KDE 4.0 Beta 2 Released

Posted by Michael Larabel on September 06, 2007

While KDE 4.0 has been delayed until the end of December, for those users wishing to try out the latest KDE 4.0 work can find all of the latest desktop enhancements in KDE 4.0 Beta 2. KDE 4.0 Beta 2 introduces new features and functionality and a majority of the K Desktop is now under a feature-freeze until KDE 4.1. The remaining months will be spent on bug fixing. Some of the specific work done for KDE 4.0 Beta 2 affects Blitz, Avogardo for 3D molecule visualization, Google Summer of Code projects, and integration between Amarok and Plasma. The KDE 4.0 Beta 2 release is accompanied by the third alpha release for KOffice. More information is available at KDE.org.

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