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KDE 3.0 is Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the congrats-to-the-hackers dept.

Emilio Hansen noted that KDE 3.0 is on their site. There is no official announcement yet, but this looks like the real deal. No debian packages yet, but you can snag RPMs from various distros or src for the do it yourself. Updated by HeUnique:Here is the announcement, enjoy.

17 of 531 comments (clear)

  1. Watch out... by IIOIOOIOO · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a trap! Some guy on the KDE team has his desktop calendar all screwed up... he think's that TODAY is April 1!

  2. KDE 3.0 Scoop by fruey · · Score: 5, Funny

    What I want to know is who is spending time lurking on ftp sites to get scoops like this?

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    1. Re:KDE 3.0 Scoop by abdulla · · Score: 2, Funny

      why lurk when you can script :)

  3. New KDE version? by Nighttime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then it must be time for the following posts:
    - how KDE kicks GNOME's butt
    - GNOME is now a dead-end for the Linux desktop
    - why GNOME 2.0 will be better
    - KDE looks too much like Windows
    - KDE loading times
    - KDE/GNOME are bloated, use iceWM/XFCE/Blackbox/whatever
    - who needs a GUI? the command line is where it's at
    - people making lists of expected posts :)

    Any more?

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    1. Re:New KDE version? by volsung · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Go buy Windows XP, you cheap bastard, and get some real work done."

  4. KDE 3.11 by 9633 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When it reaches that version then we will have reached nirvana.

    1. Re:KDE 3.11 by bbh · · Score: 5, Funny

      And when we reach 3.14... does that mean we have come full circle?

      bbh

  5. KDE For Workgroups! by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait...

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  6. Re:Its' great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm using the gnome 2 snapshots, and they're so good i killed kde. Looks like we have too great desktops now!

  7. Re:Valgrind and memory leaks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    • I haven't had memory leaks in C++ in years--they are straightforward to avoid with consistent use of constructors/destructors

    Translation: I haven't seen any memory leaks in my C++ code in years. Plus, I'm the world's greatest lover. Uuuh yeah, baby.

  8. Re:Give them a chance... by laserjet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not if the box is running Windows 95, thought. The box should not even be phased by this.

    moderators: this a called sarchasm.

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  9. Re:Give them a chance... by Rob+Kaper · · Score: 5, Funny
    The KDE project is famous for its funded and organised trolling of weblogs and message board associated with Linux and Free software/open source.


    So there is money in open source! :-)

  10. Re:What's the correct way to upgrade my KDE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ooh! Ooh! I know this one:

    # lynx -source http://go-gnome.com/ | sh

    Sometimes it's just too easy....

    (PS, this is a *joke* people. If you don't have a sense of humor, you don't need to be moderating....)

  11. Re:BLOATWARE! by dmarien · · Score: 2, Funny

    you're right -- it can only hold 17 Gb minus 60 Mb after you install KDE -- maybe you should invistigate a NAS solution

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  12. Re:GNOME & KDE by krmt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Careful man... some of the younger trolls might start hitting you up for your sister's name and phone number. I mean... she uses Linux and hates Windows! ;-)

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  13. Re:You really need to get out more by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Funny

    If /. prematurely announces popular software, then the terrorists have already won.

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  14. Re:Screenshots anyone? by Afrosheen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not Found
    The requested URL /screenshot.png was not found on this server.

    Apache/1.3.24 Server at vibers.ca Port 80

    That's a pretty unusual screenshot, kde3 looks alot like your average 404 apache message.