KDE Dot News: Eye on Karamba: Talking to Hans Karlsson

“Karamba is a desktop enhancement, similar to Konfabulator and
Samurize, that appeared on KDE-Look.org (looky) about one month
ago. Since then, Karamba has become the highest rated project on
looky with a surprisingly large number of themes and extensions
having been contributed, subsequently leading to a dedicated
category for Karamba contributions. We had a little chat with
author Hans Karlsson about himself, KDE, Karamba, and the hype
surrounding it.

“1. Please tell us about yourself and how you got
involved with KDE.

“I’m a 25 year old from southern Sweden. I have just finished my
education, Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering,
at Lund Institute of Technology. I got my first computer (Commodore
64) around 1986 or 1987 and I’ve been hooked since then. I became a
Linux user in 1999 when I installed Red Hat. Around the end of 2001
I found the kde-look site and there were some impressive looking
desktops. Before that I liked, be prepared for a shock :), GNOME
more than KDE. But none of them could replace my Window Maker
desktop. Window Maker was replaced by KDE when I got a new computer
a couple of months later…”

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