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Mosfet Contributes Code To KDE (Again)

Posted by timothy on from the good-news-for-a-new-year dept.

davidsmind writes "Former KDE hacker and creator of the much acclaimed Liquid theme, Mosfet(AKA Daniel M. Duley ) is back in the spotlight. The Dot was the first one with the story. 'Many in the KDE community are aware of some rocky history between KDE hacker Mosfet and other KDE developers. Fortunately, it looks like things have taken a great turn for the better: Mosfet wrote in to tell us that "I've decided to donate 20 effects I ported to KDE/Qt for PixiePlus to KDE3." Waldo Bastian promptly added them to CVS.'" The list of effects is long, impressive, and under a BSD-style license. Mosfet has done a lot of the work that makes my desktop pretty, so I'm very happy to hear about this.

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  1. I propose a Mosfet section on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the icon may frighten off the readers :-)

    1. Re:I propose a Mosfet section on Slashdot by Otter · · Score: 3, Funny
      Is this what Mosfet looks like? Is this him in drag? Who is that in the picture!?

      Yes, that's him.

      There are some more pictures in his PixiePlus screenshots.

      The pictures of the blonde woman in a dress? That's his girlfriend, IIRC. So if you single guys out there were wondering what you're doing wrong, you might want to consider long green hair, green lipstick and periodic feuding with the core KDE developers. Apparently there's more to know than just what's in Eric Raymond's sex tips HOWTO...

      --
      What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
  2. Let us not forget ... by ez76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nobody doubts the impact Mosfet has had on KDE, but we would be remiss if we neglected the many contributions of Bipolar and Jfet as well.

    They too have played a big role in making KDE what it is today.

  3. Re:Mosfet is a woman? :) by Ch_Omega · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ehm... Cancel that..

    From the Mosfet's homepage: "My name is Daniel M. Duley. I'm a 26 yr/old application developer and system admin living in Indiana, USA."... And I who just loves geekgirls... Damn! ;)

  4. Re:Wonderful news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    dot.kde.org would fall down in a slight breeze - nevermind the slashdot effect. It is apparently hosted on a vacuum cleaner.

  5. I wish we could get the questions... by Oswald · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...about this guy's sexuality sorted out. How the hell am I supposed to make an intelligent decision about open source GUIs and themes without this information?

  6. KDE3 rules by timecop · · Score: 0, Funny

    Now that mosfet's back with contributing code to KDE, maybe that cool copyright-infringing aqua look is going to come back. KDE looks great in aqua.