Qt5 .. KDE5? | Linux Today

Qt5 .. KDE5?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 12, 2011

“As most of those who read my blog have already heard, Qt5 is on
its way. The target is 2012 and the focus is QtQuick where there is
a high degree of separation between display and data and things are
rendered using a hardware accelerated (read: OpenGL) scene graph.
This is very much in line with where we are heading with Plasma as
well. Exciting times!

“What does this mean for KDE? Will there be a KDE5 in 2012 as
well? What would a KDE5 look like? I know these are the questions
on some of your minds, if only because some of you have already
started asking myself and others about it. 😉

“The short answer is that we don’t know yet, but we’re working
on it.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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