Hands On: Plasma Continues to Advance in KDE 4.1 Beta 1 | Linux Today

Hands On: Plasma Continues to Advance in KDE 4.1 Beta 1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 30, 2008

“The KDE development community has issued the first official KDE
4.1 beta. This release includes the Kontact PIM suite and
significant improvements to KDE’s Plasma desktop layer. Many of the
components in beta 1 are extremely unstable and subject to frequent
crashes, but the overall level of polish and functionality in the
environment is increasing at an extraordinary pace.

“We have been closely watching the evolution of the Plasma
interaction layer during the 4.1 development cycle and have seen
the addition of many exciting features. There are some particularly
intriguing Plasma improvements in beta 1 that deserve
scrutiny…”


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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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