| KDE 3.5.1 hits the desktops |
Feb. 01, 2006
The KDE project Tuesday announced immediate availability of KDE 3.5.1 -- a maintenance release for the latest generation of the popular free Linux/Unix desktop. The new offering provides corrections of problems, in addition to enhanced support for existing translations and new translations, the project said.
KDE 3.5 and maintenance releases such as 3.5.1 serve as the final iterations of the KDE 3.x line, according to the KDE team.
Performance improvements include:- Caching added for getElementById
- Much faster appending of options to selects, and clearing of selects
- Small improvements in efficiency of URL handling in image loader
In addition, the JavaScript debugger is now more reliable; the application now doesn't crash when downloading vocabularies for the KWordQuiz game; and several graphics-affiliated bugs have been remedied, the project said.
An overview of changes and bug fixes is available here
KDE 3.5.1 ships with a basic desktop and 15 other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development, and others). KDE's tools and applications are available in 63 languages.
No new applications have been added to the 3.5.1 release relative to the Nov. 29 release of v3.5. To review the attributes of v3.5 read the DesktopLinux.com news item covering that release, here.
Availability
KDE, including all its libraries and its application package, is available for free download under open source licenses. The software can be obtained in source and numerous binary formats here, and also can be obtained on CD-ROM or with most of the major Linux/Unix systems shipping today.
The project asks that users testing the release please report all bugs via the KDE bug tracking system.
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