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KDE 3.4 goes Beta

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-and-improved dept.

wikinerd writes "KDE 3.4 has reached its beta testing phase. The KDE 3.4beta1 is codenamed 'Krokodile' and pre-compiled packages are already available for Slackware, but if you need to compile it by yourself first check its compilation requirements."

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  1. If you need to Kompile it yourself... by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    I pity you.

    The final version will be out by the time you're done.

    I once made the mistake of compiling KDE to "optimize" it for my system. Once.

    As an aside.. KDE, Mozilla, OOo, are all good examples of the inherent problem with source-based distrobution.

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    1. Re:If you need to Kompile it yourself... by SparklingClearWit · · Score: 0, Troll

      Conversely, I can 'sudo apt-get install' the kde desktop environment, wait 10 minutes, restart my X session, and have a complete new working environment. Sure, it's probably 5% slower, but I'll take the small performance hit for NOT WASTING MY LIFE.

      Keep making it hard, and Linux will never move past Linus' hypothetical basement.

      Synaptic, Click-n-Run, stuff like that is what will keep people interested in Linux and other OSS avenues. Not watching random text scroll in a window to make me feel like a 'geek'.

    2. Re:If you need to Kompile it yourself... by SparklingClearWit · · Score: 0, Troll

      Your overly defensive and sarcastic post notwithstanding...

      I'm glad you like Gentoo. I personally don't give much of a damn about it. My comment was more about Linux being user friendly, and not about the nuts and bolts.

      Multitasking is fine; if that's what you're into. From all the rabid Gentoo users (and you guys are fanatical - you're like the Rush Limbaughs or Al Frankens of the Linux world), it seems you spend more time with -emerge or recompiling the latest packages, instead of just using your computers. If that's what you want, cool. I like to have my OS just give me the shit I want - web browser, MP3 playback, IM, an editor or two, RDP into my Windows servers, ssh to my Unix/Linux clients, stuff like that. Right now, BeatrIX Linux does that for me. Not all apt users are Debian users. :) I've used Red Hat, Debian, Slack, Knoppix, Mandrake, SuSE (whatever the cap is), and I'm currently running BeatrIX Linux.

      Whichever Linux you use, good for you. If you like it, you like it.

  2. Re:Screenshots? by froggero1 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Is that why you use linux???

    It's kinda like having this huge, powerful dump truck then saying how pretty the seats are...

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