Well, so far I’ve published a dozen articles about KDE 4 over the last 12 weeks. A lot of content has been covered, but there is rapid progress still being made on those topics. So, in no particular order, this week’s issue deals with addenda and updates to the last 12 articles, so that you can see some of the rapid progress happening as KDE races forward. Read on for details.
First, when I demonstrated KRunner back on January 2nd, it was barely useful, contained temporary artwork (it still does), and looked pretty basic. Since then, it’s seen a lot of work. It is now installed by default, sounding the final death of many of the elements that previously

belonged to KDesktop, one of KDE’s oldest components. It (mostly) works, pops up when you press F2 (see note ¹), handles CTRL-ESC to pop up the task manager, handles CTRL-ALT-DEL to pop up the logout dialog, loads the screensaver and screen locking routines as expected, and behaves in a very useful and beautiful fashion. Below is a shot of the new KRunner in action:

There’s also this short movie (a week or two old) showing off how KRunner works when searching for commands to run. The interface is not yet final, but it’s getting closer to completion. When it is further along, you will certainly get more updates.

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