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KDE 2.2 Released

Posted by Hemos on from the come-and-get-it dept.

Well, we had covered it being tagged last week, and now, after a hardware problem with one of the main download servers, KDE is ready for download. Except that you'll probably want to go to the mirrors to actually get it. You can get more about it about it from Dre's dot.kde post, or you can read the KDE announcement - and have a good time!

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  1. Site-specific popup policy by kdgarris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Konqueror already has the ability to allow or not allow Javascript on a per-site basis,a nd also has an option to disable the Javascript window.open function globally, but what I'd really like to see is the ability to disable window.open on a site-specific basis as well.

    Popup windows are annoying on some (okay, most) sites, but a few require them in order to make use of the site.

    -Karl

  2. Mosfet's Liquid Style Engine by kdgarris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For a great visual effect, check out the Liquid style engine which was designed for this version of KDE. I'm running it now, and it looks beautiful:



    http://www.mosfet.org/liquid.html

    -Karl
  3. KDE and Ximian Gnome Can't Get Along? by idonotexist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apt-getting kde, noticed kde removes gdm. I thought --- well, I'll install kde 2.2 and then reinstall gdm. After installing kde, apparently an install of gdm is not possible without removing kdm and kde.

    While I enjoy using gnome more than kde, I like to occassionally use kde by selecting kde in gdm. However, with kde 2.2, this no longer seems possible. Does someone have any suggestions to allow gdm with kde 2.2?

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    "There ought to be limits to freedom"
  4. Here's what I'd like to see by dmelomed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Less bloat. More optimizations. You shouldn't neet lots of resources to move windows around and copy and paste. 1.x release was actually bearable on a 64 or 128 MB machine, can't say the same about the new release. I know this is asking for impossible, but maybe people who moderated my previous post a troll can prove me wrong, and have a large C++ project have a memory foot print/resource usage that these kinds of binaries could have (C instead).

  5. Ok, user friendly with no installer? by joshv · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Such a major project with an emphasis on usability and user friendliness and the package has no installer. Sure different distros can wrap it up in whatever package manager they use, but this is still a pain. Why can't they have something like mozilla's binary installer so end users (who may not know their distro) can download it and just go.

    -josh

  6. Re:Backwards compatibility by HeUnique · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well - this point was very crucial in the decision to move to developing KDE 3.0

    Most of KDE will stay the same, and QT is around 90% source compatible (not binary compatible)..

    So basically - moving an application from KDE 2 to KDE 3 shouldn't take more then a few tweaks.

    Lars from TrollTech has been playing for fun in ported the entire KDE libraries from QT 2.X to 3.0 beta in a few hours - so if few hours takes to move something this big - then it shouldn't take for an avrage programmer more then an hour or so..

    You should also remember - by the time that KDE 3.0 will be out - most of the distributions will move from GCC 2.9X to 3.0.X or 3.1 (if everything goes according to the GCC team) - so the developers will have to do some work - regardless of KDE or Gnome applications...

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    Hetz (Heunique)