KDE 4.5, through my GNOME eyes | Linux Today

KDE 4.5, through my GNOME eyes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 20, 2010

“Such is the power of the Internet that I can actually feel you
wincing as you read that title.

“So I’ve had a play with the KDE 4.5 Live CD and thought I’d
share my first impressions, coloured by the fact that I’m currently
using the GNOME desktop environment on my installation of Linux
Mint. There’s also an available version of Mint with KDE, but my
understanding is that it’s the latest release of OpenSUSE that
provides the most up-to-date KDE experience.

“Ready? Let’s do this…”


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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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