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KDE 3.2.0 Released
Quique writes "KDE 3.2 has just been released. The official announcement is available at the KDE site and the source tarballs are being replicated to the mirrors. There are already binary packages for a few distributions. Besides the usual bugfixes and new features, this release has been highly optimized and runs way faster than previous versions. This is a good opportunity for Windows users to migrate to a free desktop."
I've been using the "unoficial" .deb's for a while now, and I gotta say that it really is a major release. Many bug fixes, faster than ever, I haven't seen kde running so smooth since kde1... Now since I had been using it on a teste machine, now all I have to do is wait for it to come in to debian sid to have it on all my desktops!
Great job by a great team.
Gentoo already has this, but it's masked.
/usr/portage/kde-base/kdebase, and there is an ebuild for it:
Go to
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7922 Jan 18 23:35 kdebase-3.0.5b.ebuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3971 Jan 13 12:40 kdebase-3.1.4.ebuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3630 Jan 29 08:42 kdebase-3.1.5.ebuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3084 Feb 2 07:26 kdebase-3.2.0.ebuild
You'll have to unmask it, so see The Masked Packages FAQ at Gentoo.org.
libertarianswag.com
Why is this a flamebait ?
I coded 2 Qtopia apps, "ZooZ" and "Wine(!)", and I sure know Qt as well as my fellow KDE-ers.
I *love* the API : it is really nice to code.
But I am not the average Joe 6pack, hence my comment.
How does this make the above a flamebait ?
Trolling using another account since 2005.
slackware packages are already available at:. 2/contrib/Slackware/9.1/
http://download.kde.org/download.php?url=stable/3
# ssh -l neo the_matrix; killall -9 agent_smith
You can get RH 7.3/8/9/Fedora packages here: http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net
The 3.2 release isn't available yet but I'm sure it will be soon. (I'm running the last beta right now)
This isn't meant as a troll but don't the Gnome folks lambast KDE for being less "free" than it?
Not anymore.
Initially KDE was a fully GPLed desktop enviroment that used a proprietary toolkit (QT). Since then, QT has been released under a dual license (QPL/GPL), and is considered to be Free Software, so that particular issue is resolved.
I'm personally glad there were licensing issues intially. It's the entire reason Gnome was even created, and competition is always good.
that work on integrating kde with OO.o is moving forward. This isn't just a look-n-feel thing, mind you, its much deeper than that. Details in the link.
Yes, unmasking is easy, but the files aren't there yet:
...done! /s -1.2.0.tar.bzs -1.2.0.tar.bz2l ving ftp.easynet.nl... 195.86.128.57
emerge -u kde
Calculating dependencies
>>> emerge (1 of 17) kde-base/arts-1.2.0 to
>>> Downloading http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/distfiles/art
2
--14:28:58-- http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/distfiles/art
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/arts-1.2.0.tar.bz2'
Reso
Connecting to ftp.easynet.nl[195.86.128.57]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
14:28:58 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Sit back and watch it try all the mirrors it knows. Noone has them. Yet.
Yada, Yada
Sid has some of the most recent packages and is definetley more up-to-date than Suse, Redhat and the likes (and is still "Debian").
Uh, sorry, I forgot: Dont feed the trolls!
My mistake...
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The checkbox said "Requires Windows 98, NT, or better. And so I installed Linux
Why the submitter linked to a php script is beyond me:
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(announcement starts)
Announcing KDE 3.2
DATELINE FEBRUARY 3, 2004
KDE Project Ships New Major Release Of Leading Open Source Desktop Environment
Splash
February 3, 2004 (The Internet) - The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.2, the third major release of the award-winning KDE3 desktop platform. KDE 3.2 is the result of a combined year-long effort by hundreds of individuals and corporations from around the globe. This diverse team has been working successfully together since 1997 to make KDE the leading Open Source desktop software for Linux and UNIX.
As with previous KDE releases, version 3.2 provides an integrated desktop and a comprehensive set of applications that combine to create an environment that is usable for a wide variety of tasks right out of the box. In addition to the many new applications making their debut in KDE 3.2, the veteran applications have been refined and augmented generously. By installing some or all of these applications common desktop tasks such as web browsing, file management, email, personal information management, instant messaging, software and web development, multimedia, education and entertainment can be accomplished quickly and easily. This impressive collection of software is complemented by a recent update to the KOffice integrated office suite.
