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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. Re:Too bad nobody will use it... by fault0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sure you can. Qt/X11 is gpl'd without any other restrictions other than what the GPL has. So you can port it to whatever you want, including distribute binaries of said Qt port.

    Afaik, these guys are using Cygwin, which has a X11 server anyways, so not even that applies here.

  2. Other resources by Col.+Panic · · Score: 4, Informative
    I also am forced to use NT at work, but it is much easier with a few tools. Here are a few other ports:

    pstools

    strings

    grep