KDE Software Compilation 4.8

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.0 (559 votes)

(January 26, 2012)

Unix / Freeware / 12,814 downloads

KDE Software Compilation (formerly KDE) is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. It is an Internet project and truly open in every sense. Development takes place on the Internet and is discussed on our mailing lists and USENET news groups to which we invite and welcome everyone. No single group, company or organization controls the sources. All sources are open to everyone and may be distributed and modified by anyone subject to the well known GNU licenses.

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  1. 1 out of 5 stars
    cool_guy

    Reviewing 4.7.4 (Dec 9, 2011)

    Don't waste your time with KDE4.x (see other posters below). If you want a truly awesome and usable desktop environment, try Trinity Desktop Environment - it's a KDE3.5 fork with many updates - trinitydesktop.org

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    eblade

    Reviewing 4.6.2 (Apr 7, 2011)

    The interface of KDE turned from reasonably decent to absolute garbage. This is the worst operating environment I've attempted to use perhaps since Windows 3.1, if not Windows 2.0. This is terrible.

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    anandee

    Reviewing 4.5.3 (Jan 24, 2011)

    KDE 4 (4.5.3 too) is such a disaster, a miserable failure, a bloody mess, a death blow to GNU/Linux community in the wider sense (and to credibility of KDE 3) that no one should never, ever think to use or watch at it.
    I bothered to use it on various distributions, from earlier 4.0 to now, it was simply disgusting.
    It completely mises the point to be usable, even if compared to Windows 3.11's desktop environment.
    It is all a matter of bells and whistles, cpu-wasting effects, with no real usability.
    Plus, it is still unstable and slow.
    Please KDE team, KILL the 4 line and release a KDE 5 at least on par with Windows 3.11 NOW!

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Meeky

    Reviewing 4.5.3 (Dec 4, 2010)

    After upgrading, internet died and the hard drives won't mount. It would pop up an error message instead of the usual password dialogue box. Great job on those bugs you guys. Now you have a useless pretty box. At least ugly GNOME still works as expected.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    alshawwa

    Reviewing 4.5.1 (Sep 1, 2010)

    KDE is a good interface for unix/linux based system , for people who actually care about the looks , kde developers are doing a great and a huge job to fix the bugs and its getting better and better on each release

    gnome still rocks as a solid environment and in my case im sticking with it on my linux boxes

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