The KDE community has made available two new releases of the KDE desktop and applications today.

* KDE 4.1.4 is the latest update for the KDE 4.1 series. It contains many bugfixes, mainly in the e-mail and PIM suite Kontact and the document viewer Okular.
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.1.4.php

* KDE 4.2 RC is the release candidate of KDE 4.2, also bringing new features and thousands the KDE desktop and applications.
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.2-rc.php

KDE 4.1.4 is the last planned update to the KDE 4.1 series and stabilizes the 4.1 platform further. KDE 4.2.0 will be released on January 27th and is considered a significant improvement in nearly all aspects above the KDE 4.1 series.