KDE 4.3: first beta released

K Desktop Environment - KDE 4.3 Beta 1 Release Announcement

A first beta of version 4.3 of KDE, the desktop environment for Unix based on Qt 4, has been released. Major new features include:

• Integration of new technologies, such as PolicyKit and geolocation services
• New Window animation effects, a more usable Run Command popup and many new and improved addons in Plasma
• Many bugfixes and improvements across all applications and more integration of features coming with the KDE 4 platform

For full changelog, see the announcement. For source downloads, and links to binaries, see the info page. The final release is expected in late July.