“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…”