KDE Software Compilation 4.8 Beta 1 is available for download

Nov 24, 2011 14:45 GMT  ·  By

Softpedia is once again the first to announce that the KDE team proudly released a few minutes ago, November 24th, the first Beta version of the upcoming and renewed KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment.

KDE Software Compilation 4.8 will contain features such as Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces, an updated device notifier widget written in QML, a QML-based KWin window switcher, improved file view of Dolphin including a more attractive visual appearance, as well as lots of general performance improvements and assorted bugfixes.

"With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing new and old functionality." - was stated in the official announcement.

Download KDE Software Compilation 4.8 Beta 1 sources right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.