Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard over the last half year to bring 4.7 to fruition and bring another great release of world class Free software into the world. Features, performance, new platforms .. this release has a bit of everything while remaining on the solid, know-where-we-are-headed evolutionary road.
To coin a phrase, and in reference to the graphic above, it's all coming together .. and what timing! People are looking for modern, stable Free software and the KDE community is putting it out left and right. With the Big Release date, the Platform, Applications and Workspaces have their big day, this time joined by Kontact for the first time in a while.
Of course, we have a lot simmering in the pots that are still on the stove, too! While we've worked hard on the Plasma Desktop and Netbook 4.7 releases which feature several performance improvements as well as feature enhancements, not least of which are improvements to Activities and the use of OpenGL ES for window managaement, we've also been pushing Plasma Active forward relentlessly. Some times I wonder where we get all the energy from, and then I turn around, look at my team mates as well our greatful users and remember where it comes from ... :)
In one week's time I'll be boarding a train with some of the Swiss KDE Contingent as we head off on an overnight train to Berlin to take part in the Desktop Summit. It is there that we will take stock of where we are in light of this terrific release and take another bold set of steps forward.
While our users will be enjoying the "fresh off the presses" 4.7 releases, we'll already be hard at work on turning KDE Platform into KDE Frameworks, bringing Plasma Active and the whole Active movement further into the sunlight, bonding with others in our community and forging new relationships across project boundaries.
So tonight, as I sit watching the people of the Internet spread the word of 4.7, I just can't help but look forward. Viva la 4.7! Viva la git master! :)
Enjoy the release everyone, and I'll see many of you in Berlin really soon!
5 comments:
Plasma Active desktop = KDE 5.0.
Plasma on KDE 4.7 = great ;)
We'll wait, and enjoy what's available. Congrats to the Plasma team; screen rotation with Plasma works better than ever (and better than Windows, too!)
Kongrats Aaron.
"While we've worked hard on the Plasma Desktop and Netbook 4.7 releases which feature several performance improvements as well as feature enhancements, not least of which are improvements to Activities and the use of OpenGL ES for window managaement"
Interesting to hear, i am currently contemplating upgrading to KDE4.7 on my opensuse 11.4 powered netbook, so is there a list of the features and improvements for the netbook interface?
Is the OpenGL 2.0 ES support likely to work on an old Intel GMA 950, and would it require an updated graphics stack in the form of MESA etc?
Many thanks.
I am a KDE user since a few months after entering the GNU/Linux's world, and it is the DE I choose for new people who are interested in using Linux. KDE is beautiful, amazing, and full of possibilites yet to discover.
I would like to thank personally all the devs who worked to make KDE and the related apps what they are nowadays, but it is impossible. So please, spread these few words:
¡¡THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
:) thank you Aaaaaaroon
I love KDE, but have to say I'm bored of that default blue and shinny oxygen stuff.
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