Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Flipping the Linux switch: KDE, the K desktop environment
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> | In KDE 4, the K Menu (among other things) got a radical makeover. The menu is
> | divided into two parts, a lower panel consisting of several buttons:
> | Favorites, Applications, My Computer, Recently Used and Leave (a
> really
Sounds very "Winders" ....
> | inelegant way of saying "shutdown menu"). The upper panel features animated
> | menus depending on what is selected on the lower panel. Here you can
> | see the
Animated icons? Uh oh! Eye candy for morons! Sounds like Windows!
> | Applications icon highlighted, with the Office applications loaded. It takes
> | some getting used to (and is still a release candidate at the time of this
> | post), but it is appealing to those who enjoy putting their own mark on the
> | aesthetics and function of their desktop.
> `----
You mean it looking more like Windows?
>
> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/12/30/flipping-the-linux-switch-kde-the-k-desktop-environment/
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> Related:
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> KDE 4 Preview
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> | KDE 4 looks very promising. It looks good, works good and I predict reception
> | will be good.
> `----
"Works good"? Better than his English teacher anyway.
>
> http://www.masuran.org/2007/12/17/kde-4-preview/
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>
> Introducing KDE 4
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> | As most of you already know, it's the new KDE 4 default file manager. The KDE
> | 3.x version introduce a new way for file management on KDE, You're probably
> | asking yourself: New? In which way? Let me answer that, it introduced for the
> | first time in KDE world a simple KDE file manager, easy to follow and use,
> | because I believe users will agree that Konqueror (and don't even make me
> | talk about Krusader) isn't the user friendliness application out there.
> `----
>
> http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2007/12/dolphin.html
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> Switching from KDE to WinXP #2
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Conclusion
> |
> | I have looked at several features that KDE?s Konqueror has but that
> | WinXP's Explorer doesn't have. I have also mentioned a few of the
Because Konqueror is a bloated POS whose very existence is the
antithesis of the Linux/Unix raison d'etre. Much better is the plug in
script approach of something like Nautilus. Konqueror is more "windows"
than Windows IMO.
> | things I don't like about Explorer and often why I think Konqueror's way of
> | doing it is better. You may have noticed that there is nothing positive
> | about Explorer. That is true and it is not for lack of trying. The fact is,
> | for me, the way I work, there is just nothing special about Explorer. I
> | didn't find any feature that struck me as being especially cool or useful
> | that Konqueror didn?t also have.
> |
> | Switching from KDE to WindowsXP at work has seriously impaired my
> | productivity.
> `----
>
> http://www.osugisakae.com/tech/2007/01/10/switching-from-kde-to-winxp-2/
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> KDE4 is very attractive for software service companies
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The next version of KDE4 will run natively on Mac OS X and Windows XP and
> | Vista. This means that it is a very attractive platform for software
> | development. No other cross-platform toolkit looks as good as Qt and has an
> | equally appealing API.
> `----
This can only be good. It also means a lot of Linux users might migrate
to Windows.
>
> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2913
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> KDE4 is Very Attractive
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | KDE4 will be a big step towards an enterprise software business based on free
> | software. The software on the big servers is there already, the desktop is
> | next. - kdedevelopers blogs
> `----
>
> http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/kde4-is-very-attractive/
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>
> KDE Commit Digest - Issue 90 - 23rd December 2007
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Trolltech-sponsored development continues on Phonon backends. Support for
> | saving to remote URL's in Gwenview. A "Now Playing" data engine and applet,
> | and the train clock bla in Plasma. "Switch Tabs on Hover" can now be
> | disabled, and other refinements in Kickoff for KDE 4.0.
> `----
>
> http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-12-23/
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