What To Expect From KDE 3.1

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 15, 2002 @11:17AM from the tabcandy-braincandy-candy dept.

Moritz Moeller - Her writes "As most of you desktop users already know, the KDE Project recently released KDE 3.1beta2, which will be the final development release before KDE 3.1. The good news is, KDE 3.1 is scheduled for release in just a few weeks. The following page gives a nice overview about what is coming with many screenshots. It will certainly be the best KDE ever."

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Best one ever? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-15 11:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Well, that's a relief. I was worried that the newest version would suck worse than all previous versions. *whew*

AND it looks more like Windows95? Awesome!
You mean... by fungus · 2002-10-15 11:20 · Score: 5, Funny

"It will certainly be the best KDE ever."

Better than the future releases? Woah, I must download that now.
Re:KDE hasn't far to go by cscx · 2002-10-15 11:23 · Score: 5, Funny

So does hitting ctrl-alt-backspace automatically press the "Submit" button in your web browser?
For those who read the article by Wise+Dragon · 2002-10-15 11:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Andreas> P.S. Let's please be nice to each other, OK?
Too bad about the servers, though by ndogg · 2002-10-15 11:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Using it since lunch. Every KDE release seems to get faster and faster. It's actually faster than fluxbox. F' plain window managers if full desktop environments are faster than them. F' twm.

Yeah, it's too bad their servers aren't nearly as fast under the /. load.

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Re:Performance by compjma · 2002-10-15 11:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Stick to Commodore 64, they haven't changed features in years, and are an exceedingly tight code-base. (fits in less than 64K,not meg, not gig, but K)
3.1 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-15 11:59 · Score: 1, Funny

"KDE 3.1 is scheduled for release in just a few weeks... It will certainly be the best KDE ever."
Kinda like Windows 3.1 was the best Windows ever? :)
M$ ad by quantaman · 2002-10-15 12:03 · Score: 5, Funny

I wonder who at M$ was the one who decided to buy an ad for this story. Ah well, the sweet irony of clicking on an M$ ad in a KDE story thus generating additional revenue for /. :-).

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KDE Switch Campaign? by EugeneK · 2002-10-15 12:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Apparently this is a new KDE marketing campaign about a *REAL* Gnome user who switched. They seem to have taken it down; luckily I saved a copy!!
Gnome to KDE: Mission Accomplished, Convert Thrilled
Re:Browser integration by electroniceric · 2002-10-15 12:53 · Score: 5, Funny

(At a technical institute I visited, there was a very formal hierarchy: students enrolled as Computer Engineering or EE, flunked 1st semester and switched to Computer Science or SE, and then became IT after flunking again).

Kudos to this school for teaching its students the essential skills of the software industry: thinking you're smarter than everyone else, not interacting well with other people, and resolutely explaining technical minutia whenevery a situation is threatening.

I've been wanting another degree - where do I enroll?
Re:For those late to the party, here's the article by boa13 · 2002-10-15 13:09 · Score: 5, Funny

KDE 3.2 will also feature the ability to use Vim as the mail composer

But will EMACS 21.3 feature the ability to use KDE as the window manager?
Re:Browser integration by scrytch · 2002-10-15 13:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Konqueror's integration is completely different from IE's integration. IE isn't just integrated into the desktop, but is wired deep into the bowels of the OS, using interfaces not available for other apps.

Name just one such interface.

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