KDE
Proper noun
Meaning
KDE
A computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux
Examples
We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.
After the repositioning, the name KDE no longer stands for K Desktop Environment, as it now acts as an umbrella brand for software produced by the community.
Although this functionality is not removed from it, in KDE 4 Konqueror is replaced by Dolphin as the default file manager.
An example would be a newer version of a software application than that supplied with a distribution, or an alternative to that chosen by the distribution (for example, KDE Plasma Workspaces rather than GNOME or vice versa for the user interface layer).
As part of Linux Affinity and the free AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications (ATLA), open-source KDE Plasma Workspaces and GNOME desktop are also available.
At the event, Project Neon announced return on Mar 11, 2011, provides nightly builds of the KDE Software Compilation. citation Closing the conference was keynote speaker and old-time KDE developer Sirtaj.