K Desktop Environment 3 (KDE 3) is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called ''

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''). It was one of the two major desktop environments for GNU/Linux systems between 2002 and 2008. There are six major releases in this series. After the release of

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, version 3.5 was forked into the

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K Desktop Environment 3.0

K Desktop Environment 3.0 introduced better support for restricted usage, a feature demanded by certain environments such as kiosks, Internet cafes and enterprise deployments, which disallows the user from having full access to all capabilities of a piece of software. To address these needs, KDE 3.0 included a new lockdown framework, essentially a permissions-based system for altering application configuration options that supplements the standard

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permissions system. The KDE panel and the desktop manager were modified to employ this system, but other major desktop components, such as Konqueror and the Control Center, had to wait for subsequent releases. K Desktop Environment 3.0 debuted a new printing framework, KDEPrint. KDEPrint's modular design enabled it to support different printing engines, such as

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, LPRng, and LDP/LPR. In conjunction with CUPS, KDEPrint was able to manage an elaborate enterprise networked printing system. Since KDEPrint provides a command-line interface, its framework, including its

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configuration elements, is accessible to non-KDE applications, such as

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, the

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, and

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. This release also introduced a new KDE address book library providing a central address book for all KDE applications. The new library is based on the

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standard and has provisions for being extended by additional backends such as

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and database servers.

K Desktop Environment 3.1

K Desktop Environment 3.1 introduced new default

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(Keramik) and

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(Crystal) styles as well as several feature enhancements. The update included greatly improved

integration throughout

Kontact Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite developed by KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email. It offers a number of inter-changeable graphical UIs (KMail, KAddressBook, Akregator, ...

, enhanced security for

KMail Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite developed by KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email. It offers a number of inter-changeable graphical UIs (KMail, KAddressBook, Akregator, ...

(

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, PGP/MIME and X.509v3 support) and Microsoft Exchange 2000 compatibility for

KOrganizer Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite developed by KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email. It offers a number of inter-changeable graphical UIs (KMail, KAddressBook, Akregator, ...

. The desktop lockdown framework, introduced in version 3.0, was extended. Other improvements included

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; a new download manager,

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; a new multimedia player plugin, based on

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, and a desktop sharing framework. Redesigned New UI.

K Desktop Environment 3.2

K Desktop Environment 3.2 included new features, such as inline spell checking for

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and

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, improved e-mail and calendaring support,

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in Konqueror and support for

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desktop sharing protocol (RDP). Performance and

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standards compliance were improved by lower start up times for applications and strengthened interoperability with other

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and

software. After the KDE community worked in concert with Apple's

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web browser team, KDE's web support saw performance boosts and increased compliance with

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. KDE Desktop Environment improved usability by reworking many

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s, dialogs and control panels to focus on clarity and utility, and by reducing clutter in many menus and

toolbar The toolbar, also called a bar or standard toolbar (originally known as ribbon), is a graphical control element on which on-screen icons can be used. A toolbar often allows for quick access to functions that are commonly used in the program. Some ...

s. Hundreds of new icons were created to improve the consistency of the environment, along with changes to the default visual style, including new

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s, animated

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s and styled panels. The Plastik style debuted in this release. New applications included: *

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, a jukebox-style music player. *

Kopete Kopete was a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE Plasma Workspaces. Kopete was start ...

, an instant messenger with support for

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ICQ ICQ was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client founded in June 1996 by Yair Goldfinger, Sefi Vigiser, Amnon Amir, Arik Vardi, and Arik's father, Yossi Vardi. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase "I Seek You". Originally ...

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and

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. *

KWallet KDE Wallet Manager (KWallet) is free and open-source password management software written in C++ for UNIX-style operating systems. KDE Wallet Manager runs on a Linux-based OS and Its main feature is storing encrypted passwords in KDE Wallets. Th ...

, a password and

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data manager. *

, a unified interface that draws KDE's email, calendaring, address book, notes and other PIM features together. * KGpg, a KDE interface for industry-standard

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tools. * KIG, an interactive geometry program. * KSVG, an SVG viewer. * KMag, KMouseTool and KMouth, new accessibility tools. * KGoldRunner, a new game.

K Desktop Environment 3.3

K Desktop Environment 3.3 focused on integrating different desktop components. Kontact was integrated with Kolab, a groupware application, and Kpilot. Konqueror was given better support for

instant messaging Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of synchronous computer-mediated communication involving the immediate ( real-time) transmission of messages between two or more parties over the Internet or another computer network. Originally involv ...

contacts, with the capability to send files to IM contacts and support for IM protocols (e.g.,

). KMail was given the ability to display the online presence of IM contacts. Juk was given support for burning audio CDs with K3b. This update also included many small desktop enhancements. Konqueror received tab improvements, an

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feed viewer sidebar and a

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compatible with all keyword searches. KMail was given

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composition,

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and

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wizards, automatic handling of

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, improved support for

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and a quick search bar. Kopete gained support for file transfers with

, aRts gained jack support and KWin gained new buttons to support more features, such as "always on top". New applications included: * Kolourpaint, a KPaint replacement. * KWordQuiz, KLatin and KTurtle, education packages for schools and families. * Kimagemapeditor and klinkstatus, tools for web designers. * KSpell2, a new spell checking library improving on KSpell's shortcomings. * KThemeManager, a new control center module for global handling of KDE visual themes.

K Desktop Environment 3.4

K Desktop Environment 3.4 focused on improving accessibility. The update added a

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system with support for Konqueror, Kate, KPDF, the standalone application KSayIt and text-to-speech synthesis on the

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. A new high contrast style and a complete monochrome icon set were added, as well as an icon effect to paint all KDE icons into any two arbitrary colors (third party application icons would be converted into a high contrast monochrome color scheme). Kontact got support for various groupware servers, and Kopete was integrated into Kontact. KMail gained the ability to store passwords securely in KWallet. KPDF gained the ability to select and

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text and images from PDFs, along with many other improvements. The update added a new application, Akregator, which provides the ability to read news from various RSS-enabled websites all in one application. The update added DBUS/

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support to allow dynamic device icons to keep in sync with the state of all devices. Kicker was given an improved visual aesthetic, and the trash system was redesigned to be more flexible. The new desktop environment allows SVG to be used as wallpapers. KHTML was improved standards support, having nearly full support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3. In addition, KHTML plug-ins were allowed to be activated on a case-by-case basis. There were also improvements to the way

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plug-ins are handled.

K Desktop Environment 3.5

The K Desktop Environment 3.5 release added

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, which provides integrated and simple-to-install widgets to the desktop. Konqueror was given an ad-block feature and became the second web browser to pass the

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CSS test, ahead of

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and

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. Kopete gained

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support for the MSN and

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protocols. The

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module included three new applications, KGeography, Kanagram and blinKen. Kalzium also saw improvements.K Desktop Environment 3.5 Released
Upon the release of

, KDE 3.5 was

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ed as

Release schedule

References

External links

KDE 3.0.5b info page

KDE 3.1.1a info page

KDE 3.1.3a info page
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