KDE 4.2 beta 1 on Gentoo
KDE 4.2 is set for release on January 27th. Eager to see what is new and improved, I installed beta 1 on my Gentoo box. This is a snapshot of the current development tree that will eventually be released as KDE 4.2.
A quick blurb about KDE 4.1:
Busy with other things, I never wrote about KDE 4.1 on Gentoo. I’ve been using KDE 4.1 since 4.1.1 with the kde-testing overlay which has since entered portage and been bumped to 4.1.3. This is a good release and well worth at least testing if you are a KDE user. I’ve found it to be quite stable and use it exclusively for every day work. The Gentoo KDE team has done an excellent job creating ebuilds for it.
What’s new?
Plasma received a lot of polish and is beginning to eclipse Krunner and indeed all other desktop and panels that I have used. Much needed features such as changing the panel height, auto-hide, and screen edge selection have been added. The task bar is highly configurable in typical KDE fashion, allowing you to define task grouping, sorting, filtering based on current desktop or screen or minimized windows only, as well as allowing manual grouping. The system tray also now allows hiding of unwanted tray icons.
Here’s a screen shot cluttered with various plasmoids for demonstration. It’s nice to see the community thinking up some fun and useful plasmoids.
Also: John C Dvorak: Review - KDE 4 - Linux GUI interface - SUCKS
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