Reflecting its international team and focus, KDE 3.2 is currently available in 42 different languages. Partial translations into 32 other languages are also available, many of which are expected to be completed during the KDE 3.2 life cycle. With 74 different languages and full localization support, no other desktop is as ready to serve the needs of today's global community.
KDE 3.2 also provides improvements in usability and performance. Noticeable speed boosts in application start up times and webpage rendering together with many interface refinements make KDE 3.2 the most usable and performant KDE ever. Attention was also paid to ensuring that KDE is accessible to those with disabilities. Several accessibility related applications are included with 3.2 and work on integrating accessibility technologies directly into KDE's foundations is ongoing.
KDE has earned a reputation for quality and a comprehensive feature set among its global user base that is estimated to number in the millions. KDE is also proud to be the default user interface for several operating systems including Ark Linux, Conectiva, Knoppix, Lindows, Lycoris, Mandrake Linux, SUSE Linux, TurboLinux and Xandros. KDE is also available as a part of Debian, Free/Open/NetBSD, Gentoo, Libranet, Red Hat Linux, Slackware and Solaris, among others. In addition to these operating system vendors, more and more companies are offering commercial support for KDE, some of which are listed in the business directory of the KDE::Enterprise website. With the release of KDE 3.2, the KDE Project looks to enhance and grow this ecosystem of users and supporters.
Highlights At A Glance
Some of the highlights in KDE 3.2 are listed below.
* Increased performance and standards compliance
o Lowered start up times for applications and hundreds of optimizations make KDE 3.2 the fastest KDE ever!
o Working in concert with Apple Computer Inc.'s Safari web browser team, KDE's web support has seen huge performance boosts as well as increased compliance with widely accepted web standards
o Increased support for FreeDesktop.org standards in KDE 3.2 strengthens interoperability with other Linux and UNIX software.
* New applications
o JuK: a jukebox-style music player
o Kopete: an instant messenger with support for AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, IRC, SMS and WinPopup
o KWallet: providing integrated, secure storage of passwords and web form data
o Kontact: a unified interfa
If they only could provide easy access (apt/yum) to binary packages for RH9 or Fedora C1
That's the distro's job. The KDE project make it very clear they don't consider binary packages to be their job.
ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.k
ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/kde/stable/3.2/src
They are at least up and fast...
I don't claim I know more than I know, and if you know you know more than I know, then by all means, let me know.
Try the debian kde wiki for info on where to get the packages.
http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianKDE
It should be going into sid fairly soon. There have been lots of CVS commits on the 3.2 branch and the matainers have made nosies about having a version ready for sid on time for the relese of 3.2.0
The pics above make goatse look like a joke !
USB 1.0 support has been in the Linux kernel since about version 2.0 while USB 2.0 support came in the 2.5 development kernels and is now in the 2.6 release kernels.
If you had said that some USB devices are difficult to get working under Linux, then there would have been some validity to your statements and we'd have been given some indication that you knew what you were talking about.
However, by the same token, if you knew anything about Linux and kernels, you would understand that as long as hardware manufacturers keep their hardware specifications closed and do not provide Linux drivers for their hardware, then driver development for Linux, which is reliant on the kernel community, will always be behind. What really annoys me is you seem to have this attitude that this is something the Linux community should be ashamed of rather than being proud, as we are, that the kernel driver people work damned hard to backwards engineer drivers to get some degree of functionality under Linux.
Oh, and finally, nobody cares whether you personally use Linux or Windows XP. Use whatever OS you feel comfortable with because you'd be a complete hypocrite trying to switch to alternative system purely as a fashion statement.
Just remember that hardware gets supported under Windows because manufacturers work with Microsoft to get drivers written so do not treat this as a Linux failure.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
It means that krfb supports RDP, to connect to Windows terminal servers and whatnot. PS: This has also been in 3.1 for awhile now. There is no RFB server, though I am sure you could find one if yous earched around a bit.
Seems like Robert Love is looking into getting X/GNOME up faster (skip to after first picture). Obviously he's focused on GNOME but with any luck the techniques he uses and general X bits can be pushed to or KDE directly for wider usage.
Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
466mhz Celeron, 256mb ram, 2.4.x kernel, KDE 3.14 built from source, a lot of things installed to make KDE prettier but not necessarily faster, and a ton of stuff loading during boot. Total time to go from off to mucking around in KDE - ~35 seconds. Total time to go from bash prompt to clicking on pretty icons and stuff - ~10 seconds.
