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<chapter id="getting-kde">
<title>Getting &kde;</title>

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<question id="where-to-get-kde">
<para>Where do I get &kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
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<para>The easiest way to get &kde; is to install a &Linux; distribution or another UNIX-like OS that ships with &kde;.
You can find an up-to-date list of distributions that ship
with &kde; <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php">here</ulink>. For alternative methods of 
trying &kde; that do not require you to be running &Linux;, please see 
<ulink url="http://kde.org/try_kde">Try &kde;</ulink></para>

<para>The main distribution site for &kde; is 
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/">ftp.kde.org</ulink>. However, this site is
often under heavy load, so you might prefer to use 
<ulink url="http://download.kde.org/">download.kde.org</ulink> which automatically
redirects you to the mirror nearest to you.
You can also have a look at the list of <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html"> &kde; mirror sites</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>What is the current version?</para>
</question>
<answer>

<para>Currently, the latest stable version is 3.5.5</para>

<para>The <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/info/3.5.5.php">&kde; 3.5.5 Info
Page</ulink> contains a lot of information specific to this
release.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Where do I find &kde; snapshots?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>You can get the latest snapshots from <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/snapshots">ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/snapshots</ulink>.
You might also want to consider setting up your own <acronym>SVN</acronym> client in order to
maintain the latest snapshot at all times.  Please refer to <ulink
url="http://developer.kde.org/source/anonsvn.html">Anonymous <acronym>SVN</acronym> and &kde;</ulink> for further
information.
</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question id="where-to-get-qt">
<para>Where do I get &Qt;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>&Qt; is a product of the Norwegian company Trolltech.  You can
always get the latest &Qt; version from their 
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.trolltech.com">&FTP; server</ulink>.</para>
<para>
And with most up-to-date &Linux; distributions, &Qt; is already
included.  Please see <xref linkend="prerequisites"/> for the version
of &Qt; you need.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>


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</chapter>
