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KDE 2.2.2

Posted by michael on from the suddenly-everything-clicks dept.

loopkin writes: "Seems that the last KDE 2 is out. KDE 2.2.2 is faster and more stable and secure than 2.2.1, as stated in the Changelog. You will appreciate the trick that makes the icons load 5% faster in particular. Announcement is here. Please use mirrors for download, but original FTP is here. Note as well that maybe for the first time, there are _official_ RH packages for a _stable_ release (7.2)."

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  1. What is thanksgiving day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please explain for a non-American. I assume that it is for giving thanks to something - but what? It sounds just like another reason to eat loads of food, get drunk and have to deal with the Grandparents and that horrible aunt.

    1. Re:What is thanksgiving day? by gigi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Thanksgiving: celebrated in 1620 by the immigrants of the ship Mayflower when they saw that they will survive through the first winter. They have not been attacked by the indians, so in the coming years they could borrow some land. There have been many ships before and after, but the Mayflower was the first ship carrying religious fanatics, and that's why we celebrate. This fine religious spirit is now continued by people like reverend Jerry Falwell ('it is okay to send anthrax to clinics').

  2. (OT)Re:What is thanksgiving day? by tercero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanksgiving, although not called a religious holiday, is the day the pilgrims dedicated to giving thanks to the Christian God for a year of good harvest and blessings (including meeting and learning from the natives). We, who remember this, also count our blessings from the past year. I all thanksgiving is is just what you described, it's hard to think of things to be thankful for.

  3. Re:Question by zulux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Eight years ago I played 4 hours of Doom, daily, on a 486-33. Four years ago I played 4 hours of Quake, daily, on a P2-300. Today I play 4 hours of Wolfenstein, daily, on a P4-2000

    Where is the gain in time?

    You're ping times have gone down. That's a time savings that your online foes appreciate! ;)

    --

    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  4. Re:Objprelink? by AirLace · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    No, actually you were not wrong; the AC was. According to the OED, the verb "to trade" has equally used interchangeable meanings of "to sell" or "to buy" in this context, and the preposition "for" also has no specific connotations of recievership or otherwise. Thus the phrase "it trades speed for stability" is in fact utterly ambiguous, but also not wrong. Take peoples' advice regarding grammar, but always make sure that you come to your own conclusions before apologising for nothing.


    Meanwhile, I will return to uploading my KDE 2.2.2 packages into Debian unstable. It should be apt-gettable within a couple of hours, as the KDE folks were good enough to allow time for packaging before announcing the release. We're not to be upstaged by these RedHat packages :-)

  5. Re:This is excellent news by Isle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, this is a clever troll. But the phony link is a dead give away. ;-)

    Gnome quicker? Yeah, right...

  6. Re:Question by rasactive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Salvation Army? Goodwill? Do you like stealing from the poor?