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KDE 4.0.5 released

From:  Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas-AT-kde.org>
To:  kde-announce-AT-kde.org
Subject:  [kde-announce] KDE 4.0.5 Released
Date:  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:53:41 +0200
Message-ID:  <200806041653.41906.sebas@kde.org>

 KDE Community Ships Fifth Translation and Service Release of the 4.0 Free 
Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and 
Translation Updates

June 4, 2008 (The INTERNET). The KDE Community today announced the immediate 
availability of KDE 4.0.5, the fifth bugfix and maintenance release for the 
latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. KDE 4.0.5 
is the fourth monthly update to KDE 4.0. It ships with a basic desktop and 
many other packages; like administration programs, network tools, educational 
applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, web development 
tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in 
49 languages.

The KDE 4.0 desktop

KDE, including all its libraries and its applications, is available for free 
under Open Source licenses. KDE can be obtained in source and various binary 
formats from http://download.kde.org and can also be obtained on CD-ROM or 
with any of the major GNU/Linux and UNIX systems shipping today.
Enhancements

KDE 4.0.5 comes with several bugfixes and performance improvements. Most of 
them are recorded in the changelog. KDE continues to release updates for the 
4.0 desktop on a monthly basis. KDE 4.1, which will bring large improvements 
to the KDE desktop and application will be released in July this year. A 
first Beta is already available for testing.
KDE 4.0.5 stabilises the desktop further, users of previous KDE 4.0 versions 
are encouraged to update. Improvements revolve around lots of bugfixes and 
translation updates. Corrections have been made in such a way that results in 
only a minimal risk of regressions.

Extragear

Since KDE 4.0.0, Extragear applications are also part of regular KDE releases. 
Extragear applications are KDE applications that are mature, but not part of 
one of the other KDE packages.

More information at: http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0.5.php
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