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The K Desktop Environment, better known as KDE, was initially called, in 1996, "the Kool Desktop Environment".

KDE is a powerful Open Source graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix workstations. It combines ease of use and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system. KDE and GNOME are the most widely used desktop environments on Linux and Unix-like operating systems

KDE's office suite is KOffice.

KDE applications generally use the Qt toolkit for their GUI.

Its official web browser and file manager is Konqueror, and many of its applications mirror those of GNOME.

Latest major release

The latest major release of the K Desktop Environment is KDE 4.

See also

• General Tips - a list of tips for dealing with X (which KDE runs on top of)
• Gnome
• KDE (The K Desktop Environment) - An appendix from a beginning user's guide that had focused mainly on Gnome
• KDE-specific tips & tricks

External links

• Official website (www.kde.org)
• The KDE Community Wiki (wiki.kdenews.org)
• Original announcement of the KDE Project in 1996 (www.kde.org)
• News regarding KDE (dot.kde.org)
• KDE screenshots (www.kde.org)
• KDE 3.3 Usability Study and Review (www.userinstinct.com)
• Fun things to do with KDE from the KDE wiki (wiki.kde.org)