The KDE Release Team has announced that the next version of the KDE Software Compilation, KDE 4.9, is expected to be released in August 2012.
The H is reporting that a preliminary features list has been created, with more features to be added until the end of May.
KDE is an integrated open source software compilation that includes a desktop environment (known as Plasma), a number of other applications (including games, a web browser, an email client, a media player, and file viewers) an office suite (Calligra), and the toolkits and databases they’re built with (the KDE Platform). It was originally developed as an interface for Linux servers and PCs, but these days runs on Linux, Windows, Mac OS-X, Unix workstations, netbooks, tablet computers, and other devices.
The current version of KDE, KDE 4.8. was released in late January and improved handling of touch interfaces, tablet computer support, and power management.
Andrew Sadauskas is a former journalist at SmartCompany and a former editor of TechCompany.
