[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard for this link. ]
“But by year’s end, it will likely be the default desktop
for many if not most Linux distributions, and is certain to become
a standard (if not the standard). So if you want to amaze your
friends, learn a great deal without a lot of effort, and become the
resident KDE2 guru, now is the time to start.“
“Roll up your sleeves and dive right in! You can hack KDE2
without knowing a bit of code, because it’s all there in plain
text. Look in the /share/apps dirtectory. Open some files. try some
things. Reconfigure stuff all over the place if you want. If you
break some stuff and can’t back out, just install again. (Or, if
you’re the careful sort, you can backup the working file before you
“improve” it.)”
“Fact is, this doesn’t apply just to KDE2. You can mess around
with just about anything Linux and make significant customizations
without having to write code or even compile it (though if you’re
going to use Linux, you’re going to need sooner or later to compile
an application or two or a dozen, so you might as well learn
now).”