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KDE Success in the Enterprise

Posted by michael on from the looks-like-windows dept.

Arandir writes "Is UNIX ready for the desktop? Display Works Inc. thinks it is! They adopted KDE as their official desktop environment over a year ago, and KDE::Enterprise is running an interview with IT manager Tim Brodie over their experiences. This is a very good interview that covers why KDE was chosen, user migration, and wish lists for KDE. Quote: "I now see KDE taking the lead in polish and professionalism on the desktop"."

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  1. Re:Hello? Hello? by mrscorpio · · Score: 1, Troll

    Troll?

    It's been clarified many times that OS X is not Unix (OINUX?) Yellow Dog is Linux, but OS X is not Unix.

    Do a search on google, hell do a search on SLASHDOT for any mac/unix related article, and find out why.

    Chris

  2. kde: mickey mouse or sesame street? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll


    I now see KDE taking the lead in polish and professionalism on the desktop


    With the mickey mouse icons and an interface that looks like it belongs on sesame street, that's some nice polish and real professionalism.

    I just checked out the new kde by trying knoppix for the first time (I'm still using 2.2.2 and 3.0.something on the two desktop installs I have), and while the latest kde release is so good I have trouble leaving the computer, it still strikes me how cartoonish the icons, buttons, and general widgets are.

    I think they're very good, and kde in general is getting quite excellent, but the cartoonish appearance simply detracts from what is otherwise a fantastic piece of work. Professionalism? Are cartoonish icons/buttons/widgets professional?

    That being said, I can live with the cartoonish features, and can't wait to update all of my computers. But I think they could do better for corporate desktops.

    So has matrix 2 hit gnutella in decent numbers yet?

    I tried the gtk-gnutella 1.* series on suse 8.0 after I couldn't get the 2.* series working (or was that 0.* after 1.* failed?) due to dependency failures. Just a few days after I downloaded and installed it, I get messages telling me that the release is full of bugs/issues, I have to upgrade. What a pia.

    So with the new suse 8.2, and the new kde/compilers/whatever, I should be able to get the newer gtk-gnutella working. How stable is it? Does the release last at least a few months without a forced upgrade?
  3. Open Source by cyberman11 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Everything Microsoft sells, we're going to give away for free.