KDE releases version 4.7 of Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform

Posted by JLP on Jul 28, 2011 2:36 AM EDT
KDE; By Jure Repinc
Mail this story
Print this story

KDE 4.7 releases provide many new features and improved stability and performance.

Lots of visual polishing took place with an update to the Oxygen icons, and improved consistency between panel items such as clock and notification areas. The window manager KWin brings a new shadow system and can now run on OpenGL ES supporting hardware, making it better suited for mobile devices. Network management widget is much improved. Navigating through applications and recent files is easier with the addition of breadcrumbs to the Kickoff application launcher. Kontact groupware solution rejoins the rest of the KDE software, with increased stability, better connection to new services and sharing of communication information between more applications. Dolphin file manager has a cleaner default appearance. The menu bar is hidden, but easy to reach and restore. The file searching interface has been improved. Marble the virtual globe now has voice navigation support and a map creation wizard. Gwenview image viewer now offers the ability to compare two or more pictures side by side. Digikam photo management app brings face detection and recognition.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Announcements, News Story; Groups: KDE, Linux

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.