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Canllaith.org: KDE4–Understanding the Buzz

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 2005

“There has been a great deal of buzz lately about KDE4 and
especially Plasma. People are talking excitedly on Osnews and
Slashdot about what KDE4 will bring. Many other people are asking
where they can see what new features are being developed at the
moment, and other signs of progress. These people have been a
little disappointed to hear that while a lot of hard work has been
happening on KDE4 development, almost no progress has been made
that’s clear to the casual observer. So what really is happening?
To understand that, we need to take a look at Qt.

“Qt is a library to build user interfaces. It provides most of
the graphical elements in a KDE application, such as menus and
buttons and the text input field I’m writing this article in.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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