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KDE.org: The People Behind KDE: Kristof Borrey

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 2, 2002

[ Thanks to Tink for this
link. ]

When did you hear of KDE first?

“I think it was October 1999. My Windows box suffered a lot from
crashes/viruses/etc. so I decided to look for an alternative. I
thought Macintosh was the only alternative available, so I looked
for a Macintosh dealer at Google. By mistake I typed Macintosch,
and I didn’t found anything. So I tried alternative operating
system, and here it was: Linux. It was a Computer Associates
website and I was able to get a copy of Red Hat Linux 6.2 for free.
It even worked on my existing hardware, so I didn’t have to buy new
hardware. It looked too good to be true. Two days later, I received
the Red Hat CD and from that day, I’m using Linux/KDE…”

Complete
Story

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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