KDE 4.4 RC1 Released – openSUSE 11.2 Build Service
Here’s an excerpt from KDE’s release notes for KDE 4.4 RC1:
January 8th, 2010. Today, KDE has released the first release candidate of the nextversion of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). KDE SC 4.4 Release Candidate 1provides a testing base for identifying bugs in the upcoming KDE Software Compilation4.4, with its components the KDE Plasma Workspaces, the Applications powered by KDE,and the KDE Development Platform.The list of changes between 4.3 and 4.4 is especially long. Important changes can beobserved all over the place:The Nepomuk Semantic Search framework has made leaps: A new storage backend makes ita lot faster. New user interfaces to interact with the Nepomuk database are firstdelivered with KDE 4.4.0. A timeline view of your files makes finding files used inthe past easier.The Plasma Desktop has been further polished. Many user interface elements havereceived attention by developers and designers. vrcc . The new widget explorer provides aricher experience for managing desktop widgets. Plasma widgets can now be shared withother users over the network and the handling of storage devices in the desktop shellhas been streamlined. Also, in 4.4 Plasma’s little sibling, the Netbook shell debutsas a technology preview.New applications on the horizon range from Blogilo, a rich-client blogging tool toCantor and Rocs, two scientific applications for advanced math and graph theoryneeds. Many other applications, such as the Gwenview image viewer and the Dolpin filemanager have been further improved.The KDE Development Platform adds the new KAuth authorization framework for easy andsecure privilege escalation, printing of odd and even pages, scanner support for theWindows platform and the first pieces of integration of the popular webkit renderingengine.These are only some of the new features one can expect from the new KDE SoftwareCompilation 4.4, there is also a longer list of the changes. The long list of changesalso comes with an even longer list of smaller and bigger bugfixes and performanceenhancements which lead to a noticable improvement of the user experience.The release is named after Cornelius Schumacher, who is and continues to be one ofthe cornerstones of the KDE community.
To install on openSUSE, we’ll use the openSUSE KDE Factory Build Service.To add the repository do: sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.2/ openSUSE 11.2 KDE Factory Desktop
I also recommend adding the community repository by doinig: sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.2_KDE4_Factory_Desktop/ openSUSE 11.2 KDE Factory Community
If you wish, you can set both repositories to refresh automatically by doing: sudo zypper mr -r openSUSE 11.2 KDE Factory Community && sudo zypper mr -r openSUSE 11.2 KDE Factory Desktop
Now you can update your installation by doing:sudo zypper up
You’ll now have KDE 4.4 RC1, and best of all, if you read my repost of kde repositories explainedyou’ll nove that this repository will have the final KDE 4.4 when it’s released. jewelry stores .
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