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KDE 3.2.2 Released

Posted by simoniker on from the oh-kay dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.2.2, a maintenance release for the 'advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes'. The new version provides corrections of problems reported using the KDE bug tracking system and enhanced support for existing translations. Mirrors found here."

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  1. Re:Sorry, someone had to say it by molnarcs · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I don't think they are more arrogant than any business. Your gripe seems to be with this: "most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes." They don't say there are no alternatives, they say they are the best. Prove them wrong before you say they're arrogant. KDE has more features and applications available than the other Window Managers/Desktop Environments combined. Underneath you'll find a clean and component based codebase - and face it, QT is far more advanced than alternative FREE toolkits.

    In fact, that's where Bruce Perens was wrong when said QT being GPL, its not as attractive for business as the LGPL gtk. And yes, QT development is very much tied to KDE development (some of the KDE developers also work for Trolltech). So despite now LGPL being considered more free (what a turn of events!), they have every right to claim that KDE is the most advanced Free desktop for gnu/linux and other unices. It has the same technology that the following companies choose to licence, despite the alleged 'high' cost (if they payed, it must be THAT good):

    Of course, there are many points that can be successfully argued in favor of other alternatives, but we don't have to strech the truth too much (unlike other company ads - "Secure By Design" anyone?) to argue that they have the most powerful/advanced desktop solutions. In other words, they are not only do what everyone else does (marketing), but they also do it from a defendable position. There is nothing wrong with that, and you must be from Mars or something to consider it arrogance. (Or, despite the usual 'I'm objective cause I use both' disclaimar, you might be one of those 'G' zealots :-P)