[dot] KDE 4.1 Released, Dedicated to Uwe Thiem

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1217341401/

From: Sebastian Kuegler <sebas at kde.org>
Dept: dont-look-back
Date: Tuesday 29/Jul/2008, @07:23

KDE 4.1 Released, Dedicated to Uwe Thiem
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   6 months after the release of KDE 4.0, the KDE community today
announced [http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/] the released of the
second feature release in the KDE4 era. Lots of changes have gone into
this release and the KDE community hopes to be able to make most
early-adopting users happy with this release. Lots of feedback from
people trying out KDE 4.0 has gone into KDE 4.1, filling most of the
gaps people experienced with the 4.0 releases. Highlights of KDE 4.1 are
the KDE PIM suite, which has returned in its KDE4 incarnation, a more
mature Plasma desktop and many, many new features and applications. Make
sure to take some time to read through the high-level changelog
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Release_Goals] or even the
more detailed feature plan
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Feature_Plan] on Techbase.
Before you try KDE 4.1, please read the KDE4 End User FAQ
[http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=End%20User%20FAQ] and make an
educated guess whether KDE 4.1 is for you.
 [http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/Is_KDE_4.1_for_you%3F]
      [http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.1/]
 The release is dedicated to KDE's contact in Africa, Uwe Thiem. Uwe
passed away [http://dot.kde.org/1216068830/] after a kidney failure two
weeks ago. Africa's new press contact for KDE is AJ Venter, a friend of
Uwe's who stepped up on short notice to help with filling the gap Uwe's
death leaves in the KDE community.
 Meanwhile, KDE's Release Team scheduled
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.1_Release_Schedule] a number
of bugfix and translation updates. KDE 4.1.1 will be made available on
September 3rd, 4.1.2 will be out on October 1st, and 4.1.3 will be there
on November 5th. KDE 4.2.0 will in 6 months, the release date is set to
January 27th 2009.