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November 24th, 2011, 14:45 GMT · By

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KDE SC 4.8 Beta 1 Is Available for Testing

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Softpedia is once again the first to announce that the KDE team proudly released a few minutes ago, November 24th, the first Beta version of the upcoming and renewed KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment.

KDE Software Compilation 4.8 will contain features such as Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces, an updated device notifier widget written in QML, a QML-based KWin window switcher, improved file view of Dolphin including a more attractive visual appearance, as well as lots of general performance improvements and assorted bugfixes.

"With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing new and old functionality." - was stated in the official announcement.

Download KDE Software Compilation 4.8 Beta 1 sources right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.

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Comment #1 by: Didier on 13 Dec 2011, 13:04 UTC reply to this comment

I won't try this new KDE release. I have been using the KDE desktop for many years and appreciated its flexibility and user-friendly presentation. But when I upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze, this year, a new version of KDE came together, which was a serious regression. There was no more the possibility to put submenus in the toolbar, which is a "must". The KDE guys have added a new feature called "cashew", an ugly blot in the corners of the screen , but they seem unable to explain what it is, I mean to simple minds like me who don't want to spend weeks to understand it. Anyway I never liked cashews. There is another thing I dislike with KDE: their pretention to provide the whole set of applications one needs on a desktop. I don't see the need to have the same company as my bank, ISP, cell phone operator, butcher and so on. Now on Gnome, by default. I am surprised not to find on the internet an application which would be just a plain, flexible and pretty, toolbar, and nothing more, which might fit with any window manager.

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