KDE 3.5.4 Released

The KDE Project team announced yesterday the availability of KDE 3.5.4, a maintenance release. Over 10 new features were added and more than 100 bugs were fixed. For a more detailed list of improvements since the KDE 3.5.3, which was released in May 2006, please refer to the KDE 3.5.4 Changelog.

KDE is a powerful Free Software graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality, and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. KDE is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under the MacOS or Microsoft Windows.

KDE 3.5.4 ships with a basic desktop and fifteen other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in 65 languages.

Significant enhancements include:
￭ Improved removable device support in Linux (users can now mount all devices supported by FreeDesktop's HAL and control how it will be done)
￭ Speed optimizations in Konsole and Kate
￭ Multiple holidays can now start on the same date in KOrganizer
￭ Lots of fixes in Konqueror's HTML engine, KHTML
￭ The dialog for sending client-side SSL certificates is now more usable
￭ KNetworkConf now supports Fedora Core 5 and handles WEP keys better

You can download KDE now from Softpedia.