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KDE 3.1 Second Beta Released
desau writes "The good folks over at KDE have released the second beta of 3.1. Binary packages are available for most major distributions, save one."
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Before it even starts:
Do we really need to announce beta releases of desktop environments on Slashdot? Is that all this site is becoming?
Is a large portion of slashdot, being geeks/techies/OSS-types, and probably users of [KDE|GNOME], not interested in hearing about realeases of [KDE|GNOME]?
But...... I....... I mean.... umm..... why isn't this kuro5hin?
You poor confused bastard.
The work done to produce binaries is not done by the KDE Project, it's done by the vendors or volunteers. The KDE Project only releases source, but they mirror the binaries.
... Please note that the KDE Project makes these packages available from the KDE web site as a convenience to KDE users. The KDE Project is not responsible for these packages as they are provided by third parties..." (emphasis mine)
RedHat is much more interested in Gnome, and the RH developer who maintained the KDE packages resigned because of the modification of the KDE look & feel in RH 8.0.
Had you read the release announcement, you would have noticed the section which reads:
"Binary Packages. Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE 3.1beta2 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so.
Has your knee stopped jerking yet?
http://download.kde.org/unstable/kde-3.1-beta2/Deb ian/woody/
suitable for placement in your apt-sources.
* And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla."