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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. My Grandma just got confused by Sean80 · · Score: 0, Troll
    "....or use Konstruct if you don't feel like calling configure by yourself."

    I'm sorry, but isn't this the same issue people have been complaining about for years? I'm a computer scientist with 10 years of experience, and even I wouldn't know how to do this. Sure, I could figure it out, but it would take time. Even worse, my grandmother or my mother or my brother wouldn't even really have the first idea how to make this work. But Windows just works, they'll say, so why should I stop using it?

    Anyway, if one wants to upgrade, shouldn't there be a button within KDE?:

    "To install the new version of KDE, go to the Start Menu, click on "Upgrade" and you're done!"

    I wonder if this will truly be the year of the Linux desktop if things are still this "geeky."

  2. A noobie question... by SilentT · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm a linux noobie, so could you experienced users explain the differences between KDE and GNOME? Other than minor differences in appearance, they seem pretty similar.

  3. Re:Next step - better apps by Czernobog · · Score: 0, Troll

    Konq to Moz? Not a fair comparison. Moz is a beast. Maybe FireBird without the FileManager and the 101 other things and you're half-way there...
    GiMP is beyond anything and everything, no challenge.
    AbiWord sucks. It has sucked since the very first version I tried some 4 years ago and has consistently kept doing so. OpenOffice had better not be Gnomified-uglyfied. It's ugly enough. KOffice, the world has no need for IMO.
    Gaim is very good. And ugly as hell. Ever tried Kopete? Does the same things. Looks better too.

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    /. Where the truth
  4. It's about time by JamesKPolk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well it sure did take long enough. Remember when KDE used to be known for its speed of development?

    - 2.0: 10/23/2000
    - 2.1: 2/26/2001 (4 months, 3 days)
    - 2.2: 8/15/2001 (5 months, 19 days)
    - 3.0: 4/3/2002 (7 months, 19 days)
    - 3.1: 1/28/2003 (9 months, 25 days)
    - 3.2RC: 1/19/2004 (11 months, 22 days and counting)

    At this rate, we won't see KDE 3.3/4.0 (whichever the next version ends up being) until April 2005!