The KDE project released a third snapshot of KDE 4 last Friday, which I covered on Linux.com. KDE devs Aaron Seigo and Will Stephenson were kind enough to answer a slew of questions about the snapshot, so mosey over to Linux.com if you’d like to get the scoop on where KDE 4 development is at right now.
I also went ahead and installed the developer snapshot on my machine, via the Kubuntu repository. (Thanks Kubunterinos!) It’s really not ready for end users yet. I logged out of KDE 3.5.6, and logged back into KDE 3.8.03, and it was… well, pretty darn buggy. I tried launching a few apps, managed to lock up Kicker and really didn’t accomplish much.
That’s not a criticism, it’s advertised as a developer-only preview, and they mean it… but if you’re an end user, stick to KDE 3.5.x for the time being, KDE 4.0 still needs some time in the oven before it’s ready for end user testing.
Even though it’s nowhere near usable, I still find it pretty cool that I can dig in and check out the developer snapshots or CVS/SVN snapshots any time I want. Open source really rocks that way.
Yes, that’s what I thought, too. I used the phrase “peaked my interest” as a way to say that my interest in that topic couldn’t have been higher. Although, maybe that WAS wrong. I’m no English teacher… haha