The K Desktop Environment

2.4. How to Get New Components

The main site for KDE is http://www.kde.org. Here, you can find all important information relating to KDE, including announcements, bugfixes, developer info, style guides, a considerable amount documentation (including the newest version of this book), and much more. For software upgrades, please visit our ftp site, ftp://ftp.kde.org or use a mirror if one exists near you.

The directory unstable always contains brand new software, but it often is untested and may not even compile. If you are looking for more reliable components, please take a look in the stable directory, where we put Beta and release versions.

If you are interested in developing KDE applications on your own, you should also visit Troll Tech's server (http://www.troll.no) which features a great deal of information concerning the Qt library used by KDE. For development work, it is also advisable to join the developer's mailing list.