| KDE 3.5.7 enhances PIM apps, fixes bugs |
May 24, 2007
 The KDE project this week released KDE 3.5.7, a maintenance release of the popular free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. This version brings a renewed focus to KDE-PIM (personal information management) applications.
KAddressBook, KOrganizer, and KAlarm received attention with bugfixes. Additionally, KMail was augmented with the addition of new features and improvements, with both interface work and IMAP handling: it now can manage IMAP quotas, and copy and move all folders.
KDE now supports 65 languages -- making it available to more people than most non-free software -- and can be easily extended to support more languages by communities that wish to contribute to the open-source project, according to a team member.
Other minor enhancements in this maintenance release are said to include:- KPDF now shows tool tips for links when hovering the cursor over them, correctly displays more complex PDF files and reacts to commands for opening the Table of Contents pane.
- Umbrello now can generate and export C# Code and has added Java 5 generics support
Additionally, KDevelop has undergone a "major" upgrade to version 3.4.1. New features include much-improved Code Completion and Navigation, a more reliable debugger interface, Qt 4 support and better Ruby and KDE 4 development support.
In addition to these new and enhanced features, there were many bug fixes across the board, especially in the Edutainment and Games packages and Kopete. Kopete also received a major performance improvement for its chat windows, the team member said.
You can download your own free copy of KDE 3.5.7, and also report bugs, here.
The KDE team is well at work on version 4.0. If all goes according to plan, the "KDE trunk code feature list" will be frozen on June 1. Simultaneously, a list of main modules that will be included in the final release will be announced. This will be followed by the release of KDE 4.0 beta 1 on June 25.
--Chris Preimesberger
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