KDE 3.5.4 released

KDE 3.5.4 features translations in 65 languages, enhanced removable device 
support and improvements in the HTML rendering engine (KHTML).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2, 2006 (The INTERNET). The KDE Project today announced the immediate 
availability of KDE 3.5.4, a maintenance release for the most advanced and 
powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE now supports 65 
languages, making it available to more people than most non-free software and 
can be easily extended to support others by communities who wish to 
contribute to the open source project.

Significant enhancements include: 
* Improved removable device support in Linux (users can now mount all devices 
supported by FreeDesktop's HAL and control how it will be done) 
* Speed optimisations in Konsole and Kate
* Multiple holidays can now start on the same date in KOrganizer
* Lots of fixes in Konqueror's HTML engine, KHTML
* The dialog for sending client-side SSL certificates is now more usable
* KNetworkConf now supports Fedora Core 5 and handles WEP keys better

Over 27 new features were added and more than 150 bugs were fixed. For a more 
detailed list of improvements since the KDE 3.5.3 release in May 2006, please 
refer to the KDE 3.5.4 Changelog:
http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_5_...

KDE 3.5.4 ships with a basic desktop and fifteen other packages (PIM, 
administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, 
web development and more). KDE's award-winning tools and applications are 
available in 65 languages.


*FOR MORE INFORMATION*

The KDE Project web site: http://www.kde.org


*ABOUT THE KDE PROJECT*

The KDE project consists of hundreds of developers, translators, artists and 
other contributors worldwide collaborating over the Internet. The community 
create and freely distribute a stable, integrated and free desktop and office 
environment. KDE provides a flexible, component-based, network-transparent 
architecture and powerful development tools, offering an outstanding 
development platform. Reflecting its international team and focus, KDE 3.5 is 
currently available in over 80 different languages.

KDE, which is based on Qt technology from Trolltech, is working proof that the 
Open Source "Bazaar-style" software development model can yield first-rate 
technologies on par with and superior to even the most complex commercial 
software.