an excellent time to migrate to GNU/Linux. It's mature, it's reliable, it is easy to use, and it's user-respecting. People no longer should assume that Microsoft is inescapable.



Related/contextual items from the news:

  1. KDE Ships Third Beta of Applications and Platform 4.12
    KDE has released the third beta of the 4.12 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.


  2. KDE Applications Get Further Fixes In 4.12 Beta 3
    The third beta of KDE 4.12 was released this week, but for those that missed the news only really are the 4.12 apps being improved in this next KDE desktop release.


  3. KDE Plasma Media Center 1.2 Beta Has New Features
    Plasma Media Center, the KDE project to slowly take on the likes of XBMC and provide a nice user-interface for multimedia tasks atop the KDE experience, is up to version 1.2 beta. The 1.2 beta release of Plasma Media Center is packing a number of new features.


  4. KDE Commit-Digest for 10th November 2013


  5. KDE's Kdenlive Video Editor Has Gone Dark
    While there's many Kdenlive fans out there for the KDE-focused open-source video editor, it seems new development efforts around the project have ceased.


  6. openSUSE 13.1 KDE


  7. GNOME 3.10.2 Has Been Officially Released


  8. GNOME Shell 3.11.2 Supports Disabling Browser Plugin


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