Time it took to go from off to clicking on pretty icons in Win2K on the same machine: Well over a minute, possibly two. Can even play movies with mplayer without a skip that would be unwatchable in Windows.
More than fast enough for me.
ftp://ibiblio.org (28 hours)
ftp://kde.us.themoes.org (11 hours)
http://mirrors.isc.org (14 hours)
http://ibiblio.org (28 hours)
http://mirrors.midco.net (8 hours)
http://ftp.us.kde.org (10 hours)
ftp://kde.pandmservices.com (11 hours)
http://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu (11 hours)
ftp://ftp.rutgers.edu (9 hours)
ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu (24 hours)
http://ftp.rutgers.edu (9 hours)
http://kde.oregonstate.edu (24 hours)
http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu (13 hours)
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu (11 hours)
ftp://mirror.xmission.com (29 hours)
ftp://ftp.us.kde.org (10 hours)
ftp://mirrors.midco.net (8 hours)
You want binary packages? You get them from a distributor. That's what distributors do. They take .tar.gz packages; they compile them, setting options in a way they consider sane; they package them up in a binary package; and they offer it for download.
.rpm packages. But you'd do as well to just download the source tarballs and compile them yourself, taking notes as you go along. Distributors will take your requests much more seriously if you can show you've tried something. In my experience, source .tar.gz files are the way to install software; more reliable and more configurable. You could even -- shock, horror -- create your own binary package from the source you downloaded and compiled!
KDE just provide source packages, which will compile -- with perhaps a little tweaking -- on any setup which is computationally complete enough. Out of the goodness of their own hearts, they link to binary packages that other people have created; but the job of making it easy for non-programmers to install software falls to distributors. Think of it this way: the KDE developers are like farmers, growing basic food ingredients. Meat, milk, eggs, veg, grains. You can get really fresh ingredients from a farm, but you still have to prepare them before you can eat them. And that takes hard work. The distributors - Debian, Red Hat / Fedora, SUSE and so forth - are like chefs, taking those ingredients and preparing them in a ready-to-eat form. Sometimes that limits your options as a consumer; but nobody is stopping you buying fresh ingredients and preparing and cooking them your own way.
If you really can't spell make you could just keep pestering your distributor to provide you with
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
In fact, If you have a BroadBand internet connection and a CD burner, than Linux very easy to install. Even if you dont, linux cds can be bought from most good computer shops, can be often found on linux magazines in your local news agent and libaries and bookshops often sell Linux books that come with Linux cds! Since Linux is legal to copy, you can ask a freind who has Linux to borrow their cds. I have lent mine out to several of my freinds.
The best places to download linux are
Linux iso
Distribution Watch.
The best distributions out there are Mandrake, Fedora, Knoppix and Ark Linuk.
Most downloaded Linux distributions come in
The 1st cdrom is a "magic disk", that is that they dont need an operating system to run. Unfortuantley they cant be ran from windows. So if you are running Windows, you will need to restart your computer, by going to Start > Shut down > Restart. Your computer will now restart itself. Make sure your first disk is in the cd drive. If it is successful then you will be greeted with an installation screen for Linux. Press the enter key to start installing. If it doesent work, then your computer may not be configured to read magic disks. You will have to go into your BIOS setup and make sure that the CDROM drive is the primary boot device before the hard drive. If you have an older computer then it may not support booting from the cdrom drive. Dont worry though, most distributions have a soloution. Most offer the chance to create a boot floppy, and 99.99% of computers are capable of starting from a floppy!
Once you have seen the installation screen and pressed enter, the installer will load and you will be greeted with an installer program. Follow the intructions from there. Here is some help for the most common questions
Partitioning. Linux needs at Least 5GB of space for it to run well, so resize your windows partition using the tools or delete it althoghter. If you are going to resize, make sure that you have ran scandisk and defragmented your disk to minimize the risk of data loss, of course, make sure you have enough disk space.
If it asks you about packages, you will generally want KDE, Office Suite, Games and Internet tools. I recomend personal desktop if you are installing Fedora, KDE workstation if using mandrake.
If you have an error installing packages, your CD-R or CD-RW may be dirty or scratched. For best results, I reccomend you buy the offical editions of disks as the CDROMs are more resistant to scratches.
