Welcome to a new experience. Enjoy the ease of creation and the power of communication. Have fun, play and learn new things.
KDE provides you with simple, intuitive ways of interaction with your computer. Its Plasma technology combines beautiful artwork with modern graphical effects and visual hints. This helps you focus on your tasks in a natural and easy way.
The KDE desktop supports your current way of interacting with the computer and at the same time offers new technologies.
Once you try KDE, you won't want to look back!
KDE offers applications for everyone. Browse the web, chat with your friends, work on documents - you name it, KDE has it. KDE is a great system for office-like activities. It also comprises a lot of feature-rich and modern applications for multimedia tasks and entertainment, communication and education.
KDE is Free Software developed by a world-wide community. This means that KDE software is developed for the needs of people like you and not based on some company's revenue model. KDE does what you want and if it doesn't, the community of contributors is always open for your suggestions.
How would you like your KDE today?
Three principles are central to the development of KDE: ease of use, functionality and beauty.
Easy to use
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KDE has been designed from the ground up with usability in mind. A team of dedicated usability experts has contributed its expertise to streamline and structure the user interfaces to make KDE usable for everyone. KDE works for you rather than against you.
Functional
A lot of applications are either distributed with the KDE Desktop or integrate well into the technology. KDE's solutions for handling of multimedia, integrating hardware into the system and dealing with your data are second to none. This makes KDE the most compelling offer for those who value control over their data and for those that simply want things to work well.
The KDE desktop comes with a set of applications for file management, image and document viewing, tools to set up the working environment and games. More programs can easily be installed. For nearly every purpose, KDE comes with a handy tool or full-fledged application that help you get the job done. Multimedia applications for digital image editing, managing your foto collections, playing music and movies, KDE has it all. Everything integrates well with each other and thereby create a complete, consistent and easy to use environment that is a pleasure to work with.
Beautiful
An international team of artists has gathered to make KDE not only functional, but also pleasing to the eye. They have created a consistent, contemporary artwork scheme based on the maxim "You eat with your eyes." The Oxygen artwork blends in well with possibilities new PC hardware offers but does not depend on it. KDE is fully usable even on old machines.
The Oxygen artwork is used throughout all applications. This way, we ensure you a consistent computing experience.