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KDE 3.2 Release Candidate 1 Debuts

Posted by simoniker on from the run-kde-and-jam-master-jay dept.

danalien writes "Before a early Feb. release of the (stable) KDE 3.2, KDE has today announced the first 'Release Candidate', and hopefully the last pre-release, for its 'Open Source graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations'. Get it from download.kde.org, or use Konstruct if you don't feel like calling configure by yourself."

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  1. Hey editors: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's 'Release Kandidate'. Learn to spell.

    1. Re:Hey editors: by DJCouchyCouch · · Score: 1, Funny

      > Learn to spell.

      I kan't!

      DJCC

    2. Re:Hey editors: by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Funny

      If it were the other desktop, that would gnot be the correct spelling.

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  2. Kool. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    KDE is pretty kool. Aktually it's uber kool. I've konstantly kaught myself kakkling at their konstant play with K and K. Err.. K and K. Damn K and K... you know what i mean

    1. Re:Kool. by sloanster · · Score: 2, Funny

      yeah, that's way kooler than all that gsilly gnome gstuff, glike grip, gand gother gnome gprograms.

    2. Re:Kool. by LMCBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

      ?

      Oh, I get it! You put "K"'s in place of "C"'s! Because many KDE apps have names that begin with K! Ha! Ha! Ha! Wooh! I wonder why no one's ever made that joke before? It's just...so...hilarious!

      I smell a "+5, Funny" coming your way, mister oh-so-clever-with-the-joke-that-isn't-even-close-t o-being-old-yet!

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  3. run-kde-and-jam-master-jay by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's nice. And appropriate, since KDE is Tougher Than Leather. :)

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  4. In other news... by stealth.c · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bruce Perens finally confessed that his reasons for embracing GNOME rather than KDE were "...a severe lack of Gs, and far too many Ks. All technical aspects aside, I knew RMS would roast me if I chose something that didn't start with a G."

    Honestly, I think KDE is a technical masterpiece. It gives me a GUI which can easily be configured in pretty much every conceivable way.

    GNOME, MacOS, and Windows just don't have that kind of room for personality.

  5. Adding to the praise by Punk+Walrus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have been using the Beta 2 (3.1.94) on some of my "non-essential" Slackware test systems for a while, and I am very satisfied. I won't upgrade all my primary systems until 3.2.x (the usual "Oops, sorry, our bad!" release), but I'll be itching con Konvert all the Fedora Gore 1 systems to Fedora Kore.

  6. Only 4 to 9 yrs and 364 days away from the Desktop by FerretFrottage · · Score: 2, Funny

    As much as I welcome this news, I look much more forward to SCO rc 1 codenamed "McBride"...in about 10-15 yrs pending good behavior (stable?)

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  7. Re:Next step - better apps by trouser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually I think KOffice is pretty neat. I especially like the way it doesn't support any proprietary formats eg. MS Office.

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  8. Waiting for Konquerer to fix File-menu spelling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Currently, Konquerer spells "File" as "Location" for an unknown reason.

  9. Obligatory Monty Python sketch quote by Mjlner · · Score: 5, Funny
    Well... At least it should be obligatory...

    ..."Yes, I saw your advert in the bolour supplement."
    "The what?"
    "The bolour supplement!"
    "The colour supplement?"
    "Yes. I'm sorry I can't say the letter B."
    "C?"
    "Yes, that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a spoolboy. I was attacked by a bat."
    "A cat?"
    "No, a bat."
    "Can you say the letter 'K'?"
    "Oh yes. Khaki, king, kettle, Kuwait, Keble Bollege Oxford."
    "Why don't you use the letter 'K' instead of the letter 'C'?"
    "What do you mean ... spell bolour with a 'K'?"
    "Yes."
    "Kolour... Oh, that's very good, I never thought of that."

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    1. Re:Obligatory Monty Python sketch quote by ksp · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...and from the Hollywod Bowl performance, Mr. Smoke-Too-Much explaims at this revelation:
      "Oh, what a silly bunt I am"

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