Download KDE 3.5.8 stable

The K Desktop Environment (or KDE for short) is, as the name implies, a desktop environment, but specifically for Unix-like systems. The developers have released a new stable in the form of 3.5.8. The update is available from this page be downloaded. tszcheetah informs us that “hundreds of bugs have been squashed again, especially in the html render component KHTML. There are also many fixes in the PDF Viewer and KolourPaint. In addition, the pim package – which consists of, among others, KMail and KOrganizer – is again a lot more stable.” For a detailed overview of bug fixes and new features, please visit the changelog† Posted below are the release notes of KDE 3.5.8 stable:

While the developers’ main focus lies on finishing KDE 4.0, the stable 3.5 series remains the desktop of choice for the time being. It is proven, stable and well supported. The 3.5.8 release with its literally hundreds of bug fixes has again improved the users’ experience. The main focus of improvements for KDE 3.5.8 is

• Improvements in Konqueror and its web browsing component KHTML. Bugs in handling HTTP connections have been fixed, KHTML has improved support of some CSS features for more standards compliance.
• In the kdegraphics package, lots of fixes in KDE’s PDF viewer and Kolourpaint, a painting application, went into this release.
• The KDE PIM suite has, as usual, seen numerous stability fixes, covering KDE’s email client KMail, the organizer application KOrganizer and various other bits and pieces.

KDE 3.5.8 ships with a basic desktop and fifteen other packages (PIM, administration, network, edutainment, utilities, multimedia, games, artwork, web development and more). KDE’s award-winning tools and applications are available in 65 languages.