<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
QupZilla	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
QtWebEngine	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
wrapper	O
for	O
the	O
Chromium	B-Language
browser	I-Language
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
KaOS	B-General_Concept
and	O
openMandriva	O
Lx	O
use	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
as	O
their	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
provides	O
several	O
icon	O
sets	O
and	O
other	O
elements	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
native	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
users	O
 '	O
desktop	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
additional	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
include	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
history	O
,	O
web	B-General_Concept
feeds	I-General_Concept
and	O
bookmarks	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
location	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
screenshot	B-Application
of	O
the	O
entire	O
page	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Opera-like	O
"	O
Speed	O
dial	O
"	O
home	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
reported	O
to	O
consume	O
fewer	O
system	O
resources	O
than	O
the	O
major	O
general	O
purpose	O
browsers	B-Application
like	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
and	O
offers	O
a	O
built-in	O
AdBlock	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
this	O
adblocker	O
whitelists	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
of	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
's	O
main	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
DuckDuckGo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
"	O
portable	B-Architecture
"	O
(	O
no	O
installation	O
)	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	O
platforms	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
PortableApps	B-Application
format	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
preview	O
release	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
using	O
PyQt	B-Language
library	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
ready	O
by	O
December	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
a	O
goal	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
full-featured	O
general	O
purpose	O
portable	B-Architecture
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
based	O
on	O
QtWebKit	B-Language
,	O
with	O
the	O
initial	O
target	O
being	O
visual	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
of	O
multiple	O
desktop	O
environments	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
and	O
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.6.6	O
(	O
May	O
2014	O
)	O
still	O
supported	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
QupZilla	B-Protocol
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
marked	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
QtWebKit	B-Language
to	O
Qt	B-Language
WebEngine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
QupZilla	B-Protocol
's	O
developer	O
David	O
Rosca	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
that	O
QupZilla	B-Protocol
had	O
become	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Qupzilla	B-Protocol
2.2	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Falkon	B-Protocol
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
27	O
February	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
3.0.1	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Lubuntu	O
18.10	O
beta	O
but	O
replaced	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
in	O
the	O
actual	O
Lubuntu	O
18.10	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falkon	B-Protocol
3.2.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
31	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
started	O
transitioning	O
to	O
KDE	B-Language
Gear	I-Language
by	O
adopting	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
22.04	O
on	O
21	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
as	O
part	O
of	O
KDE	B-Language
Gear	I-Language
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
releases	O
are	O
thus	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
news	O
website	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
official	O
Falkon	B-Protocol
website	O
.	O
</s>
