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The next major KDE update is due in early December, and early looks are all over the place. This one in particular takes a look at many various aspects of the updated desktop environment, and I have to say, things are looking good. In fact, things are turning out a lot better than I had personally expected. I'm not one who loves "OS bling", but KDE seems to be doing a good job of mastering a clean design and great usability. There are some areas that still need polish, but it doesn't look like anything should effect the December 11th launch.
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The bottom shows the new panel, the new menu button and one type of the new clock. Plasma at work. The menu is a KDE 4 port of OpenSuse's new KDE menu and therefore comes with several tabs: Favorites, Applications, My Computer, Recently Used and Leave. While I'm not if I will grow used to this it definitely can help new users. It also supports search for application names or search for meta names (like "Browser").
Source: Liquidat Blog
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The bottom shows the new panel, the new menu button and one type of the new clock. Plasma at work. The menu is a KDE 4 port of OpenSuse's new KDE menu and therefore comes with several tabs: Favorites, Applications, My Computer, Recently Used and Leave. While I'm not if I will grow used to this it definitely can help new users. It also supports search for application names or search for meta names (like "Browser").
Source: Liquidat Blog