KDE 4.1.1

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Just installed updated to KDE 4.1.1 from Kubuntu Member's KDE4 PPA.
The server seems rather slow. It took me quite a few nights to download all the over 70 packages. I wonder if there are any Asian mirrors for the Launchpad PPA.
Anyway, here's my desktop screen capture.

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