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K Desktop Environment 3 is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called KDE Compilation). There are six major releases in this series. K Desktop Environment 3

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1 K Desktop Environment 3.0

2 K Desktop Environment 3.1

3 K Desktop Environment 3.2

4 K Desktop Environment 3.3 K Desktop Environment 3.5 5 K Desktop Environment 3.4 6 K Desktop Environment 3.5 Developer(s) KDE Initial release 3 April 2002 6.1 Enterprise Stable release 3.5.10 / 26 August 7 Release schedule 2008 Development status Superseded by 8 Trinity Desktop Environment KDE SC 4

9 References Written in ++ ( 3) -like with X11 10 External links Available in Multilingual Type Desktop environment K Desktop Environment 3.0 License GPL and other licenses K Desktop Environment 3.0 introduced better support for restricted usage, a feature demanded by certain environments such as kiosks, Internet cafes and enterprise deployments, which disallows the user from having full access to all capabilities of a Website .org (http://kde piece of software.[1] To address these needs, KDE 3.0 included a new lockdown framework, essentially a permissions-based .org/) system for altering application configuration options that supplements the standard UNIX permissions system.[2] The KDE panel and the desktop manager were modified to employ this system, but other major desktop components, such as and the Control Center, had to wait for subsequent releases.[3]

K Desktop Environment 3.0 debuted a new printing framework, KDEPrint. KDEPrint's modular design enabled it to support different printing engines, such as CUPS, LPRng, and LDP/LPR. In conjunction with CUPS, KDEPrint was able to manage an elaborate enterprise networked printing system. Since KDEPrint provides a command-line interface, its framework, including its GUI configuration elements, is accessible to non-KDE applications, such as OpenOffice.org, the Application Suite, and Acrobat Reader.[3]

This release also introduced a new KDE address book providing a central address book for all KDE applications. The new library K Desktop Environment 3.0 is based on the vCard standard and has provisions for being extended by additional backends such as LDAP and database servers.[3]

K Desktop Environment 3.1

K Desktop Environment 3.1 introduced new default (Keramik) and (Crystal) styles as well as several feature enhancements.[4]

The update included greatly improved LDAP integration throughout , enhanced security for KMail (S/MIME, PGP/MIME and X.509v3 support) and Exchange 2000 compatibility for KOrganizer. The desktop lockdown framework, introduced in version 3.0, was extended. Other improvements included tabbed browsing in Konqueror; a new download manager, KGet; a new multimedia player plugin, based on , and a desktop sharing framework.[4]

K Desktop Environment 3.2 K Desktop Environment 3.1 with Konqueror and the About K Desktop Environment 3.2 included new features, such as inline spell checking for web forms and , improved e- and screen. calendaring support, tabs in Konqueror and support for desktop sharing protocol (RDP). Performance and Freedesktop.org standards compliance were improved by lower start up times for applications and strengthened interoperability with other and UNIX software. After the KDE community worked in concert with Apple's team, KDE's web support saw performance boosts and increased compliance with web standards.[6]

KDE Desktop Environment improved usability by reworking many applications, dialogs and control panels to focus on clarity and utility, and by reducing clutter in many menus and . Hundreds of new icons were created to improve the consistency of the environment, along with changes to the default visual style, including new splash screens, animated progress bars and styled panels. The Plastik style debuted in this release.[6]

New applications included:[6] K Desktop Environment 3.2 JuK, a jukebox-style player. with Konqueror and the About , an instant messenger with support for AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, IRC, screen. This release has been SMS and WinPopup. described a watershed for the KWallet, a password and web form data manager. K Desktop Environment.[5] Kontact, a unified interface that draws KDE's , calendaring, address book, notes and other PIM features together. KGpg, a KDE interface for industry-standard encryption tools. , an interactive geometry program. KSVG, an SVG viewer. KMag, KMouseTool and KMouth, new accessibility tools. KGoldRunner, a new game.