In most cases your hardware will be detected automatically. Again, the offical editions often have more drivers as they can licence drivers from companies.
If the installation is successful then eject your disk and restart your computer. If you have opted to resize windows, you will see a menu offering you the chance to load either Linux or Windows. Choose Linux. Chances are that you will never want to select the Windows option again!
I hope this information will help Windows users who want to migrate to Linux operating systems. Remember than KDE 3.1 is currently the prevailing desktop, you will have to wait a few months for Linux distributions to start being installed with KDE 3.2. Mandrake 10.0 will be out soon, and that will include KDE 3.2, I reccomend that version.
If you have any problems, then you should
HB: Screw this, here's a nice CD, put it in your machine and restart your computer.
WUF: What's that?
HB: It's called a knoppix CD. You can run linux and use that KDE thing you hear me blabber so much about without installing anything on your harddrive, and if you like it, you can install it anyway.
WUF: Wow, I'll try that. Thanks!
I'll stick to gentoo, and not for it's "optimization", but for it's transparancy in configuration, superior documentation, and fast package updates. Also the freedom to choose is there more than with any other distrib, I mean, Debian with KDE? Wow man - debian-fanboys look at you in a very frightning way... ;)
:p) I tested this with my sister, and she had to ask me a couple of things, some things not very clear to any newbie (partitioning, what filesystem to choose, ...) I actually didn't hear from her anymore till her machine started flipping (bad ram...), and that was 4-5 months later...
:D
The installation can take a while (well - if you use the pre-compiled cd's it's just as fast or even faster than Debian) - that's true, but even if you put a noob behind it with the docs, he should get a working system after a while (though maybe his "windows" may be vanished
I tried a lot of distribs, started with Slack (back in '96), then tried SuSE after a few years, went back to Slack, tried Debian (installation simply sucks), went back to Slack, tried Mandrake somewhere in between (in VMWare) - and then decided to try Gentoo, and I'll stick to that...
KDE 3.2 packages will be "masked" in portage for a few hours prolly cause the package maintainer is asleep I heard
Btw - when can we expect "official" debian/slackware/... packages?
Slashdotted alreay?
... and many more!
Here are some of the new features:
* Increased performance and standards compliance
o Lowered start up times for applications and hundreds of optimizations make KDE 3.2 the fastest KDE ever!
o Working in concert with Apple Computer Inc.'s Safari web browser team, KDE's web support has seen huge performance boosts as well as increased compliance with widely accepted web standards
o Increased support for FreeDesktop.org standards in KDE 3.2 strengthens interoperability with other Linux and UNIX software.
* New applications
o JuK: a jukebox-style music player
o Kopete: an instant messenger with support for AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, IRC, SMS and WinPopup
o KWallet: providing integrated, secure storage of passwords and web form data
o Kontact: a unified interface that draws KDE's email, calendaring, address book, notes and other PIM features together into a familiar configuration
o KGpg: providing an easy-to-use KDE interface to industry-standard encryption tools
o KIG: an interactive geometry program
o KSVG: a viewer for SVG files
o KMag, KMouseTool and KMouth: accessibility tools for KDE
o KGoldRunner: a new riff on a classic game
o
* Thousands of incremental improvements and bug fixes
o During the development of KDE 3.2 nearly 10,000 bug reports were processed via the KDE Bug Tracking System
o Approximately 2,000 feature requests were also processed, with hundreds of requested features added to KDE applications and components
o An improved configuration system that opens the door to new installation management possibilities, improved roaming support and many improvements to the "KDE Kiosk" environment management system
o Inline spell checking for web forms and emails
o Improved email and calendaring support
o Powerful tabbed interface for the Konqueror file manager and web browser
o Support for Microsoft Windows desktop sharing protocol (RDP)
* Improved Usability
o Reduced clutter in many menus and toolbars
o Many applications, dialogs and control panels reworked for clarity and utility
* Enhanced appearance
o Plastik, a tastefully understated new look, debuts in KDE 3.2
o Hundreds of new icons improve the consistency and beauty of KDE
o Tweaks to the default look including new splash screens, (optionally) animated progress bars, styled panels and more!
