Many new features and refinements make KDE the complete free desktop 
environment

29 November 2005 (The Internet) - The KDE Project [1] is happy to announce a 
new major release of the award-winning [2] K Desktop Environment. Many 
features have been added or refined, making KDE the most complete, stable and 
integrated free desktop environment available.

Notable changes include:
- Konqueror is the second major web browser to pass the Acid2 CSS test, ahead 
of Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera [3]
- Konqueror can also now free webpages from adverts with its ad-block feature
- SuperKaramba is included in KDE, providing well-integrated and 
easy-to-install widgets for the user's desktop
- Kopete has support for MSN and Yahoo! webcams
- The edutainment module has three new applications (KGeography, Kanagram and 
blinKen), and has seen huge improvements in Kalzium

For a more complete log of changes see: 
http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.php

Stephan Kulow, KDE Release Coordinator, said: "The improvements made in the 
past year show how mature the KDE Project is. KDE is the most powerful 
desktop environment and development platform in the market. With huge changes 
expected in KDE 4, our next release, KDE 3.5 should provide users with the 
perfect productivity platform for the next couple of years."

*NOTES*

[1] http://www.kde.org

[2] http://www.kde.org/awards

[3] Safari, developed by Apple using the same technology as Konqueror (KHTML, 
which they call Webcore), narrowly beat us to release. Find out more about 
Safari and KDE here: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/webcore


*ABOUT THE KDE PROJECT*

The KDE project consists of hundreds of developers, translators, artists and 
other contributors worldwide collaborating over the Internet. The community 
create and freely distribute a stable, integrated and free desktop and office 
environment. KDE provides a flexible, component-based, network-transparent 
architecture and powerful development tools, offering an outstanding 
development platform. Reflecting its international team and focus, KDE 3.5 is 
currently available in over 80 different languages.

KDE, which is based on Qt technology from Trolltech, is working proof that the 
Open Source "Bazaar-style" software development model can yield first-rate 
technologies on par with and superior to even the most complex commercial 
software.


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