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KDE SC 4.8

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Today, January 25, came the long-awaited version of one of the most popular DE for Unix-like systems – KDE SC 4.8.

The main innovations:

  • Plasma
    • A partial translation by QML.
    • Added new features to the rooms. Now they make sense, since there was a feature of energy saving profile settings for each of the rooms. Long live the smart energy saving! Also added a handy switch rooms.
    • Added the possibility of simultaneous automatic grouping on taskbar and window title bars.
    • Added Icontasks.
    • Fixed a bug where when you press the power button, the shut down menu to appear only after 15-20 seconds.

  • Applications
    • Dolphin 2.0
      • The new, written from scratch, the engine gives acceleration Dolphin opening and viewing directories at times.
    • Has been greatly improved functionality Kate.
    • In KMix added MPRIS2-Backend, which allows to control the volume of programs such as Amarok, VLC, Banshee and others without Pulseaudio.
    • Also added a lot of nice and light effects, such as the Dolphin and Gwenview, to hide the sharp rendering.
    • Now in Okular correctly indicates text consisting of several stobtsov.
  • KWin and the environment
    • A partial translation by QML.
    • Done a lot of work to optimize the KWin.
    • Was added daemon KSecretService.
    • Now possible to configure the switch type of windows (at Atl + Tab).
    • OpenGL ES is now available as an engine for rendering Kwin.
    • Tags Nepomuk now been translated into unicode.
  • KDEPIM
    • Improved application integration c Akonadi.
    • You can now monitor and control the means Akonadi Plasma.
  • The overall optimization.
  • Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.

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