来自 LinuxQuestions.org的2011 成员选择奖给KDE 社区冠以了“年度最佳桌面环境”的荣誉。此外，技术雷达（Tech Radar ，网站）报道，KDE 工作空间是 最佳的桌面环境。KDE 的创新、性能和稳定性对用户有着特殊的吸引力。技术雷达报告说，KDE 工作空间拥有“切边软件和稳定...的最佳组合”，并写道，“我们对用户在使用KDE时所感受到的舒适度感到震惊。”Linux Action Show 的Chris也正 转向KDE！

技术雷达从商业用户的视角对KDE作了特别的报道。“KDE创建得如此优雅的通用桌面习惯（metaphor ），让商业用户有家一样的感觉。它，连同KDE 良好集成的应用，使得几乎每个我将它呈现给的商业用户拍案叫绝。”技术雷达同时对Plasma工作空间的受欢迎程度作了报道：“归根结底...我们的每一 位测试员都被KDE 4.7在各种设备上的表现所倾倒。”

两篇文章中都有关于KDE各种表现的评论。比如Martin Gräßlin的 博客文章就提到了类似主题。

两个KDE应用还成为了今年的赢者。 Amarok成为了年度最佳视频媒体播放器； Dolphin被举为最佳文件管理器。祝贺这些团队，祝贺每一个为KDE工作空间和2011年最佳桌面作出了贡献的人！

更新：filipesaraiva 的一则评论指出，Choqok 最近又被 Lifehacker推举为了“Linux上最佳Twitter客户端”。
更新2：一则匿名评论指出，Life Hacker 还有更多“最佳KDE应用”：
Digikam : 最佳照片管理应用
Okular: 最佳PDF阅读器
K3B: 最佳磁盘烧录应用

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英文原文：
KDE - Best Desktop Environment of the Year
By: Heath Matlock 2012; On: 2012/03/05
The 2011 Members' Choice Awards from LinuxQuestions.org has honored the KDE Community with "Best Desktop Environment of the Year". In addition, Tech Radar has declared that KDE Workspaces are the best desktop environment. KDE innovation, performance and stability have particular appeal for users. Tech Radar reports that KDE Workspaces have "the best mix of cutting edge software and stability...", and writes, "We were amazed by the level of comfort the users experienced with KDE." Chris from the Linux Action Show is switching to KDE!
The Tech Radar article makes a special point about business users. "Business users feel at home in the common desktop metaphor that KDE so beautifully creates. This, coupled with its well-integrated applications, means KDE wows almost every business user I present it to." Recognizing the love that has been shown to Plasma Workspaces, Tech Radar writes, "When all's said and done...every one of our testers was floored by KDE 4.7 across all devices."
There were comments in both articles about various KDE performance factors. Martin Gr??lin's blog post addresses issues such as these.
Two individual KDE applications also came away as winners this year. Amarok scored the Audio Media Player of the Year award and Dolphin was selected as the Best File Manager. Congratulations to these teams and to everyone who contributed to making KDE Workspaces the best desktop of 2011!
Update: A comment from filipesaraiva points out that Choqok was recently named "The Best Twitter Client for Linux" by Lifehacker.
Update 2: An anonymous commented that Life Hacker has more favorite KDE applications:
Digikam : Best Photo management app
Okular: Best PDF Reader
K3B: Best Disk burning app