[dot] KDE 3.5 Released

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From: Tom Chance <>
Dept: just-in-time-for-cheese-and-crackers
Date: Tuesday 29/Nov/2005, @05:25

KDE 3.5 Released
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   The KDE Project is happy to announce a new major release
[http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php] of the award-winning
[http://www.kde.org/awards] K Desktop Environment. Many features have
been added or refined, making KDE 3.5 the most complete, stable and
integrated free desktop environment available.  For a quick look at some
of the new features see the visual guide to KDE 3.5
[http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.php].  Packages
[http://kde.org/info/3.5.php] are available now for ArchLinux
[ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686], Kubuntu
[http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-35.php], Slackware
[http://download.kde.org/binarydownload.html?url=/stable/3.5/contrib/Slackware/10.2/README]
and SuSE
[http://download.kde.org/binarydownload.html?url=/stable/3.5/SuSE/README]
or try Konstruct [http://developer.kde.org/build/konstruct/] to build it
yourself.

     Notable changes include:

    * Konqueror is the second major web browser to pass the Acid2 CSS
      test, ahead of Firefox and Internet Explorer
    * Konqueror can also free webpages from adverts with its new
      ad-block feature
    * SuperKaramba is included in KDE, providing well-integrated and
      easy-to-install widgets for the user's desktop
    * Kopete has support for MSN and Yahoo! webcams
    * The edutainment module has three new applications (KGeography,
      Kanagram and blinKen), and has seen huge improvements in Kalzium

     Stephan Kulow, KDE Release Coordinator, said: "The improvements
made in the past year show how mature the KDE Project is. KDE is the
most powerful desktop environment and development platform in the
market. With huge changes expected in KDE 4, our next release, KDE 3.5
should provide users with the perfect productivity platform for the next
couple of years."