KDE 3.0 Konquerors the World

By Timothy R. Butler | Apr 3, 2002 at 19:9:46

The KDE Project announced today the availability of KDE 3.0. The project’s next generation desktop offers numerous enhancements and upgrades built on top of the excellent foundation that was launched a year and a half ago with KDE 2.0.

Some of the enhancements sported by the new release include dramatically improved web browsing capabilities, which brings KDE’s Konqueror browser to a similar level as that of Internet Explorer 6, an improved printer management framework, and much better internationalization. While the new release is not nearly as dramatically different as was KDE 2 to the first generation KDE, it does offer significant improvements that position it as a true desktop contender.

According to Andreas Pour, Chairman of the KDE League, “KDE systems - combined with GNU/Linux or a UNIX system - offer a compelling solution for enterprises which desire to realize substantial savings in their IT budgets, and comes at an opportune time in light of current economic conditions and runaway licensing fee inflation.” The combination of KDE and Linux, known as “KGX,” has already been adopted in many environments including the City of Largo, Florida and the South Korean Government.

You can find out more about KDE 3.0 by reading the press release or by visiting the KDE League's indepth report on the subject.