KDE 4.3: Stable, Fast, but Still Not Perfect
It’s hard to believe that six months has passed since the release of KDE 4.2. Now the latest issue of the popular desktop has arrived in version 4.3. While a great release by itself, there are some remaining issues that remain that keep it from absolute perfection.
First of all, let’s talk about the good things. KDE 4.3 is stable. Very stable. It seemed apparent from the start that the KDE developers were taking no prisoners with the stability of this release. As someone that has been playing with this new version since its first beta, I’ll be the first to tell you that it’s been more stable than normal from the start. Granted, there were the usual bugs found during testing, but nowhere near as many as I was used to. The major issue was the constant crashing when the first release candidate was published, and then seemingly out of nowhere a second release candidate was created that solved that problem. Just as we thought we were getting closer to the final release, a third release candidate was published (again, out of nowhere) and the release date for the final product was pushed back a week. This is the first time in the entire KDE 4.x release cycle that anything more than a first release candidate was ever published (let alone delaying an entire release), so it’s clear that the KDE guys meant business and were dedicated to get the major issues fixed.
KDE 4.3 ships some really amazing features.
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