[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“Between radical changes and limited functionality, the
KDE 4 series got off to a rough start. However, with each release,
KDE 4 has improved steadily and silenced more critics. Now, with
the KDE 4.4 release, the series has reached first maturity.“Those who expect everything to behave exactly as it did in the
KDE 3 series may still struggle with 4.4. But, for those willing to
accept change, 4.4 has no shortage of new features to offer,
ranging from the implementation of several long-term directions to
enhanced usability on the desktop — including Plasma Netbook, a
new interface designed specifically for netbook computers.“Released a week ago, KDE 4.4 is rapidly finding its way into
distributions. Packages have already found their way into the
Debian testing and unstable repositories, and guides are available
for installing the new version in many major distributions,
including Fedora, openSuse, and Ubuntu. KDE Concepts New and
Old“For several releases, KDE has been implementing the concepts of
the social desktop — an interface that incorporates online
services — and the semantic desktop — a full index of home
directory content whose first implementation is to simplify
searching on the desktop.”