* New Tools for Software Developers
o Comprehensive API documentation extended for 3.2
o Language bindings for ECMAScript (aka Javascript), Python, Java and Ruby
o New versions of the powerful KDevelop IDE and Quanta web development suite
o Umbrello brings UML modeling for 11 different languages including C++, Java, SQL, PHP, Python and Perl to KDE
There are 2 kinds of people in this world: Those who write in decimal and those who don't
Yeah, Kopete and Trillian are quite similar in terms of feature set and functionality. Trillian Pro however does a few things, like RDF feeds, email checking, that Kopete doesn't do (yet..).
The main difference between Kopete and Trillian is the interfaces. Kopete tries to be HIGHLY integreated with the KDE desktop, and thus doesn't support skinning. It strictly ahears to the KDE style guide. Trillian on the other hand, looks quite cool with it's skinning, but it doesn't try to blend in with the rest of Windows.
Having used both (and Gaim, for that matter), I'd say Kopete beats all comers, hands down. The improvements and bugfixes in 0.8 (that's the version in KDE3.2) bring it well to the fore of the IM consolidator field. IMO, of course. :)
I won't dance in a club like this...All the girls are slags, and the beer tastes just like piss! -The Specials
I've been fetching my Debian kde packages from the same place for ages. Add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://download.kde.org/stable/latest/Debian/ stable main
Then:
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
works out of the box (possibly given a visit to Windows Update),
:)
If we consider pre installed machines, so does Linux. If you don't - well, I had a lot easier time installing Knoppix than I had installing Windows XP.
autodetects all your hardware (some Linux distros do this yes, but not nearly as well),
A (the only) valid point.
does NOT get you rooted because the security is there if you know how to use it (and not use IE/Outlook),
What you're saying is "If I do all the right things, and keep patching all the time, it's fairly secure.". Please name a modern OS this isn't true for.
does play all the latest games and software which I need (the alternatives suck, try comparing Photoshop with GIMP),
Silly comparison. Adobe costs $650. GIMP is free. For most people $650 is a bit too much to cough up. So yes - most (far from all) software is available. Paying for all the software I need however, would consume most of my income.
does have free and competent technical support available which does not have "STFU NOOB" in its vocabulary,
Again, a silly and very subjective statement. I've found technical linux support extremely helpful and accessible. I don't know where you look, or how you behave, to be treated like that - but I can assure you that similar places can be found when looking for Windows help.
does not require me to devote a significant amount of my free time just to get it installed and working semi-well.
Well, this is pretty much reiterating your first point (sure looks better with a longer list though). But please, tell me how much amount of your free time is consumed by inserting a boot CD and then asking it to install the working system to HD. Granted, if you're on the net Knoppix does ask for some IP config parameters - so that's more than a two step procedure...
I don't have the patience to bother with Linux, so I don't use it, simple as that. People who think everyone can and should switch today are idiots and don't deserve a +5 moderation.
One could of course argue that people who have so strong opinions about how something works, even though they they admit that they don't use it are idiots too...
May we live long and die out
The KDE Wiki links to several screenshot galleries.
Konqueror in 3.2 has been vastly improved..
- rewritten tab support
- a lot faster
- better standards compliance (many patches from Safari)
It's replaced Firebird as my main browser. I can't say that Konqueror renders as many pages as good as Mozilla yet, but it's getting there. Hopefully with Apple's Safari/Webcore 1.2 coming out in a few months and more syncing between KDE and Apple, Konqueror in KDE 3.3 is going to be great.
Try out Klik
http://kde.oregonstate.edu/
http://www.at.kde.org
http://kde.pandmservices.com/
http://kde.typhon.net/
http://www.se.kde.org/
http://kde.fredan.org/
I don't know where you got these fantastic notions...but I can tell you that it's obvious that you did not get them from using either Windows or Linux. So I'll do the point-by-point.
works out of the box (possibly given a visit to Windows Update)
Look, I've installed, configured, administered, and run every version of Windows since 3.1, and not a single one of them ever did anything useful "out of the box." XP is closer than the others have been, mostly because it has a more comprehensive set of builtin drivers....but it's not anywhere near complete. Not to mention the outrageously long/large Windows Update you so dismissively mention...I pity a dialup user who wants to do a fresh XP install. And then there's the antivirus software you'd better go get unless you're crazy. And since you say not to use Outlook/IE, I guess that means a download of some other browser/email client. And since you say Windows is secure (you really mean "securable") I guess that means you expect us to take the time to turn off and tweak a bunch of services.
