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KDE 4.2.3 Released
6th May 2009
"KDE Community Ships Second Update To Leading Free Software Desktop."

KDE Community Ships Third Translation and Service Release of the 4.2 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates

The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.2.3, another bugfix and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop.

This is a monthly update to KDE 4.2. It ships with desktop workspace and many cross-platform applications such as administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, development tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages.

As a service release, the changelog contains a list of bugfixes and improvements. The most user-visible improvements are:

• Online IMAP filtering in KMail has been fixed.
• KMail's system tray icon now reacts to changes to folder properties and updates the number of emails shown there automatically
• Bugfixes, performance improvements and optimization in KHTML - Painting and interoperability with web standards has been further improved

Note that the changelog is usually incomplete, for a complete list of changes that went into KDE 4.2.3, you can browse the Subversion log. KDE 4.2.3 also ships a more complete set of translations.

KDE, including all its libraries and its applications, is available for free under Open Source licenses.
KDE can be obtained in source and various binary formats from http://download.kde.org and can also be obtained on CD-ROM or with any of the major GNU/Linux and UNIX systems shipping today.

KDE 4.2.4 Release Announcement
June 3, 2009

KDE Community Ships Fourth Translation and Service Release of the 4.2 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates

Another month has passed, and the KDE Community announces the immediate availability of KDE 4.2.4, another bugfix and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. This is a monthly update to KDE 4.2.

It ships with a desktop workspace and many cross-platform applications such as administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, development tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages.
KDE 4.2.4 is the last release planned for the KDE 4.2 series, which will be followed up by KDE 4.3 at the end of July, 6 months after KDE 4.2 was released. In the case that a security issue or another grave bug arises, there might be a KDE 4.2.5, of course.

http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.2.4.php

KDE 4.3.0

KDE 4.3 (Codename: "Caizen") Delivers Incremental Innovations to the Free Desktop Users and Software Developers

4 August, 2009. The KDE Community today announces the immediate availability of "Caizen", (a.k.a KDE 4.3), bringing many improvements to the user experience and development platform. KDE 4.3 continues to refine the unique features brought in previous releases while bringing new innovations. With the 4.2 release aimed at the majority of end users, KDE 4.3 offers a more stable and complete product for the home and small office.

http://kde.org/announcements/4.3/

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KDE Community Delivers Incremental Innovations With New KDE 4.3 Release
KDE 4.3 (Codename: "Caizen") Delivers Incremental Innovations to the Free Desktop Users and Software Developers

4 August, 2009. The KDE community has fixed over 10,000 bugs and implemented almost 2,000 feature requests in the last 6 months. Close to 63,000 changes were checked in by a little under 700 contributors. Read on for an overview of the changes in the KDE 4.3 Desktop Workspace, Application Suites and the KDE 4.3 Development Platform.
Desktop Improves Performance And Usability

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The KDE Desktop Workspace provides a powerful and complete desktop experience that features excellent integration with Linux and UNIX operating systems. The key components that make up the KDE Desktop Workspace include:

• KWin, a powerful window manager that provides modern 3D graphical effects
• The Plasma Desktop Shell, a cutting-edge desktop and panels system that features productivity enhancements and online integration through customizable widgets
• Dolphin, a user-friendly, network- and content-aware file manager
• KRunner, a search and launch system for running commands and finding useful information
• easy access to desktop and system controls through SystemSettings.

Well worth reading all the improvements and innovations: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.3/