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KDE 3.0 beta 1 is out
From the development team who tries to break every development speed record (last month they released KDE 2.2.2) comes KDE 3.0 beta 1, with lots of new features, new QT (3.0.1). It is beta 1 so expect crashes. You can find release notes and download locations over . A full feature list of whats planned to be on KDE 3.0 is also available (hmm, quite a big list) and some screenshots are available here. Please read the README files for your favorite distribution before installing the files as those packages are not replacing the KDE 2.2.X binaries (if you have it installed).
I've mirror'd the screenshot page here. Included are also the full size pictures of the screenshots. Enjoy. Mirror Link
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For all the advancements, looks like they are trying to copy MS Windows. Where's the new and superior advances in GUI design? When Windows XP came out it was all "eye candy". When a Linux GUI comes out trying to look like the last version of Windows it's inovative, new, and exciting. Just because something ins running under Linux doesn't make it better.
from a few years ago, i wasn't impressed by kde at all. in fact, that was the only 'ugh' i had for linux back then.
i've been using gnome since then, and have been fairly happy. since redhat 7.2 release, i switched to KDE 2.1, and was blown away. wow, so much polish and everything is integrated nicely. good visuals, lots of configuration options, wow wow!
i used kde 2.1 for 2 months, and now i'm going back to gnome. why?
here's why:
konqueror completely and utterly blows when compared with mozilla (i wont use Opera either)
mozilla under KDE cannot do anti-aliasing.
mozilla under gnome has bitchin anti-aliasing. sites look better with mozilla AA than konqueror AA.
graphics under gnome are crispy and clean.
kde graphics are boring and fuzzy.
evolution rocks. kmail blows.
kmail has got to be the most featureless and bugridden IMAP client ever.
kde is somewhat buggy. there has been many times when my kde toolbar just stops working.
kde reminds of me windows in a way. look, i move very very fast inside my gui desktop. my system is a p3/933 512mb. often, kde apps crash when moving too fast in them (at least it's a nice crash with a pretty message).
playing with kde pulldowns too fast will break the app.
gnome never has this problem.
i'm not saying that KDE is crap. KDE and Gnome both have good and bad things about them. it's just using the right tool for the right job, and for me, that's Ximian Gnome.
for my grandma, it's KDE baby.. all the way.