KDE 1
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K Desktop Environment 1 was the inaugural series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (now called KDE Software Compilation
). There were two major releases in this series.
announcement on 1996-10-14 to found the Kool Desktop Environment. The word Kool was dropped shortly afterward and the name became simply K Desktop Environment.
In the beginning, all components were released to the developer community separately without any coordinated timeframe throughout the overall project. First communication of KDE via mailing list, that was called kde@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-Tubingen.de.
The first coordinated release was Beta 1 on 1997-10-20 – almost exactly one year after the original announcement. Three additional Betas followed 1997-11-23, 1998-02-01, and 1998-04-19.
KDE Software Compilation
The KDE Software Compilation is a desktop environment and an associated range of KDE Applications produced by KDE. Prior to version 4.4, released in February 2010, the Software Compilation was known as KDE, which used to stand for K Desktop Environment until November 2009...
). There were two major releases in this series.
Pre-Release
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announcement on 1996-10-14 to found the Kool Desktop Environment. The word Kool was dropped shortly afterward and the name became simply K Desktop Environment.
In the beginning, all components were released to the developer community separately without any coordinated timeframe throughout the overall project. First communication of KDE via mailing list, that was called kde@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-Tubingen.de.
The first coordinated release was Beta 1 on 1997-10-20 – almost exactly one year after the original announcement. Three additional Betas followed 1997-11-23, 1998-02-01, and 1998-04-19.
K Desktop Environment 1.0
In the 1.0 release announcement the KDE team outlined the project and its reasons for creation:K Desktop Environment 1.1
An update, K Desktop Environment 1.1, was faster, more stable and included many small improvements. It also included a new set of icons, backgrounds and textures.Release schedule
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | |
| 1997-10-20 | KDE Beta 1 released |
| 12 July 1998 | KDE 1.0 released |
| 1.1 | |
| 4 March 1999 | KDE 1.1 released |
| 3 May 1999 | 1.1.1 Maintenance release |
| 13 September 1999 | 1.1.2 Maintenance release |