What's new with KDE 4.3?

KDE 4 got off to a slow start. Version 4.0 offered significant revisions under the hood, but the end user features still needed some polishing. Many users were disappointed with version 4.0, which was intended primarily for developers. Versions 4.1 and 4.2 were suitable for daily use, but KDE fans still had to do without a number of the features offered with KDE 3.

Version 4.3, alias Caizen, brings KDE 4 back to calmer waters [1]. Caizen refers to a Japanese philosophy of gradual or continuous improvement (Kaizen) [2].

Installation

Many distributions offer ready-to-run packages for KDE 4.3. Users of openSUSE can go to the KDE page [3] and install the necessary packages through YaST. Be sure to accept the signature keys for the new packages. To resolve a couple of conflicts manually, select openSUSE Build Service as the provider for Qt 4.5.2 and most other packages.

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