KDE 4.11 Beta1 available

announce-4.11-beta1

The team behind KDE SC announced version availability 4.11 Beta1, a preview of what will undoubtedly be the best version of the series 4.X de KDE.

  • Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces: Qt-Quick continues to make its way into Plasma workspaces. Not only does it make the desktop much faster, but it enables greater integration and more powerful applications. One of the core plasma gadgets, the task manager, was completely rewritten in Plasma Quick. The battery widget was overhauled and information about all batteries (eg mouse, keyboard) in a system is now displayed.
  • Much faster Nepomuk indexing: the Nepomuk semantic engine has received massive performance optimizations (for example, reading data is 6 times faster). Indexing happens in two stages: the first stage immediately retrieves general information (such as file type and name). Additional information like MP3 tags, author information and the like is extracted in a second stage, somewhat slower. Viewing metadata is now much faster, in addition, Nepomuk system backup and restore has been improved. The system also has new document indexers like odt or docx.
  • Contact: You now have a faster indexer for your PIM data with improvements to Nepomuk, and a new theme editor for email headers. The way you handle email images now allows you to resize images on the fly. Every KDE PIM suite has a ton of bug fixes, such as the way it handles Google Calendar resources. The PIM Import Wizard allows users to import settings and data for little piece (the IMAP Qt email client) and all other importers were improved as well.
  • KWin and wayland: Wayland's support on KWin has started. Some of the stationery has been rewritten in JavaScript for ease of maintenance.

More improvements can be found in Function Plan 4.11 . Arch users can already test it from the Unstable repositories as they can appreciate here.


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  1.   likewho said

    I really like that components written with Qt Quick are still included in my beloved KDE <3
    The first thing that caught my eye on the screenshot was the power management plasmoid. Perfect!

    1.    Ñandekuera said

      It's KDE 4.11, that is, KDE> 3 😉

      1.    izzyvp said

        He knows it's KDE 4.11 that "3" you put looks like angry cat (I know you wanted to put greater than three).

        1.    elav said

          He put <3 which means a heart ... xDDD

        2.    dhunter said

          Let me clarify ... «<3" is an emoticon that expresses affection, it is like blowing a kiss.

          I <3 KDE

          1.    Ñandekuera said

            I clarify that «; ) »Means a wink, that is complicity, that is, it was a joke and I know it was a little heart ... haha

  2.   sieg84 said

    for openSUSE 12.3 users it is already in the KDF repos

    1.    Mr. Linux said

      Thank you

  3.   likewho said

    Off-topic: Does anyone use or have used ROSA Launcher (aka Simple Welcome) on Arch Linux? I have tried to use it again, installing it from AUR (kdeplasma-applets-rosalauncher), but it does not appear in the list of available plasmoids: / Will it be incompatible with the latest version of KDE?

  4.   KaKaRoTo said

    … Some of the stationery has been rewritten in JavaScript to facilitate maintenance ...

    mother of god

    1.    KaKaRoTo said

      Shouldn't the desktop environment tmb come out?

  5.   KaKaRoTo said

    … Some of the stationery has been rewritten in JavaScript to facilitate maintenance ...

    mother of god

  6.   elendilnarsil said

    KDE Rules !!!

  7.   cooper15 said

    It is better every time, the battery section I do not understand it shows the level of charge of the mouse and wireless keyboard ???

    1.    elav said

      So is..

  8.   TUDz said

    Ufff as soon as the first RC comes out I throw myself to try 😀

    In an off-topic section… Is there an option to display the NetRunner logo through the UserAgent configuration? It shows me the Ubuntu one 🙁 And if there is no such option, who do I have to send the logo to so that it appears? xD Greetings to all

    1.    nosferatuxx said

      in my case I tried wiggling it in about: config but not like that, it kept showing the ubuntu logo; so I ended up using a useragent plugin for firefox on the laptop. I still don't put it on the desktop.

    2.    eliotime3000 said

      This can help you: https://blog.desdelinux.net/tips-como-cambiar-el-user-agent-de-firefox/

      It worked for me when I passed Firefox for Windows into Iceweasel.

  9.   john moon said

    Wow, I have 4.8 on Debian. How did I go to restinga?

    1.    john moon said

      Sorry, I meant to "Testing" is that the Android checker changed the word XD

  10.   eliotime3000 said

    Good for KDE. I hope this desktop gets better and better, as Slackware has chosen this desktop wisely before GNOME went to hell with its 3rd. version.

  11.   Angel_Le_Blanc said

    112

    1.    Angel_Le_Blanc said

      excuse me, I was testing my user agent

      1.    Angel_Le_Blanc said

        Reach the blue enlightenment, the balance, the Buddha. Done, I just installed Chakra

        1.    msx said

          Hahahaha, excellent phrase to start a post about Chakra 😉
          Hope to see you on the forums!

        2.    msx said

          Oops, I forgot to embellish the UA with the colors of Chakra and KDE SC 😀

  12.   Angel_Le_Blanc said

    I wonder how long it will take to get to Chakra as stable, Chakra use it for KDE, and the rest with Arch. There should be an option that allows us to remove our own comments.

  13.   Blitzkrieg said

    I like KDE but it takes 40 sec to start (disable various services and remain the same -.-)

    1.    Angel_Le_Blanc said

      40 seconds to organize yourself and be clear about what to do, right?

    2.    Angel_Le_Blanc said

      But if you are concerned I use Arch with Openbox so it didn't take so long, Gentoo without X to make quick annotations and listen to music without being distracted.
      And now Chakra, but I still tolerate that time

  14.   ChepeV said

    KDE looks better every time 😀

  15.   dosyogoro said

    When will a backup and restore button in Kontact or Akonadi for the entire KDE-PIM? Emails, settings, contacts, notes, calendars, organizers, etc.

    Akonadi now only copies what is live, in share, and therefore does not have to copy all your data and settings.

    Yes, I know there is a manual method. But why don't they make these simplifying tools? And that they were also compatible with future versions of these programs.

    I suppose that Akonadi will be the answer, but right now it is far from being a true backup / restore tool that gives confidence and security in the treatment of all your data and settings with respect to a PIM.