What was that about "out of the box"?
autodetects all your hardware (some Linux distros do this yes, but not nearly as well)
So...I guess you've never installed Windows? And you're proving that you haven't ever installed Linux. Or at least that you haven't within the last 3 years.
I, on the other hand, have. I can't speak for all hardware, but I can speak for the 25 or so fresh installs I've done in the last 6-8 months, on very standard hardware. I can tell you that I had to go get drivers from someplace roughly 5 times more often during Windows installs. As a matter of fact, I only have 3 devices that required any manual configuration at all in Linux; two video cards and a wireless card. And I'm being kind to windows; I would say that 15 driver downloads is pretty optimistic really. That's only about 1 per install. Seriously, if you want to keep spewing this, take the Pepsi challenge. Grab five systems at random and throw a couple Linux distros on, see what hardware works "out of the box", and then try Windows XP. You'll be damned surprised.
does NOT get you rooted because the security is there if you know how to use it (and not use IE/Outlook)
Now, look...you can have it one way or the other...but not both. Either Windows works out of the box, but gets you rooted, or it doesn't get you rooted, but doesn't work out of the box. Sorry, but that's the breaks. The last time I installed XP on a machine that wasn't behind a firewall, it took less than 30 seconds to acquire a worm. A real pain in the ass, especially since the updates take so long. And also, it's funny that you specify here that you need to install additional software to replace Lookout and IE...
does play all the latest games and software which I need (the alternatives suck, try comparing Photoshop with GIMP)
First off, I'm not going to talk about games. If your computer is a toy, it's ok by me if you want to run Windows. Matter of fact, it's ok with me if you want to run Windows no matter what you do (well, except things like airplane guidance, or nuclear power plants). But the software stack is there for Linux. And quit dissing the GIMP; it's good enough for every single major movie production house. Think Sony Dreamworks would settle for a second-rate image editing program? No, not likely. Truth is, the GIMP lacks only a few features found in Photoshop, and mostly not very important ones. And it includes many features that Photoshop lacks. Methinks you have the same problem here that you have with Linux; you've used Photoshop a long time, and now the GIMP is worse because it's different.
does have free and competent technical support available which does not have "STFU NOOB" in its vocabulary
Whatever. Don't try to push this crap off on me or anyone else who has been hand-held (and who has held hands) on IRC with Linux problems. Sure, there's a few folks who will
Given a choice between free speech and free beer, most people will take the beer.
Yes. I'm sure that when they first talked about software piracy they were refering to that defintion, and not comparing it robbery committed at sea.
So, you want to develop an in-house software, right (that's what I assume the "internally" means)? In that case you do NOT have to buy Qt-license! The GPL says that code that is not released to the public (in other words: in-house software) do not have to have it's code released!
If I wrote a Qt/KDE-app that me and my GF would be using, I would have NO obligation to release the source! Likewise, if you write a piece of software that will be used internally at your company, you do NOT have to release the source! Therefore you can use the GPL'ed Qt just fine!
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
See, I already own Windows
You mean, you already license it.
I've had this sig for three days.
these are for Woody (stable), not Sarge or Sid.
It's better to be the foot on the boot than the face on the pavement. ~~ tkx Kadin2048
Emerge sync and have fun.
*Fortitudo, aequitas, fidelitas.*
I'd say you're pretty much correct in your points for Linux (and against Windows) on the desktop.
One small point of contention might actually be the need for anti-virus software, though. More and more, I'm finding that the most popular, commercial Windows anti-virus packages cause numerous compatibility issues, slow down the machine considerably, and *still* don't even catch many of the newer trojan horse programs and virii! It's becoming arguable that if you're a reasonably competent computer user (don't open every email attachment you get without question, etc.), you'd be just as well off to skip the anti-virus software on Windows and take your chances!
Now, what I *would* do is download a freeware program like SpyBot and run it regularly to cleanse any ad-ware/spyware that might have gotten on your PC. That's the stuff that many people mistake for a virus, and which is more likely to wreak havock with your Internet access and system itself.
For the record, I have one Windows PC over here that's been running for over a year with no anti-virus software on it - and I just recently put some on it and did a full scan, and it found absolutely nothing. This machine is used daily, connected to a full-time DSL connection, and my wife even playing mult-player online games on it regularly. So yes, it's quite possible to run Windows and not "instantly get a virus".