KDE Project Awards

Awards in 2005

2005 LinuxQuestions.org Members' Choice Awards
The members of LinuxQuestions.org chose KDE as the Desktop Environment, amaroK as the Audio Multimedia Application, Konqueror as File Manager and Quanta the Web Development Editor for the year of 2005.

2005 LinuxQuestions.org Member's Choice Awards : KDE - Desktop Environment, amaroK - Audio Multimedia Application, Konqueror - File Manager and Quanta - Web Development Editor

2005 Usenix Software Tools User Group Award
The Software Tools User Group Award recognises significant contributions to the community. The 2005 award was made jointly to Mattias Ettrich of KDE and Miguel de Icaza of Gnome for their contribution to desktop Unix.

Awards in 2004

2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members' Choice Awards
The members of LinuxQuestions.org chose KDE as the Desktop Environment, KDevelop as the IDE, Konqueror as File Manager and Quanta the Web Development Editor for the year of 2004.

2004 LinuxQuestions.org Member's Choice Awards : KDE - Desktop Environment, KDevelop - IDE and Konqueror - File Manager

Best Mail Client for Kontact/KMail
Linux New Media's Editor's Choice Award for 2004 was granted to Kontact/KMail in the category "Best Mail Client".

Favorite Desktop Environment for KDE
Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for 2004 was granted to KDE in the category "Favorite Desktop Environment".

Best Desktop Environment for KDE 3.3
Open for Business' Open Choice Awards 2004 chose KDE to be awarded as "Best Desktop Environment"".

LinuxUser & Developer Awards 2004
LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2004 is one of the largest Linux-related shows in the UK. After being nominated for the award along with Ximian Desktop and Sun Java Desktop, KDE developer Richard Moore was proud to accept the award for "Best Desktop Environment" for KDE 3.2 at the awards ceremony.

2004 LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Product Excellence Award
IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets around the globe, awarded KDevelop 3.0 with the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award for Best Development Tools. The LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards represent major areas of innovation in the Linux and open source community.

Awards in 2003

LinuxWorld Magazine 2003 Readers' Choice Awards
The LinuxWorld Magazine 2003 Readers' Choice Awards, often referred to as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," recognizes excellence in the solutions provided by the top Linux vendors in the market. We are therefore very proud that KDE 3.1 has won first price in the "Best Linux Desktop Manager" category.

2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members' Choice Awards
The members of LinuxQuestions.org chose KDE as the best Desktop Environment and Quanta as the Web Development Editor of the Year 2003.

LinuxQuestions.org 2003 Members' Choice Award - Winnder - Desktop Environment

Best Integrated Development Environment for KDevelop
Linux New Media's Editors' Choice Award for 2003 was granted to KDevelop in the category "IDE Development System".

KDevelop best IDE in Linux New Media's 2003 Editors' Choice Award

Favorite Desktop Environment for KDE
Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for 2003 was granted to KDE in the category "Favorite Desktop Environment".

KDE best desktop environment in Linux Journal's 2003 Readers' Choice Award

Best Desktop Environment for KDE 3.1,
Best Web Browser for Konqueror 3.1
Open for Business' Open Choice Awards 2003 chose KDE to be awarded as "Best Desktop Environment" and Konqueror as "Best Web Browser".

Awards in 2002

Best Desktop Environment for KDE and
Best Email Client for KMail
Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for 2002 was granted to KDE in the category "Desktop Environment" and to KMail in the category "EMail Client".

KDE and KMail best in their categories in Linux Journal's 2002 Readers' Choice Award

Best Consumer Software for KDE 3.0
Linux Journal's Editors' Choice Award for 2002 was granted to KDE as "Best Consumer Software". Honorable mentions were Konqueror in category "Web Client" and KDevelop in category "Development Tool".

Best Desktop Environment for KDE 3.0,
Best Email Client for KMail and
Best Development Tool for KDevelop
Open for Business' Open Choice Awards 2002 chose KDE to be awarded as "Best Desktop Environment", KMail as "Best Email Client" and KDevelop as "Best Development Tool". Additionally Kopete was mentionend as runner up for "Best Communication Software".

Awards in 2001

Best Client-Side Software for Konqueror and
Best Programming Tool for KDevelop
These awards, consisting of 3000 DM for each award, were awarded by Linux New Media at Systeme fair in München (Munich). Read the dot story.

Linux Journal - 2001 Readers' Choice Awards
Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award for 2001 was granted to KDE in the category "Desktop Environments". Parts of the KDE project were also nominated in other categories:

KWord - third position in "Favorite Word Processor" category
KOffice - second position in "Favorite Office Suite" category
KDevelop - third position in "Favorite Development Tool" category
Konqueror - third position in "Favorite Web Browser" category
KMail - second position in "Favorite Mail Client" category
Tea - third position in "Favorite Programming Beverage" category :-)

You can also read the news spot over at the Dot.

KDE: Favorite Desktop Environment in Linux Journal's 2001 Readers' Choice Award

Best Web Browser in Linux Magazine's 2001 Editors' Choice Awards (the Tuxies)
Linux Magazine's Editors chose Konqueror to be awarded with the Tuxie for the Best Browser of 2001. This year's Linux Magazine Editors' Choice Awards were published in the September issue.