KDE Applications
Original author(s) | KDE |
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Developer(s) | KDE |
Initial release | December 17, 2014[1] |
Development status | Active |
Written in | C++, QML |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, et al. |
Type | |
License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
Website |
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The KDE Applications Bundle is a set of applications and supporting libraries that are designed for KDE desktop environments KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 primarily used on Linux based operating systems and released on a common release schedule. Previously the KDE Applications Bundle was part of the KDE Software Compilation. The bundle is composed of over 100 applications and is in the process of being ported from KDE Platform 4 to KDE Frameworks 5. Examples of prominent applications in the bundle include the file manager Dolphin, document viewer Okular, text editor Kate, archiving tool Ark and terminal emulator Konsole.
List of Applications
Releases
The KDE Applications Bundle is released every four months and has bugfix releases in each intervening month. A date-based version scheme is used, which is composed of the year and month. A third digit is used for bugfix releases.[2]
KDE Applications Bundle release history | ||
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Version | Key feature | Date |
[1] | 14.12Kate, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram, KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 17 Dec 2014 |
[3] | 15.04Rocs, Cantor, Kompare, Kdenlive and KDE Telepathy ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 15 Apr 2015 |
[4] | 15.08Dolphin and Ark ported to KDE Frameworks 5. Technology preview of KF5-based Kontact suite. | 19 Aug 2015 |
[5] | 15.12KSnapshot was replaced by Spectacle, KTuberling, Klickety and KNavalBattle have also been updated to use KDE Frameworks 5. | 16 Dec 2015 |
[6] | 16.04New music education software (Minuet), KHelpCenter now part of KDE Applications, bugfixes to Kontact, Ark | 20 Apr 2016 |
[7] | 16.08Kolourpaint, Cervisia, KDiskFree, The Kontact Suite, Marble | 18 Aug 2016 |
[8] | 16.12Kwave; Okular, Konqueror, KGpg, KTouch and Kalzium ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 15 Dec 2016 |
17.04 | 20 Apr 2017 | |
17.08 | ||
Old version Latest version Latest preview version Future release |
References
- 1 2 "KDE Ships KDE Applications 14.12.0". KDE. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
- ↑ "KDE Techbase - Schedules". KDE. 2015-07-07.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 15.04.0". KDE. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 15.08.0". KDE. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 15.12.0". KDE. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 16.04.0". KDE. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 16.08.0". KDE. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ↑ "KDE Ships KDE Applications 16.12.0". KDE. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2016-12-17.