LinuxPower interviews Kalle Dalheimer of KDE

LinuxPower has an interview with Kalle Dalheimer of KDE. They
asked the following questions:

• What do you see as the main reason for someone choosing to use
  a desktop environment?
• What advantages do KDE-aware apps provide over a non-aware
  app.
• What window managers have native support for KDE?
• How easy is KDE to install?
• When do you think KDE will be ready to capture the desktop of
  the average computer user?
• Approximately how many developers do you have working on the
  main project / how many
• How are you handling usability testing? Are you testing KDE on
  average users with little previous
• How do you view the other desktop environment projects for
  linux?
• What previously existing desktop environment has influenced KDE
  the most? What about it makes
• How is window manager coordination handled by the desktop
  environment?
• Which significant applications for your desktop environment are
  near completion or are quite
• What distributions are using your desktop environment?
• Do you feel that some features that your are implementing
  yourself (e.g. Drag ‘N Drop) would be
• What are you feelings about all the disagreement about your
  desktop environment versus GNOME?
• Are there any minimal hardware requirements to run KDE?
• Why do you feel the open source model is the best model for
  your desktop environment?
• What are your feelings on QT? Do you see it as a threat to the
  free software movement?
• Do you see the X server as limiting your ability to make the
  “best” desktop environment?
• What percentage of Linux users would you like to see use your
  desktop environment?
• What are your goals for the up coming versions of KDE?
• What two things do you see as advantages for your desktop
  environment in Linux? What two things

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interview.