K Desktop Environment 3.3

K Desktop Environment 3.3 focused on integrating different desktop components. Kontact was integrated with Kolab, a groupware application, and Kpilot. Konqueror was given better support for contacts, with the capability to send files to IM contacts and support for IM protocols (e.g., IRC). KMail was given the ability to display the online presence of IM contacts. Juk was given support for burning audio CDs with .[7]

This update also included many small desktop enhancements. Konqueror received improvements, an RSS sidebar and a searchbar compatible with all keyword searches. KMail was given HTML composition, anti-spam and anti-virus wizards, automatic handling of mailing lists, improved support for cryptography and a quick search bar. Kopete gained support for file transfers with Jabber, aRts gained jack support and KWin gained new buttons to support more features, such as "always on top".[7] K Desktop Environment 3.3. New applications included:[7]

Kolourpaint, a KPaint replacement. KWordQuiz, KLatin and KTurtle, education packages for schools and families. Kimagemapeditor and klinkstatus, tools for web designers. KSpell2, a new spell checking library improving on KSpell's shortcomings. KThemeManager, a new control center module for global handling of KDE visual themes.

K Desktop Environment 3.4

K Desktop Environment 3.4 focused on improving accessibility. The update added a text-to-speech system with support for Konqueror, , KPDF, the standalone application KSayIt and text-to-speech synthesis on the desktop. A new high contrast style and a complete monochrome icon set were added, as well as an icon effect to paint all KDE icons into any two arbitrary colors (third party application icons would be converted into a high contrast monochrome color scheme).[8]

Kontact got support for various groupware servers, and Kopete was integrated into Kontact. KMail gained the ability to store passwords securely in KWallet. KPDF gained the ability to select and copy and paste text and images from PDFs, along with many other improvements. The update added a new application, Akregator, which provides the ability to read from various RSS-enabled websites all in one application.[8] K Desktop Environment 3.4 The update added DBUS/HAL support to allow dynamic device icons to keep in sync with the state of all devices. Kicker was given an with Konqueror and . improved visual aesthetic, and the system was redesigned to be more flexible. The new desktop environment allows SVG to be used as wallpapers. KHTML was improved standards support, having nearly full support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3. In addition, KHTML plug-ins were allowed to be activated on a case-by-case basis. There were also improvements to the way Netscape plug-ins are handled.[8]

K Desktop Environment 3.5

The K Desktop Environment 3.5 release added SuperKaramba, which provides integrated and simple-to-install widgets to the desktop. Konqueror was given an ad-block feature and became the second web browser to the CSS test, ahead of and . Kopete gained webcam support for the MSN and Yahoo! IM protocols. The edutainment module included three new applications, KGeography, and blinKen. Kalzium also saw improvements.[9]

Kolab Enterprise

The Kolab Enterprise[10] packages are still actively being developed and tested on Kontact 3.5. A version based on Kontact 4 is available but not yet recommended for regular use.[11] KDE 3.5 running the Kontact personal information Release schedule manager and Konqueror . Date[12] Event 3.0 3 April 2002 KDE 3.0 released 22 May 2002 3.0.1 Maintenance release. 2 July 2002 3.0.2 Maintenance release. 19 August 2002 3.0.3 Maintenance release. 9 October 2002 3.0.4 Maintenance release. 18 November 2002 3.0.5 Maintenance release. 21 December 2002 3.0.5a Maintenance release. 9 April 2003 3.0.5b Maintenance release. 3.1 28 January 2003 KDE 3.1 released 20 March 2003 3.1.1 Maintenance release. 9 April 2003 3.1.1a Maintenance release. 19 May 2003 3.1.2 Maintenance release. 29 July 2003 3.1.3 Maintenance release. 20 August 2003 3.1.3a Maintenance release. 16 September 2003 3.1.4 Maintenance release. 14 January 2004 3.1.5 Maintenance release. 3.2 3 February 2004 KDE 3.2 released 9 March 2004 3.2.1 Maintenance release. 19 April 2004 3.2.2 Maintenance release. 9 June 2004 3.2.3 Maintenance release. 3.3 19 August 2004 KDE 3.3 released 12 October 2004 3.3.1 Maintenance release. 8 December 2004 3.3.2 Maintenance release. 3.4 16 March 2005 KDE 3.4 released 31 May 2005 3.4.1 Maintenance release. 28 July 2005 3.4.2 Maintenance release. 13 October 2005 3.4.3 Maintenance release. 3.5 29 November 2005 KDE 3.5 released 31 January 2006 3.5.1 Maintenance release. 28 March 2006 3.5.2 Maintenance release. 31 May 2006 3.5.3 Maintenance release. 2 August 2006 3.5.4 Maintenance release. 11 October 2006 3.5.5 Maintenance release. 25 January 2007 3.5.6 Maintenance release. 22 May 2007 3.5.7 Maintenance release. 16 October 2007 3.5.8 Maintenance release. 19 February 2008 3.5.9 Maintenance release. 26 August 2008 3.5.10 Maintenance release.

