Download KDE Software Compilation 4.11

Version 4.11 of the KDE Software Compilation has been released. This popular desktop environment, which consists of the Development Platform, Plasma Workspaces and Applications components, is primarily developed for Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, but there are also versions for Windows and OS X, although they are somewhat less advanced in their development. The KDE Software Compilation comes with a standard desktop, including a variety of applications, including a personal information manager, multimedia and network management programs, and games. The main improvements made in version 4.11 can be found below.

Plasma Workspaces 4.11 Continues to Refine User Experience
Gearing up for long term maintenance, Plasma Workspaces delivers further improvements to basic functionality with a smoother taskbar, smarter battery widget and improved sound mixer. The introduction of KScreen brings intelligent multi-monitor handling to the Workspaces, and large scale performance improvements combined with small usability tweaks make for an overall nicer experience.

The KDE Applications 4.11 KDE Applications 4.11 Bring Huge Step Forward in Personal Information Management and Improvements All Over
This release marks massive improvements in the KDE PIM stack, giving much better performance and many new features. Kate improves the productivity of Python and Javascript developers with new plugins, Dolphin became faster and the educational applications bring various new features.

The KDE Development Platform 4.11 KDE Platform 4.11 Delivers Better Performance
This release of KDE Platform 4.11 continues to focus on stability. New features are being implemented for our future KDE Frameworks 5.0 release, but for the stable release we managed to squeeze in optimizations for our Nepomuk framework.

When upgrading, please observe the release notes.

Task grouping in Plasma Workspaces 4.10