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Review: KDE 3.2
Anonymous writes "Today I installed KDE 3.2, third major release of the award winning KDE3 desktop platform, on my Fedora box. I have been using KDE 3.2 RC for the past few days and the final version from today. My first impression is 'wow.'"
The most important one : My Very Own Award Given To Whatever Is Useful To Me(TM)
yes, you lost me at point one. 4 spelling mistakes in 2 lines and I lose interest.
Where are the Mandrake rpms ? For us folks who have powerless laptops, compiling is not an option.
Compiling *is* an option for laptops or any other low power machine.
Start before going to bed (or to all-night rave), wake up to shiny new X GUI!
Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
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Hehe... the mirror is even more slashdotted then the site itself, that's nuts. As far as the original site, just give it time, and it'll load fine. But anyway, since most posts in this thread aren't on topic yet anyway...your sig: Fighting for peace like screwing for virginity? I'm new to slashdot, but I've been amazed by how much blatant liberalism is floating around this place. I don't mean to troll... your sig of course applies in some situations, but there are actually some people out there who take it to the extreme. Are you seriously saying that in situations like WWII, fighting in self defense cannot bring about peace? I don't really care if you are saying that, but I'm wondering if there really are as many extreme liberals around here as there seems to be. I'm not really a geek by nature, but recently my job has forced me to be more of one. So is "geekdom" an extremely liberal place, as its starting to seem to me? Or perhaps conservatives are just in the closet in slashdot, like usual. jd
OK. The story is slashdotted, but from my past experience with KDE fans and Linux fans in general, I've learned that their ideas for usability are generally way outside the mainstream.
As a total non-geek GUI user here are my questions on KDE's usability.
1. Have applications been consolidated into an Applications or Programs folder, or do I have to hunt for them scattered all over the place?
2. Can I make aliases, shortcuts or their equivalents by right clicking or modifier key dragging the original?
3. Do applications have a unique icon identifying the executable, so I know what to double-click to launch the program, or what to make the alias from?
4. Can I install an application by dragging an icon of the application to the Applications or Programs folder, or by double-clicking an installer icon that I can download as a single file from a website?
5. Can I add and remove items from the start menu (or whatever KDE calls it) by dragging and dropping to and from the menus? (A dialog box would be an acceptable alternative.)
6. Can I add a directory to the start menu and have its contents displayed heirarchically when I click on it from the start menu?
7. Can I use a file browser aka Windows Explorer or the Mac OS X Finder instead of a stupid web browser window to find files on my computer?
8. Are home directories put in a Users or Accounts folder off the root so that I can find them easily?
9. Can I find Windows networked computers by double-clicking a Network neighborhood icon or its equivalent?
10. Can I set up sharing on my computer, define workgroups, etc. using a configuration tool like Mac OS X's Network and Sharing preferences pane and the Directory Access utility?
Which of these can the 3.2 version of KDE do?
You can tell a great deal about the character of a man by observing those who hate him.
All I have to say is, wow, someone is actually using Fedora?
OS X has had this ability since release. It's bad enough KJux is a complete rip-off of iTunes.
I don't get it. Where are the fresh ideas?