KDE 3.2.1 Released

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Posted by michael on Tuesday March 9, 2004 @10:20AM from the wh00t dept.

TheSurfer writes "The KDE project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.2.1, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.2.1 ships with lot of bug fixes since KDE 3.2 and is available in 49 languages (now including Bengali, Icelandic, Japanese, Lithuanian, Low Saxon, Latin Serbian and Tajik). Sources and contributed packages are linked on the KDE 3.2.1 info page."

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Aha by stratjakt · 2004-03-09 10:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Now we know why the government needed that 2.5TB chunk of RAM.

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1. Re:Aha by Billly+Gates · 2004-03-09 19:44 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  YOu mean they run emacs?
  
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Low Saxon by guacamolefoo · 2004-03-09 10:22 · Score: 4, Funny

You know, I've really been holding out on using KDE because it didn't support Law Saxon. What a relief.

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1. Re:Low Saxon by Chalybeous · 2004-03-09 10:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  They're still waiting for biometric logon features, namely voiceprint-based passwords.
  "Speak 'friend' and enter!" ;-)
  
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2. Re:Low Saxon by wild_pointer · 2004-03-09 11:11 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hey, stop making fun of our language!!! Icelandic is spoken by about 300.000 people... yeah ok, I get your point ;)
3. Re:Low Saxon by Frizzle+Fry · 2004-03-09 12:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You omit the critical distinction that while Icelandic is merely an obscure living language, Low Saxon is an obscure living language with a funny name.
  
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4. Re:Low Saxon by kfg · 2004-03-09 22:17 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Yes, but they are rich and educated sheep.
  
  KFG
They'll never get into the schools though, until: by kfg · 2004-03-09 10:23 · Score: 5, Funny

It supports Elvish.

Klingon, however, has already been determined to be "silly."

KFG
Woohoo a maintainance release!!! by stratjakt · 2004-03-09 10:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Hail from every rooftop!

Some bugs are fixed!

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Hmmmm by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:25 · Score: 4, Funny

I bet the person who posted the release was all like , "3.....2.....1.....NOW!" when he posted it.
Well then! by Loki_1929 · 2004-03-09 10:27 · Score: 3, Funny

You know, I always thought KDE was a bloated, ugly, slow GUI, but now that it's available in Icelandic; well I guess it's alright!

(relax, it's called a joke)

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1. Re:Well then! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yeah, you can install in on a BSD. That way you could use a dead OS with a dead language.
Fixed?! by contrasutra · 2004-03-09 10:31 · Score: 4, Funny

KHTML: fix animated GIFs not looping (#72953)

Oh c'mon, that was my FAVORITE bug! Who was the dork who filed this bug report? ;-)

KMix: Properly save volumes on exit so volumes are correctly restored on next login.

Wow, that seems like a pretty big bug. I wonder how people lived with their volume not staying the same.
1. Re:Fixed?! by KingJoshi · 2004-03-09 11:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  KMix: Properly save volumes on exit so volumes are correctly restored on next login.
  Wow, that seems like a pretty big bug. I wonder how people lived with their volume not staying the same.
  Can you imagine, logged into KDE on your laptop in a lab or library somewhere in the back, taking a break, watching some porn with the volume off. So, next day, you think the volume is still off and when you start the video, the whole room hears some girl screaming, "Yeah, fuck me harder!" again and again.
  And you think this isn't an important bug to fix? :)
  
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Re:Debian has it already by dzym · 2004-03-09 10:32 · Score: 2, Funny

go debian kde team!
you guy(s) rock!
Re:And here come the flame by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Do you mind? We're in the middle of a vi versus Emacs debate here.
I noticed this in the changelog by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:35 · Score: 1, Funny

KNewsTicker: Removed BSDtoday from list, fixed addresses of SecurityFocus and Freshports

It seems the KDE team is getting prepared for *BSD's impending demise.
Re:Now I just need... by Chalybeous · 2004-03-09 10:36 · Score: 2, Funny

I think his karma just ran over my dogma ;-)

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Re:Now /. covers maintenance releases? by Misch · 2004-03-09 10:37 · Score: 1, Funny

Oooh... thanks for the notice. *goes to download it*

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Re:And here come the flame by Shut+the+fuck+up! · 2004-03-09 10:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Please don't put such things on the main page, we have enough boring flame wars already...

