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KDE Ships April Updates, Codename: Congrats

Wednesday, 6 April 2011


KDE Releases April Updates, Codename: "Congrats"

KDE Community Ships April Updates, Congratulates GNOME

Today, KDE has released a series of updates to the Plasma Desktop and Netbook workspaces, the KDE Applications and the KDE Frameworks. This update is the second in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.6 series. 4.6.2 brings many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.6 series and is a recommended update for everyone running 4.6.1 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE's software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

The codename "Congrats" dedicates this release to our friends over at the GNOME camp, who release a new major version today.

To download source code or packages to install go to the 4.6.2 Info Page. The changelog lists more, but not all improvements since 4.6.1.

The KDE Plasma Netbook Workspace
The KDE Plasma Netbook Workspace

Note that the changelog is incomplete. For a complete list of changes that went into 4.6.2, you can browse the Subversion or Git log. 4.6.2 also ships a more complete set of translations for many of the 55+ supported languages.

To find out more about the KDE 4.6 Workspace and Applications, please refer to the 4.6.0, 4.5.0, 4.4.0, 4.3.0, 4.2.0, 4.1.0 and 4.0.0 release notes. 4.6.2 is a recommended update for everyone running 4.6.1 or earlier versions.

The KDE Software Compilation, including all its libraries and its applications, is available for free under Open Source licenses. KDE's software can be obtained in source and various binary formats from download.kde.org or with any of the major GNU/Linux and UNIX systems shipping today.

Installing 4.6.2 Binary Packages

Packages. Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of 4.6.2 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Additional binary packages, as well as updates to the packages now available, may become available over the coming weeks.

Package Locations. For a current list of available binary packages of which the KDE Project has been informed, please visit the 4.6.2 Info Page.

Compiling 4.6.2

The complete source code for 4.6.2 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing 4.6.2 are available from the 4.6.2 Info Page.

Supporting KDE

KDE is a Free Software community that exists and grows only because of the help of many volunteers that donate their time and effort. KDE is always looking for new volunteers and contributions, whether it is help with coding, bug fixing or reporting, writing documentation, translations, promotion, money, etc. All contributions are gratefully appreciated and eagerly accepted. Please read through the Supporting KDE page for further information or become a KDE e.V. supporting member through our new Join the Game initiative.

About KDE

KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Windows, Haiku, and macOS.


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