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KDE 3.3 Beta "Klassroom" Released

Posted by timothy on from the more-of-a-good-thing dept.

twener writes "The KDE team has announced the Beta 1 development version of the upcoming KDE 3.3 release. This release is named 'Klassroom' following the 'Kindergarten' Alpha; the goal is to make this child visit the "aKademy" KDE World Summit in August. Most planned features are there, next week starts the feature freeze. Source and provided binary packages are listed on the KDE 3.3 Beta 1 Info Page next to the KDE 3.3 Requirements List."

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  1. Kollege by btbytes · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Eh! The actual release would be Kollege ??

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  2. Final version... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    would be Kareer.

  3. K ad nauseum by Zordak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wish KDE would get over its annoying obsession with the letter K. I love KDE, but honestly, naming a theme "Keramic" is just stupid. It makes me want to switch to CDE just to get that stupid letter out of my head.

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  4. why OSS still hasn't won the desktop by nusratt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's about winning the "HEARTS and minds" of the wider (i.e. non-geek) world.
    OMG, take a look at the linked article's list of new features in KDE:
    how far down that list would a non-geek have to go, to find three consecutive items which are both useful AND INTELLIGIBLE to a non-geek?
    Can you imagine how much differently that list would be worded, if KDE were a commercial product?