KDE

From openSUSE

KDE stands for K Desktop Environment and is the most popular graphical environment used within different Linux and Unix flavors. Novell is committed to support KDE both with labor and financially as Patron of KDE.

Current

On 3rd November 2009, the KDE Project released KDE 4.3.3. For packages see KDE/KDE4. To upgrade older distro releases, see KDE/Upgrade.
On 26th August 2008, the KDE Project released KDE 3.5.10. About the state of KDE3 in openSUSE see KDE3.

Documentation

Get an overview of the most important changes in KDE 4 with this Introduction to KDE 4.

• openSUSE 11.1 Screenshots
• openSUSE 11.2 Development Screenshots

• openSUSE 11.1 KDE Quick Start Guide (PDF)
  
• openSUSE 11.1 KDE User Guide (PDF)

• KDE Configuration How to setup various aspects of KDE, using few written words and much more in images.

Installation

openSUSE with KDE

Install openSUSE with KDE using these bootable Live CDs, which include an installation tool to make a permanent installation to your hard disk:

• openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.1 Live-CD i686/32 bit
• openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.1 Live-CD x86_64/64 bit
  

• openSUSE 11.1 with KDE 4.3.1 Reloaded Live-CDs
  

• Unofficial KDE 3.5 Live CDs and USB images

Upgrade to the Latest KDE

Use the 1-Click Install links for upgrading to the newest KDE version.

Upgrading openSUSE KDE

There is a specific guide on upgrading to the latest KDE.

Switch to KDE

Looking for more powerful applications and control over your desktop? Have a look at our guide on installing KDE from a different desktop environment.

Repositories on the openSUSE Build Service

See KDE/Repositories for a list of the repositories.

All of those URLs can be used as sources within YaST or Zypper or any other package installer (i.e. Smart), but note that you have to add the specific subdirectory for your distribution (like openSUSE_10.3/).

KDE 4 Trunk Packages

openSUSE packages the very latest development snapshots of KDE 4, and these are updated at least weekly. It is ideal for developers who want to easily develop KDE apps using the latest kdelibs and supporting packages.

Get Support or Help Out

Join the KDE openSUSE community or get in contact with the members of the openSUSE KDE Team.

Bugs

What makes KDE on openSUSE special? Maybe it's the team of dedicated engineers who spend much of their time fixing your bugs so you know you can rely on KDE on openSUSE.

Report Bugs

• How to report bugs in KDE
• KDE's Bugzilla for non-SUSE specific KDE Bugs. These are any bugs which are not due to SUSE packaging or customisations.
• Report openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Application Bug to Novell's Bugzilla
• Report openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Workspace Bug to Novell's Bugzilla
• Report openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 Application Bug to Novell's Bugzilla
• Report openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 Workspace Bug to Novell's Bugzilla

Bug Screening

The KDE Bug Screening Guide describes how to help with screening/triaging KDE bug reports. The following queries help you triage KDE bugreports or check that your bug is already reported.

• Important KDE upstream bugs
• KDE Bug reports with votes
• openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Applications: Bug Reports. Enhancement Requests
• openSUSE 11.1 KDE4 Workspace: Bug Reports. Enhancement Requests
• openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 Applications: Bug Reports. Enhancement Requests
• openSUSE 11.0 KDE4 Workspace: Bug Reports. Enhancement Requests
• openSUSE 10.3 KDE: Bug Reports, Enhancement Requests
• openSUSE 11.0 KDE3: Bug Reports. Enhancement Requests

Mailing List

• opensuse-kde@opensuse.org - openSUSE KDE Mailing List

Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Help | Archives

IRC

• #openSUSE-kde on irc.kde.org/irc.opensuse.org (Freenode).

Meetings

• A regular IRC meeting takes place biweekly on Thursdays in #opensuse-kde on Freenode.

Development

Cheat Sheet

We have produced a KDE Team Cheat Sheet to record what we do and how to do it.

Packaging

Packaging is the lifeblood of a project on a distribution. This is the process by which software gets included in openSUSE so it is available on the DVD or the internet repositories to install. One of openSUSE's strengths is the freshness of our KDE packages, which are frequently updated with bugfixes from KDE SVN before they become generally available in a release.

Much of the KDE core packages are packaged by the KDE Team, but third party software, for example from kde-apps.org is welcome in our Community repositories.

• Package Wishlist KDE
• KDE:Community, KDE:KDE4:STABLE:Community, KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLE:Community Build Service projects
• Typical spec files for KDE 3.x packages
• Typical spec files for KDE 4.x packages (TBD)
• Packaging Cookbook for KDE on openSUSE
• KDE4 Packaging Macros

Building KDE Yourself

KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLE:Desktop in the Build Service provides up to date packages of KDE 4.4 SVN. However, if you want to do more than just try out KDE 4, you may want to compile it yourself:

• Guide for building KDE on openSUSE

Ideas and Planning

The process by which KDE on openSUSE evolves and faces the future. Remember YOUR input is valid - get posting!

• openFATE Tags: kde, desktop
• SUSE Idea Pool - KDE related entries
• Challenges - general overview of what has to be done
• KDE on openSUSE 11.1 - thoughts and ideas about KDE on openSUSE 11.1
• KDE on openSUSE 11.2 - thoughts and ideas about KDE on openSUSE 11.2

Miscellaneous Links

• Projects of the KDE Team
• SUSE Patches to KDE packages for openSUSE 10.3, all current patches can be viewed in the Build Service interface

• Qt Documentation
• KDE Techbase

• Translation of SUSE Features/Patches
• KDE Translation and Documentation
• Lessons for Lizards (KDE chapters)

• Some KDE 4 tips you should know

General Information

• KDE Home Page
• Wikipedia article on KDE

• KDE Dot News
• Planet KDE (contributors' blog aggregator)

• KDE Applications with openSUSE wiki page
• KDE Applications Index