KDE 4.2 is fast approaching, and will reach final form at the end of this month. The second beta is available now, with the release candidate due next week. I’m surely going to review it, but though I would post my thoughts on this great desktop as it is at this point in its development phase.

The KDE 4 series debuted last year, this same month. KDE 4.0 was released to major skepticism, as it was often referred to as the desktop that would change Linux forever, and ended up not being feature complete. I found KDE 4.0 to be a solid release (yet missing a bunch of features) yet it’s implementation in Kubuntu was absolutely horrible.

When KDE 4.1 entered development, things were still rocky for the popular desktop. Many were hoping that their favorite feature would return, and even more people were ready to bash KDE again if so much as one feature was left unimplemented from KDE3. Most things did improve.

Now the time has come for KDE to try to prove themselves again with KDE 4.2 which is due later this month. I’ve been using it in Kubuntu Intrepid since the first Beta. My experiences with it so far have been good, but mixed.

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