Trinity Desktop Environment

The Trinity Desktop Environment project (TDE) is a fork of KDE 3.5, organised and led by Timothy Pearson, who had Trinity Desktop Environment coordinated remixes featuring KDE 3.5, after Kubuntu switched to KDE 4.[15] This project aims to release continuing bug fixes, additional features, and compatibility with recent hardware. Trinity is packaged for , , Red Hat and various other distributions.[16]

Date[17] Event 3.5 29 April 2010 3.5.11 Maintenance release. 3 October 2010 3.5.12 Maintenance release. 1 November 2011 3.5.13 Maintenance release. 12 October 2012 3.5.13.1 Maintenance release. 21 July 2013[18] 3.5.13.2 SRU release. [19] 14.0.0 SRU release. 16 December 2014 Trinity 3.5.12 30 August 2015[20] 14.0.1 SRU release. Developer(s) KDE, Pearson 28 November 2015[21] 14.0.2 SRU release. Computing 28 February 2016[22] 14.0.3 SRU release. 7 November 2016[13] 14.0.4 SRU release. Stable release 14.0.4 / 7 November References 2016[13] Preview release 14.1.0 1. Waldo Bastian (November 12, 2004). "KIOSK Admin Tool user manual". KDE. Retrieved July 26, 2013. Development / 2. Barry O'Donovan (2005). "KDE System Administration – Kiosk". TechBase. KDE. Retrieved July 26, 2013. 28 February 3. "KDE 3.0 Released to public". KDE Community. KDE e.V. 3 April 2002. Retrieved 3 November 2012. [14] 4. "KDE 3.1 Release Announcement". KDE community. KDE e.V. 28 January 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 2016 5. Aaron Seigo. "milestones". Retrieved 2008-11-10. Development status Current 6. "Announcing KDE 3.2". KDE Community. KDE e.V. 3 February 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 7. "Announcing KDE 3.3". KDE community. KDE e.V. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2012. Written in C++ (Qt 3) 8. "Announcing KDE 3.4". KDE Community. KDE e.V. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 9. K Desktop Environment 3.5 Released (http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php) Operating system Unix-like with X11 10. "Kontact development". Kolab Wiki. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2012. Available in Multilingual 11. "KDE Kolab ". Kolab Wiki. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012. 12. KDE Announcements (http://www.kde.org/announcements/) Type Desktop 13. https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2016.11.07 environment 14. https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Nightly_Builds 15. Byfield, Bruce (29 June 2012). "Trinity KDE: KDE 3 Zombified or Resurrected?". Datamation. QuinStreet Inc. Retrieved 3 November 2012. License GPL and other 16. Trinity Desktop Project. "Trinity Desktop Environment". Retrieved 3 November 2012. licenses 17. http://trinitydesktop.org/news.php 18. http://trinity-announce.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::28 Website trinitydesktop.org 19. https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2014.12.16 (http://trinitydeskt 20. https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2015.08.30 op.org/) 21. https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2015.11.28 22. https://trinitydesktop.org/newsentry.php?entry=2016.02.28

External links

KDE 3.0.5b info page (http://www.kde.org/info/3.0.5b.php) Wikibooks has a book KDE 3.1.1a info page (http://www.kde.org/info/3.1.1.php) on the topic of: KDE 3.1.3a info page (http://www.kde.org/info/3.1.3.php) Using KDE

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