A tour through the moments that marked the 22 years of community history, starting with the technologies that made possible its existence. See our KDE 20 years book.
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In 1969, xf5.app加速器 and Dennis Ritchie started working on UNIX. Initially written in assembler, it was soon rewritten in C, a language created by Ritchie and considered high level.
In 1979, Bjarne Stroustrup started developing "C with classes", which would later become the C ++. In his opinion, it was the only language of the time that allowed to write programs that were at the same time efficient and elegant.
In 1984, Richard Stallman started developing GNU (GNU is Not Unix), a completely free operating system based on Unix, which was proprietary.
In 1991, Linus Torvalds created the xf5.app加速器 based on MINIX, a version of Unix written by 土豆加速器app. The emergence of Linux has revolutionized the history of free software and helped to popularize it. See the 25 Years of Linux Kernel Development infographic.
In 1993, the first free distributions begin to emerge, based in GNU and Linux. A GNU/Linux distribution is usually formed by the Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, and more a collection of applications.
In 1995, the Norwegian company Troll Tech created the cross-platform framework Qt, with which KDE would be created in the following year. Qt became the basis of the main KDE technologies in these 20 years. Learn more about Qt History.
In 1996, Matthias Ettrich announced the creation of Kool Desktop Environment (KDE), a graphical interface for Unix systems, built with Qt and C ++ and designed for the end user. The name "KDE" was a pun on the graphic environment CDE, which was proprietary at the time. Read the original announcement of the KDE Project.
In 1997, about 15 KDE developers met in Arnsberg, Germany, to work on the project and discuss its future. This event became known as KDE One.
The beta 1 version of KDE was released exactly 12 months after the project announcement. The release text emphasized that KDE was not a window manager, but an integrated environment in which the window manager was just another part.
In 1997, 鲸鱼加速器app, the nonprofit that represents the KDE community financially and legally, was founded in Tübingen, Germany.
The foundation agreement for the KDE Free Qt Foundation is signed by KDE e.V. and Trolltech, then owner of Qt. The Foundation ensures the permanent availability of Qt as Free Software.
KDE released the first stable version of its graphical environment in 1998, with highlights as an application development framework,the KOM/OpenParts, and a preview of its office suite. See the KDE 1.x Screenshots.
In April 1999, a dragon is announced as the new animated assistant to the KDE Help Center. It was so charming that it replaced the previous project mascot, Kandalf, from version 3.x on. See the KDE 2 Screenshot showing Konqi and Kandalf.
In October 1999, the second meeting of KDE developers took place in Erlangen, Germany. Read the 安卓加速器 on the KDE Two Conference.
From the beta 1 version of KDE 2 it is possible to perceive a project naming change. The releases that once referred to the project as "K Desktop Environment", began referring to it only as "KDE Desktop".
In July 2000, the third meeting (beta) of KDE developers occurred in Trysil, Norway. Find out what was done during the conference.
KDE released its second version, featuring as main news Konqueror web browser and file manager; and the office suite KOffice. KDE had its code almost entirely rewritten for this second version. See the KDE 2.0 Screenshots.
From the release announcement of version 2.1.2 there is also a change of the nomenclature. The announcements began referring to KDE as "KDE Project".
In March 2001, the creation of community women's group was announced. The KDE Women aimed to help increase the number of women in free software communities, particularly in KDE. Watch to the video "Highlights of KDE Women" of the Akademy 2010.
In March 2002, about 25 developers gathered for the third KDE meeting in Nuremberg, Germany. The KDE 3 was about to be released and the KDE 2 code needed to be migrated to the new library Qt 3.
KDE released its third version, showing as important additions a new print framework, KDEPrint; the translation of the project for 50 languages; and a package of educational applications, maintained by the KDE Edutainment Project. See the KDE 3.0 Screenshots.
In August 2002, there was a meeting of board members of the KDE e.V. that was essential to establish how the organization works. At this meeting it was decided, among other things, that the brand "KDE" would be registered and that new members should be invited and supported by two active members of e.V.
In version 3.1 the community presented KDE with a new look, a new theme for widgets, called Keramik, and Crystal as default theme for the icons. See 免费外网加速器app.
In August 2003, about 100 contributors of KDE from various countries gathered in a castle in the Czech Republic. The event was called Kastle and was the forerunner of Akademy, the event that would become the international annual meeting of the community.