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:KDE 4: A New Dawn for the Linux Desktop?
KDE 4: A New Dawn for the Linux Desktop?
Jan 11, 2008, 16 :00 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (10444 reads)

(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"With a new visual interface including new themes sounds and effects as well as a semantic file manager, speed and multimedia handling improvements, KDE 4 is a major release for the Linux desktop.

"While many of KDE 4's new features will be visible to end users, a lot of work has been done under the hood that will benefit developers too with new frameworks, including Phonon for multimedia, Plasma for desktop and panel interface and Strigi for search.

"The sum total of all KDE 4's improvements could well serve to help bolster its adoption against its Linux desktop rival GNOME as well as Microsoft's Windows..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
KDE4 looks good. The Debian KDE team put ...   As long as I can turn "Tasty" off.   
Bob_Robertson
Jan 11, 2008, 16:45:44
 
The name is different for the applicatio ...   Ooops, not "Tasty". "Kickoff"   
Bob_Robertson
Jan 11, 2008, 16:51:35
 
yep, you can go back to the traditional  ...   Re: Ooops, not   
Aaron Seigo
Jan 11, 2008, 17:15:42
 
The last time I downloaded a KDE 4.0 pre ...   KWin Effects   
Tony OBryan
Jan 11, 2008, 18:27:57
 
> yep, you can go back to the traditiona ...   Re: Re: Ooops, not   
tim
Jan 11, 2008, 20:27:03
 
Hey lets quit this *** about Gnome vs KD ...   KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
Richard Masci
Jan 11, 2008, 21:17:06
 
> The last time I downloaded a KDE 4.0 p ...   Re: KWin Effects   
Richard M
Jan 11, 2008, 21:18:51
 
tell that to RH, ximi..err Novell who ar ...   Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
vm
Jan 11, 2008, 22:17:47
 
I am running Kubuntu 7.10 with KDE 4. Th ...   Re: Ooops, not   
XXX
Jan 11, 2008, 22:50:53
 
 I agree with you but it is time to let  ...   Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
XXX
Jan 11, 2008, 23:12:14
 
I think KDE is getting more and more lik ...   I prefer the old kmenu   
IMQ
Jan 12, 2008, 02:50:32
 
> I hope I can also use Konqueror instea ...   Re: Re: Re: Ooops, not   
Aaron Seigo
Jan 12, 2008, 04:32:52
 
> I think KDE is getting more and more l ...   Re: I prefer the old kmenu   
Aaron Seigo
Jan 12, 2008, 04:39:10
 
 The live CD sounds nice, but there appa ...   Where's the beef?   
jp
Jan 12, 2008, 06:11:43
 
[From IMQ:]>> but only if it does not sl ...   More advanced context hooks   
Jose_X
Jan 12, 2008, 13:26:49
 
> tell that to RH, ximi..err Novell who  ...   Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
Shamar
Jan 12, 2008, 14:11:10
 
>> I agree with you but it is time to le ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
v m
Jan 12, 2008, 15:01:16
 
> > tell that to RH, ximi..err Novell wh ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
beerintrousers
Jan 12, 2008, 19:06:35
 
> KDE has deliberately been scuttled by  ...   Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
ue
Jan 13, 2008, 01:55:51
 
I love the KDE desktop environment - I p ...   Thanks KDE team!   
CD Baric
Jan 13, 2008, 09:25:26
 
> The big commercial distros would be re ...   Re: Thanks KDE team!   
Tony OBryan
Jan 13, 2008, 14:43:55
 
I cannot let this post go unanswered bec ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!!   
v m
Jan 13, 2008, 15:10:53
 
>Qt licenses are not based on any type o ...   Re: Re: Thanks KDE team!   
CD Baric
Jan 13, 2008, 16:29:17
 
> It will never go away as long as comme ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: KDE should not compete with GNOME!   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 13, 2008, 19:46:35
 
> How do you explain the commercial choi ...   Re: Re: Re: Thanks KDE team!   
Tony OBryan
Jan 14, 2008, 00:11:10
 
> > How do you explain the commercial ch ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Thanks KDE team!   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 14, 2008, 10:22:42
 
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