[dot] KDE 4.0 Beta 2 Released, Codename "Cartoffel"

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1189078926/

From: Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org>
Dept: get-it-while-the-potato-is-hot
Date: Thursday 06/Sep/2007, @04:42

KDE 4.0 Beta 2 Released, Codename &quot;Cartoffel&quot;
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   The KDE Community proudly presents the second Beta release for KDE
4.0 [http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta2.php]. This
release marks the beginning of the feature freeze and the stabilization
of the current codebase. Simultaneously the KOffice
[http://www.koffice.org/] developers have announced their third Alpha
release [http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha3.php],
marking significant improvements in this innovative office suite. Both
KDE [http://behindkde.org/people/soc2007-one/] and KOffice
[http://dot.kde.org/1188249220/] have benefited from the Google Summer
of Code [http://code.google.com/soc/2007/kde/about.html], as most
resulting code has now been merged.  Packages are available for Kubuntu
[http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde4-beta2.php], Mandriva
[http://download.kde.org/binarydownload.html?url=/unstable/3.93/Mandriva/]
and openSUSE [http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4], plus there's the openSUSE
KDE 4 Live CD [http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/].

     Since the libraries were frozen with the first beta
[http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta1.php], KDE
developers have been adding features and functionality to their
applications. Now it is time to start polishing these features; writing
and translating documentation, improving the usability, and completing
the artwork.  As KDE 4.0 is feature-frozen now, going full on into
bugfixing mode, major ideas and changes will be held off until 4.1.
However, some KDE components, such as Plasma [http://plasma.kde.org],
are exempt from this freeze and will still see significant improvements.

     The info page [http://www.kde.org/info/3.93.php] has more
information, including information on how to obtain KDE 4.0 Beta 2.