What is new in KDE 4.0 and expected in KDE 4.1

KDE 4.0's release event has ended finally last month (January 2008). KDE 4.0 is ready and now available to download. Get it here. In this post, you will be introduced several useful resources to know about KDE and new features in KDE 4.0.

Firstly, I will show you two ways to check the current of your KDE. You should check this before upgrading to a new version.

• Graphical method: open Konqueror and look at what's written in "About"
• Command method: run this command in your terminal
  

  kded --version

Now, you can follows a screenshots tour with 50 nice pictures to know what is new in KDE 4.0. Then, this tutorial will tell you how to install KDE 4 in Kbuntu Gutsy. If you want to know more details of this release please watch "KDE 4.0 Release Event Keynote" below.

KDE users are experting for the release schedule of KDE 4.1 as follows:

• March 31st, 2008: Soft Feature Freeze
• April 22nd, 2008: Hard Feature Freeze
• April 22nd, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1 Alpha 1
• April 29th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1 Alpha 1
• May 20th, 2008: Message Freeze
• May 20th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1 Beta 1
• May 27th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1 Beta 1
• June 17th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1 Beta 2
• June 24th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1 Beta 2
• July 8th, 2008: Artwork Freeze
• July 8th, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1 RC 1
• July 15th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1 RC 1
• July 22nd, 2008: Tag KDE 4.1.0
• July 29th, 2008: Release KDE 4.1