[dot] KDE 4 Beta 3 "Cicker" Ready for Testing

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1192657203/

From: jospoortvliet <jospoortvliet at kde.nl>
Dept: release-week
Date: Wednesday 17/Oct/2007, @14:40

KDE 4 Beta 3 &quot;Cicker&quot; Ready for Testing
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   The KDE Community is happy to release the third beta for KDE 4.0
[http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta3.php]. This beta,
aimed at further polishing of the KDE codebase, also marks the freeze of
the KDE Development Platform. We are joined in this release by the
KOffice project [http://www.koffice.org/] which releases its 4th alpha
release [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha4.php],
bringing many improvements in OpenDocument support, a KChart Flake shape
and much more to those willing to test. Read on for more.

     Since the last beta, most of KDE has been frozen for new features,
instead receiving the necessary polish and bugfixing. The components
which were exempt from this freeze saw significant improvements as
planned, and Aaron Seigo notes, "It is amazing to see the Plasma
community growing. The pace of development is amazing, and we're getting
really close to having all the features we want for KDE 4.0 available.
After that, we have a solid foundation for implementing new and exciting
user interface concepts for the Free Desktop".

     KDE 4 is the next generation of the popular KDE Desktop Environment
which seeks to fulfil the need for a powerful yet easy to use desktop
for both personal and enterprise computing. The aim of the KDE project
for the 4.0 release is to put the foundations in place for future
innovations on the Free Desktop. The many newly introduced technologies
incorporated in the KDE libraries will make it easier for developers to
add rich functionality to their applications, combining and connecting
different components in any way they want.