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"KDE libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community."

Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows

The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows Vista, 7 and 8.

Overview

User Installation

Install KDE 4 on Windows using the KDE Installer for Windows
Additional Software that is needed for some programs to work properly
Windows specific features: modifying the location of .kde and some more internal settings

Development

Build KDE on Windows using emerge
Debugging on MS Windows
Development Workflow
Tools (required or useful)
Porting Guidelines
Meetings
Source code in the KDE git: emerge

Information for application developers

(Release) status info

Current release target is KDE 4.10.2 ([1]).
builds:
- Release-Series

Qt5/KDE5 status

update dbus to nightly branch
get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
use updated mingw
disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages

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-[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows]]"''KDE libraries and applications are available to you, no matter you are commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"
+"''KDE libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows]]
+The [http://windows.kde.org/ KDE on Windows Initiative] is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows Vista, 7 and 8.
+__NOTOC__
 ==Overview==
+*[[/Presentations|Presentations]]
+*[[/How to Help|How to Help / Join]]
 *[http://windows.kde.org windows.kde.org]
-*[[/Presentations|Presentations]]
+*[[/FAQ|Frequently answered questions]]
-==Resources==
+==User Installation==
-*[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
+*[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows
-*[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
+*[[/additional_software_needed|Additional Software]] that is needed for some programs to work properly
-*KDE Subversion resources:
+*[[/windows_specific_features|Windows specific features]]: modifying the location of .kde and some more internal settings
-**[http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/kdesupport/kdewin32/ kdewin32] source code
 ==Development==
-*[[Getting_Started/Build/KDE4/Windows|Build KDE 4 on Windows]]
+*[[Getting_Started/Build/Windows/emerge|Build KDE on Windows]] using ''emerge''
-*[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows
 *[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
-*TechBase pages related to MS Windows ports of KDE applications and libraries:
+*[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
-**[[/Missing/features/functions/kdelibs|Missing features/functions in kdelibs]]
+*[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
-**[[Projects/PIM/MS_Windows|KDE PIM on MS Windows]]
+*[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
-*Recent development notes
+*[http://community.kde.org/KDE_Windows/Meetings Meetings]
-**[[/Issues/emerge|Issues, thoughts and jobs for emerge]]
+*Source code in the KDE git: [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=emerge.git emerge]
-**[[/Issues/kdewin-installer|Issues and thoughts for KDEWin-Installer]]
-*[[/Meetings|Meetings]]
+=== Information for application developers ===
+*[[/Compiling_Applications|Compiling (third party) KDE apps on Windows]] (outdated)
+*[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]
+===(Release) status info===
+*Current release target is KDE 4.10.2 ([http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-windows/2013-May/007513.html]).
+*builds:
+**[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
+== Qt5/KDE5 status ==
+* update dbus to nightly branch
+* get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
+* use updated mingw
+* disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
+* fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages
-==External Resources==
+==Further reading, and support ressources==
-*[http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/deployment-windows.html Deploying an Application on Qt/Windows] (trolltech.com)
+*[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
-*http://kdelibs.com (former KDElibs/windows site, now aimed at ISVs)
+*[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
+*Related blogs: [http://aheinecke.blogspot.de/ aheinecke], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], Not active: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
+*[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
 [[Category:MS Windows]]