K Desktop Environment 3
| K Desktop Environment 3 | |
|---|---|
| K Desktop Environment 3.5 | |
| Developer(s) | KDE | 
| Initial release | 3 April 2002 | 
| Final release | 3.5.10
   / 26 August 2008 | 
| Written in | C++ (Qt 3) | 
| Operating system | Unix-like with X11 | 
| Predecessor | K Desktop Environment 2 | 
| Successor | KDE Plasma 4, KDE Software Compilation 4 and Trinity Desktop Environment | 
| Available in | Multilingual | 
| Type | Desktop environment | 
| License | GPL and other licenses | 
| Website | kde | 
K Desktop Environment 3 (KDE 3) is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called KDE Software Compilation). It was one of the two major desktop environments for GNU/Linux systems between 2002 and 2008. There are six major releases in this series. After the release of KDE 4, version 3.5 was forked into the Trinity Desktop Environment.