<s>
K	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
1	I-Language
was	O
the	O
inaugural	O
series	O
of	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
K	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
started	O
right	O
after	O
Matthias	O
Ettrich	O
's	O
announcement	O
on	O
1996-10-14	O
to	O
found	O
the	O
Kool	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
Kool	O
was	O
dropped	O
shortly	O
afterward	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
became	O
simply	O
K	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
communication	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
via	O
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
that	O
was	O
called	O
kde@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-Tubingen.de	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
July	O
1998	O
the	O
finished	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
K	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environments	I-Application
was	O
released	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
criticized	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
software	I-Language
framework	I-Language
–	O
back	O
then	O
under	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
Free	O
Edition	O
License	O
which	O
was	O
claimed	O
to	O
not	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
–	O
and	O
advised	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Motif	B-Application
or	O
LessTif	B-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
that	O
criticism	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
many	O
users	O
and	O
made	O
its	O
way	O
into	O
the	O
first	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
this	O
overhauled	O
artwork	O
was	O
a	O
new	O
KDE	B-Application
logo	O
by	O
Torsten	O
Rahn	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
letter	O
K	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
a	O
gear	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
revised	O
form	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
components	O
received	O
more	O
far-reaching	O
updates	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Konqueror	B-Application
predecessor	O
kfm	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
launcher	O
kpanel	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
KWin	B-Language
predecessor	O
kwm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
Trolltech	O
prepared	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
Qt	B-Language
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
beta	O
on	O
1999-01-28	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
no	O
bigger	O
upgrades	O
for	O
KDE1	B-Language
based	O
on	O
Qt1	O
were	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
profound	O
upgrade	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
Qt2	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
as	O
K	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
2	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
celebrate	O
KDE	B-Application
's	O
20th	O
birthday	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
and	O
Fedora	O
contributor	O
Helio	O
Chissini	O
de	O
Castro	O
re-released	O
1.1.2	O
on	O
2016-10-14	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
that	O
project	O
started	O
one	O
month	O
earlier	O
at	O
QtCon	O
,	O
a	O
conference	O
for	O
Qt	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
in	O
Berlin	O
.	O
</s>
