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KDE 2.2.1, On Win32/Cygwin

Posted by timothy on from the windows-with-a-small-w dept.

m_ilya writes: "It looks like KDE 2.2.1 has been ported on Cygwin. More than year ago I was forced to use WinNT at work, and I've been missing the Linux desktop a lot. I hope if I will be ever forced to use Windows again I would be able to have more Unix-friendly desktop :). Here's the announcement. Kudos to all the KDE hackers." Check out the posting on the Dot for some more links.

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  1. Probably still has a ways to go... by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their own project site says it's 'alpha'-level software. One of the guys in the office had played with Cygwin and Xfree86 running some stuff - nice idea, but seemed a bit kludgy at the time. Still, I suppose it can only get better. :)

    To those who ask "why bother?", at this time you might be right. However, as KDE matures, it'd be nice to know you could write apps that would run on many more boxes than just native Linux boxes. (Haven't seen KDE run on anything but Linux - I assume it might run on Solaris? *BSD?) Yeah, it's an early hack right now - if it matures to become a good alternative, it certainly can't be a bad thing in any sense of the word (unless you were to argue that that time could have been better spent developing some other apps).

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  2. reminds me of that line from airplane by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 1, Funny

    because of this, from the cygwin site:
    What Is Cygwin?
    Cygwin is a UNIX environment for Windows.

    And while reading the description I kept thinking of that line:
    "... it is like humping your sister, sure it feels good when you start, but you both know it is wrong.

    KDE on windows...hurmph...like putting a tiara on a moose...uhhh...bad analogy. And get that thing away from my head!

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  3. It's about time! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally we can have the stability of Windows combined with the world class user interface of Linux.

    May God have mercy on our souls.

  4. English to E Translation by Jeff+Probst · · Score: 0, Funny
    Building on the most excellent English to E translation perl script done by Shoeboy, I have translated this submission.

    It looks like KDE 2.2.1 has been ported on Cygwin
    It looks like KDE 2.2.1 has been ported to Cygwin, but I am too lame to get it working myself.

    More than a year ago I was forced to use WinNT at work
    My company suffered when the dot com crash happened. Given that the typical open source business model goes something like:

    1. Release Free Software
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!!
    the unprofitable linux division was closed. If I wanted a job I had to develop software targeted for the profitable windows market.

    and I've been missing the Linux desktop a lot
    When I ran KDE 1.2 more than a year ago, it really sucked. I missed it because it puts a fucking K in front of every application

    I hope if I will be ever forced to use Windows again I would be able to have more Unix-friendly desktop :).
    sadly I did not work well with the windows team as I am an abrasive person. They got sick of my propaganda and fired me. I am still unemployed.

    Hope that clears things up!

  5. Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now I can enjoy KDE's performance hits on top of Windows' performance hits. :)

  6. hmm... by xmodfoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I use WINE to emulate win32 in Linux and run KDE with it?

  7. You should know that.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    i took a dump 3 minutes ago....thank you :)