Oh, so you're one of those holier-than-thou anti-flamewar fanatics, huh? Well, I personally think flamewars rock. We need more of them. I could use a good mysql flamewar right now.
Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by shystershep · 2004-03-09 10:40 · Score: 5, Funny

You have apparently not heard of the KDE Klingon Translation Team. According to them, the K in KDE actually stands for Klingon.

Gee, I wish I had that much time on my hands.

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ugh...more compiling! by GirTheRobot · 2004-03-09 10:43 · Score: 3, Funny

I just finished updating my Gentoo box to the current release....now another 2 days of compiling!!! oh well, i love watching the text scroll by anyway...
KDE (fake) Changelog by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:45 · Score: 4, Funny

1) Now free of SCO-patented /* Komment Tags */

2) For additional speed, Kuickshow now opens images you thought you wanted to preview.

3) Konqueror now has strings-searchable "Internet Explorer coders are weenies" easter egg.

4) KDevelop now Kompiles with the option to make klean instead of clean.

5) Renamed the "Local Area Network Manager" to KLAN

6) GUI Konstruct-Icons now replaced by Dinobots
Isthay issespay emay offay by ColonelPanic · 2004-03-09 10:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Erewhay isay Igpay Atinlay?

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Re:Big Fucking Deal by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:46 · Score: 0, Funny

Windows isn't that bad of an OS, i get alot done with my XBox. just last week i drove all around town picking up hookers and drugs, all from home!

next week i plan on blasting aliens, after i finish this 'speling tutor - by /.'
Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by ImTwoSlick · 2004-03-09 10:48 · Score: 3, Funny

They'll never get into the schools though, until it supports Elvish."
That's OK. I can write a patch that changes all system text to "Fa La La Lally" for them.
Re:New languages by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 10:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Short Saxons perhaps?
Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by 91degrees · 2004-03-09 11:00 · Score: 5, Funny

But how are they handling error messages? Are they doing a literal translation, or will it be more along the lines of "This application has shamed itself with a segmentation fault!"?
Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 11:42 · Score: 2, Funny

[23:37] Graham: :wtf: One of KDE's supported languages is "Low Saxon"
[23:37] Jon: LOL
[23:37] Graham: what next? Klingon?
[23:37] Jon: "today is a good day to compile the kernel"
[23:38] Graham: "oops, I just chopped the keyboard in two with this ceremonial deathblade"
[23:38] Jon: lol
[23:41] Graham: OH SHOOT ME http://www.unixcode.org/kde-i18n-klingon/
[23:41] Jon: HAHAHAHA
Re:Most advanced and powerful? -1, Biased. by Enahs · 2004-03-09 12:10 · Score: 3, Funny

GNOME is for furries.

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Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by taniwha · 2004-03-09 12:23 · Score: 2, Funny

I think they were just being culturaly sensitive ... there is of course NO room in the Klingon world for sillyness ....
Re:They'll never get into the schools though, unti by void+warranty() · 2004-03-09 12:31 · Score: 5, Funny

They'll probably kill the application's parent and siblings too.
Re:Most advanced and powerful? by kryocore · 2004-03-09 12:52 · Score: 2, Funny

hell, there wasn't even a freaking right mouse button!

Dang, I've been considering OS X for a while, but now my dreams are over...
Re:Most advanced and powerful? by asdfghjklqwertyuiop · 2004-03-09 14:03 · Score: 2, Funny

The Macintosh GUIs have been advanced enough to not need two mouse buttons since 1984

You have a funny definition of the word 'advanced'. I mean, windows 3.1 was 'advanced' enough not to need a right mouse button in 1993...
3.2.1.. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 16:13 · Score: 0, Funny

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