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
Head on over to view the full
interview.