Date:	Mon, 3 May 1999 04:47:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Martin Konold <konold@alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
To:	kde-announce@alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
Subject: ANNOUNCE: K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT 1.1.1 SHIPS
K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT 1.1.1 SHIPS
New Release of Award-Winning Linux Desktop GUI Increases Stability and 
Ease -of-Use

New York — May 3, 1999 — The K Desktop Environment® (KDE) Team
(http://www.kde.org) today announced the shipment of KDE 1.1.1, the
latest stable  release of Linux's  most advanced  open source desktop
environment.

By offering an elegant, intuitive and familiar interface marked by
ease-of-use comparable to the popular — but proprietary — Windows™
interfaces, KDE 1.1.1 unleashes the power, freedom and potential of Linux
for the typical home or office user.  In recognition of KDE's usability,
KDE was recently awarded the Ziff-Davis® "Innovation of the year
1998/1999" award in the Software category.

"Congratulations to the KDE team on a super job with the new release," 
said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and CEO of Corel® Corporation
(NASDAQ: COSFF, TSE:COS).  "The KDE project is doing a terrific job of
bringing Linux to the desktop which is why we're basing the GUI for our
desktop Linux distribution on KDE. We look forward to the improvements in
KDE 1.1.1."

"KDE 1.1.1 continues KDE's leadership and widens its lead over other Linux
desktop alternatives by establishing new desktop standards in stability,
ease-of-use and customization," said Ransom Love, President of Caldera®
Systems, Inc.  "We chose KDE for OpenLinux® because it's suitable for
business and mainstream use, and the Ziff-Davis innovation award
underscores that choice." 

Virtually all Linux distributors include KDE in their distributions,
making it the de facto desktop standard for Linux. 

KDE 1.1.1 builds on the well-received release of KDE 1.1. providing its
users with increased stability and ease-of-use .It incorporates many user
suggestions and provides a number of enhancements, including: 

         *  improved integration between korganizer, a sophisticated
            calendaring and scheduling program, and kpilot, a Palm-pilot
            synchronization tool;
         *  improved Internet connectivity; and
         *  increased stability and additional features in a range of
            desktop components.

KDE 1.1.1 is available for free download from numerous mirrors (see
http://www.kde.org/mirrors.html) and also from KDE's primary ftp server
(ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1.1/distribution/).  It will also be
available in most future Linux and *BSD distributions.

User support for KDE is provided by Linux vendors who include KDE in their
distributions.  Users may also receive free support from an international
group of KDE aficionados by subscribing to the KDE mailing lists. Please
visit http://www.kde.org/contact.html for more information.

ABOUT KDE

KDE is a collaborative project by hundreds of developers worldwide to
create a sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop environment
employing a network-transparent, intuitive user interface.  In addition,
many KDE users assisted in the preparation of the 1.1.1 release by
providing constructive feedback, suggestions and software patches.  KDE is
working proof of the power of the open source software development model. 


For more information about KDE, please visit
http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/.