KDE Finalizes the Release Schedule of KDE Applications 17.08, Arrives August 17

The KDE Applications 17.04 stable series is nearing its end of life as the KDE Project plans to release the last scheduled maintenance update next month on July 13, 2017, so now they need to prepare for the next major series.

They recently finalized the release schedule for KDE Application 17.08, which will be the next stable series of the software suite for KDE Plasma 5 desktop environments and anyone else who wants to use the Qt-based applications included in this selection.

Development of KDE Applications 17.08 will start exactly on July 13, when KDE Applications 17.04.3 hits the streets to mark the end of life for the KDE Applications 17.04 series, with the Dependency Freeze stage. However, the Beta and RC (Release Candidate) milestones are expected July 20 and August 3 respectively.

According to the release schedule, the final, production-ready version of the KDE Application...