Scalable Vector Graphics

File extension: .svg, .svgz
MIME type: image/svg+xml[1]
Developed by: World Wide Web Consortium
Type of format: vector image format
Extended from: XML


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KHTML is the HTML layout engine developed by the KDE project. It is the engine used by the Konqueror web browser, and a forked version (WebKit) is used by Apple's Safari web browser. Distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, KHTML is free software.
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Maintainer: The KDE Team

OS: Cross-platform
Available language(s): Multilingual (80 different languages.)
Use: Desktop environment
License: GNU General Public License and others
Website: [1] KDE (
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Maintainer: The KDE Team

OS: Linux, Mac OS X, Unix-like and embedded systems

Use: Web browser, File browser
License: GNU GPL
Website: Konqueror Konqueror
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In computer programming, KParts is the name of the component framework for the KDE desktop environment. An individual component is called a KPart. KParts are analogous to Bonobo components in GNOME and Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding.
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KDOM is a KPart module for DOM rendering in KHTML-based browsers. KSVG2 is built on top of KDOM, and will be released in KDE 4.

WebKit

Along with KSVG, KDOM is an experimental component in Apple Inc.'s WebKit framework.
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WebKit is an application framework included with Mac OS X v10.3 and later (and available as a software update for v10.2.7 and later) which is the basis of Mac OS X's Safari web browser. Webkit is an open source project, combining components from both the KDE project and Apple.
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Maintainer: The KDE Team

OS: Cross-platform
Available language(s): Multilingual (80 different languages.)
Use: Desktop environment
License: GNU General Public License and others
Website: [1] KDE (
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Amusing Misuse Of Resources. Desktop creature.
• Kodo - Measure how far you move your mouse.

Utilities

• Ark - Archiving tool
• Dolphin - File manager
• BasKet Note Pads - Advanced multi-purpose note-taking application

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Maintainer: The Amarok Team

OS: Unix-like, Windows (currently in development for version 2)^[1]

Use: Audio player
License: GNU General Public License
Website: amarok.kde.
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K3b (from KDE Burn Baby Burn)^[1] is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or
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Kate is a text editor for KDE. The acronym "Kate" stands for "KDE advanced text editor".

Kate has been part of the kdebase package since KDE release 2.2 (August 15, 2002).
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Maintainer: KDevelop Team

OS: Cross-platform

Use: Integrated development environment
License: GNU General Public License
Website: [1]

KDevelop
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KMail is the e-mail client of the KDE desktop environment.

It supports folders, filtering, viewing HTML mail, and international character sets. It can handle IMAP, dIMAP [1] , POP3, and local mailboxes for incoming mail. It can send mail via SMTP or sendmail.
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Konsole is a free terminal emulator which is part of KDE. It is a complete rewrite, as opposed to many other terminal emulators that are derivatives of xterm or rxvt. Konsole was written by Lars Doelle.
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Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE desktop environment.
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Maintainer: The KDE Team

OS: Linux, Mac OS X, Unix-like and embedded systems

Use: Web browser, File browser
License: GNU GPL
Website: Konqueror Konqueror
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KView is an image viewer for the KDE desktop environment. It uses KParts to display the image.

See also

• Gwenview
• Comparison of image viewers

External links

• Official site
• A review of KView

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Maintainer: The Kaffeine Team

OS: Unix-like

Use: Media player
License: GNU General Public License
Website: kaffeine.sourceforge.
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Noatun is one of two main media players of the K Desktop Environment, a popular desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems. It supports various formats, including Ogg Vorbis and Wav.
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Developer: The digiKam Team
Latest release: 0.9.2 / June 20, 2007
OS: Unix-like
Genre: Graphics software
License: GPL
Website: www.digikam.org

digiKam is a digital photo management application for the KDE desktop environment.
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Akregator is an open source aggregator which is part of KDE. It supports both RSS and Atom. Feeds can be sorted into categories. Akregator will aggregate all feeds in a particular category into a single list of new entries so that, for example, all news in the category "Politics"
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KTorrent is a BitTorrent client written in C++ for KDE using the Qt user interface toolkit. It is maintained in the KDE Extragear.

Features

• Upload and download speed capping / throttling & scheduling

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KPDF is a free PDF reader based on Xpdf. It is integrated with the KDE desktop environment, so it embeds very well in Konqueror as KPart. Feature highlights:

• Three different ways of searching: find dialog, thumbnail filter and type-ahead find.

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KGet is a free download manager for KDE.

Features

• Downloading files from FTP and HTTP(S) sources.
• Pausing and resuming of downloading files, as well as the ability to restart a download.
• Tells lots of information about current and pending downloads.

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DCOP, which stands for Desktop COmmunication Protocol, is a light-weight interprocess and software componentry communication system. The main point of this system is to allow applications to interoperate, and to share complex tasks.
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KHTML is the HTML layout engine developed by the KDE project. It is the engine used by the Konqueror web browser, and a forked version (WebKit) is used by Apple's Safari web browser. Distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, KHTML is free software.
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KIO (KDE Input/Output) is part of the KDE architecture. It provides access to files, web sites and other resources through a single consistent API. Applications, such as Konqueror which are written using this framework can operate on files stored on remote servers in exactly the
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Kiosk is a framework that allows a user to restrict the capabilities of the KDE environment. It was originally designed for computer kiosks. Kiosks require a very stripped down and controlled environment to prevent users from doing anything harmful.
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KWin is a window manager for the X Window System. It is an integral part of the K Desktop Environment (KDE), although it can be used on its own or with other desktop environments.

History of KWin

Name Version KDE Version Details
KWM 1.0 1.0
KWin 2.0 2.
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