[ti] liet weten dat op de site van KDE.org een release te vinden is van KDE 3.0 Beta 1. Deze versie van de KDE desktop kreeg een grote lap tekst met zich mee die je hier volledig kunt nalezen. Een klein stukje:
December 19, 2001 (The INTERNET). The KDE Project today announced the immediate release of KDE 3.0beta1, the third generation of KDE's free, powerful, easy-to-use, Internet-enabled desktop for Linux and other UNIXes. This second pre-release of KDE 3.0, which follows two months after the release of KDE 3.0alpha, ships with the core KDE libraries, the core desktop environment, and over 100 applications from the other base KDE packages (administration, multimedia, network, PIM, utilities, development, etc.). KDE 3.0 is scheduled for final release in the first half of 2002, with one or more intervening "RC" releases preceding the final release. The KDE Project will demonstrate the latest pre-release of KDE 3 at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York (Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2002).