Software Update: KDE 4.3.2

Version 4.3.2 of K Desktop Environment was released on Tuesday, the second service release before the version 4.3.0 released in early August. KDE is a popular desktop environment developed primarily for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris, but there are versions for it as well Windows and Mac OS X. It comes with a standard desktop, including fifteen packages of applications, including a personal information manager, multimedia, administration and network management programs, and games. Version 4.3.2 is a so-called maintenace release and therefore mainly contains bug fixes. The most important are listed below in the release notes:

EnhancementsKDE 4.3.2 brings a nice numer of bugfixes, some critical, some just fixing small annoyances:

• Many crashers have been fixed in KDE’s core libraries, bringing more stability to all applications
• KWin’s window compositing effects have been further stabilized by fixing a number of bugs in effect plugins such as the famous coverswitch window switcher
• The biggest number of bugs for this release has been fixed in KMail, KDE’s email client, making it more reliable and usable by correcting a number of display issues
• Saving files over themselves works again in Okular, KDE’s document viewer

As usual, the changelog provides more — if not exhaustive — information about improvements in KDE 4.3.2. The KDE team recommends KDE 4.3.2 for everyone running an earlier version of KDE.To find out more about the KDE 4.3 desktop and applications, please refer to the KDE 4.3.0, KDE 4.2.0, KDE 4.1.0 and KDE 4.0.0 release notes. KDE 4.3.1 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE 4.3.0 or earlier versions.