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KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the Plasma Desktop (the default desktop environment on many Linux distributions), Frameworks and a range of cross-platform applications like Krita or digiKam designed to run on Unix and Unix-like desktops, Microsoft Windows, and Android.
Products[]
KDE Core projects[]
- KDE Frameworks - Qt-based software stacks or applications
- KDE Plasma - Desktop Environment
- KWin - Window Manager
- Phonon - Multimedia API
- KHTML – HTML rendering engine, forked into WebKit in 2004
- KJS - JavaScript engine
- KIO – Extensible network-transparent file access
- KParts – Lightweight in-process graphical component framework
- XMLGUI – Allows defining UI elements, such as menus and toolbars via XML files
- Solid – Device integration framework
- Sonnet – Spell checker
- ThreadWeaver – Library to use multiprocessor systems more effectively
KDE Applications[]
Including:
- Ark – Archiving tool
- Dragon Player – Media player.
- Dolphin – File manager
- Gwenview – Image viewer
- Kate – Text editor
- Konsole – Terminal emulator
- Kontact – Personal information manager featuring an e-mail client, a news client, a feed aggregator, to-do lists, etc.
- Konqueror – Web browser and File manager
- Kopete – Instant messaging client
- Krita – Raster graphics editor for Digital painting
- Kdenlive – Video editing software
Mascots[]
The KDE community's major mascot is a green dragon named Konqi.
Besides, the KDE community presents another mascot named Katie in 2010 for the KDE women's community.
Current version designed by Tyson Tan[]
Konqi's current appearance is a redesigned work coming with the release of Plasma 5, with Tyson Tan's entry winning the redesign competition on the KDE Forums. Katie's appearance was also redesigned by Tyson Tan.