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KDE 3.4 Released
andy753421 links to today's announcement of the official release of KDE 3.4, and writes "Several KDE 3.4 based distributions such as ArkLinux and Kubuntu are soon to follow. Features in the release include built in Text to Speech, a revamped trash system, enhanced PDF support and PC to PC synchronization, as well as a new theme. KDE 3.4 weights in at 6,500+ bug fixes, 1,700+ enhancements, and a grand total of 80,000+ contributions." Reader gotr00t adds a link to the KDE download mirror page . Update: 03/16 20:58 GMT by T : mrevell points out an interview with KDE hacker Aaron Seigo in the latest LugRadio, in which Seigo "dispels various myths about KDE and talks about the desktop environment's future."
KDE 3.4 weights in at 6,500+ bug fixes, 1,700+ enhancements, and a grand total of 80,000+ contributions.
Plus the 1000+ posts that are going to come in this slashdot article from kde vs. gnome folks.
Does it support a 1-button mouse?
Let's not forget Mepis. Another KDE based distro as well and getting much press as of late.
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http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=m
Everyone loves pretty pictures!
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To make a pun demonstrates the highest understanding of a language
I know linux naming conventions are pretty bad, but really, this takes the biscuit.
I am trolling
In three months, we'll have a story about how it runs on gentoo.
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.4.php
Highlights at a glance
* Text-to-speech system with support built into Konqueror, Kate, KPDF and the standalone application KSayIt
* Support for text to speech synthesis is integrated with the desktop
* Completely redesigned, more flexible trash system
* Kicker with improved look and feel
* KPDF now enables you to select, copy & paste text and images from PDFs, along with many other improvements
* Kontact supports now various groupware servers, including eGroupware, GroupWise, Kolab, OpenGroupware.org and SLOX
* Kopete supports Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime and gets integrated into Kontact
* DBUS/HAL support allows to keep dynamic device icons in media:/ and on the desktop in sync with the state of all devices
* KHTML has improved standard support and now close to full support for CSS 2.1 and the CSS 3 Selectors module
* Better synchronization between 2 PCs
* A new high contrast style and a complete monochrome icon set
* An icon effect to paint all icons in two chosen colors, converting third party application icons into high contrast monochrome icons
* Akregator allows you to read news from your favourite RSS-enabled websites in one application
* Juk has now an album cover management via Google Image Search
* KMail now stores passwords securely with KWallet
* SVG files can now be used as wallpapers
* KHTML plug-ins are now configurable, so the user can selectively disable ones that are not used. This does not include Netscape-style plug-ins. Netscape plug-in in CPU usage can be manually lowered, and plug-ins are more stable.
* more than 6,500 bugs have been fixed
* more than 1,700 wishes have been fullfilled
* more than 80,000 contributions with several million lines of code and documentation added or changed
creation science book
Actually it performs better with every x.y release, although the new features will weigh against that for real speed. But they're taking a breath ready to make KDE 4 the most bloaty ever. (Disclaimer: I'm actually a KDE fan, I do know qt4 brings a lot of speed improvements, but I also expect this to be true at least of the 4.0 release)
I am trolling
It runs fine on anything made in the last four years. If your system is older than that and it's too slow for you, try XFCE. The rest of us KDE and Gnome users will welcome you into the fold the next time you upgrade.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
$item is cool. Thanks $item developers!
The National Weather Service has issued an alert for the entirety of the United States. An unusual buildup of heat is expected over the next few days related to a sudden and massive increase in processor usage of select personal computers across the country.
This alert is based off of previous temperature surges related to the release of the 'KDE' software package to users of the 'Gentoo' operating system. As another release of this package has just occurred, the National Weather Service is issuing this alert so relief organizations can be prepared. Special attention is to be paid to the south-western united states due to unseasonably high temperatures, and high concentrations of personal computer equipment.
An additional National Weather Service extreme temperature WARNING has been issued for the Silicon Valley region.
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Call me ignorant, but what does KDE have to do with BSD?
:) Popular desktop on both.
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Mr. Helmet:
Well, KDE has about as much to do with BSD as it does with Linux
My intent was to make it basically in the Linux section (since many more KDE users are using Linux -- I assert, without numbers, just observation, and I could be wrong, and a moose once bit my sister and and and), cross-listed in the BSD section.
A peculiarity of the Slashdot backend means I picked the wrong order / weighting for KDE vs. Linux; I updated the story to fix this. No slight is meant toward Linux users, BSD users, Gnome users, those who enjoy boiled eggs with dill of a winter evening
timothy
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
Neither does KDE. We have around 800 developers with 100 commits each on average. Although fairly it is mostly 200 core developers with 100s of commits. Check CIA/a.
First of all, that thing has been there since KDE 1.0. It's a toy, and I doubt it requires much maintenance, so why not leave it in? What do you expect from something in the "kdetoys" package, anyway?
Second, the current moon phase is very important for amateur astronomers. A full moon makes it nearly impossible to see anything but the brightest objects in the sky, because of the glare. Also, if you want to look at the moon itself, the best time is not when it's full (because everything is so bright and washed out), but when it's at approximately 1/2 phase, because the shadows show depth.
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There are a few basic replies to this.
1. You're assuming all 'developers' have the same level of competency and interests. Just because there are 100 contributors doesn't mean that 100 contributors all working on 'window shading' together would make things better, or even be efficient.
2. KDE (and Gnome) are much more than 'Window Managers'. If that's all you want, use something else.
I do agree that it seems that there are some redundant projects, but seeing multiple projects and code can continue to spur development of projects. If Kopete sees something in Gaim, they can add that feature, or vice versa.
Politics comes into it too. Just because someone contributed something to Gaim doesn't mean the Gaim devs would take the contribution. Having multiple projects for people to contribute to could be seen as fostering innovation, not splitting resources, as more people can express themselves, and (hopefully) the best ideas float to the top.
Whether the whole open source community is a true meritocracy or not is another matter, though I tend to think in most cases it's closer to that than other development models.
creation science book
You insensitive klod!!!!!
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KDE 3.4 weighs in at 6,500+ bug fixes,
Today, EDS released a report on the quality of open source software.
Citing over 6,000 known bugs in KDE 3.3 versus zero known bugs in Microsoft Windows, Senior EDS Industry Analyst Joe Isuzu said, "There is no question that open source software is of very poor quality and completely unreliable, the evidence is very clear for anyone to see. Microsoft Windows is head and shoulders above the free alternatives, downhill in a hurricane."
There is still a KOffice because the developers of KOffice started working on it before OOo existed, and right now its MUCH lighter than OOo and has most of the features, and has several extra things.
"It seems that the developers' time would be better spent improving the core functions of the window manager."
The developers will spend their time doing what they want to do (and most likely are best at), if they didn't spend it working on program X, they wouldn't necessarily be spending it working on program Y.
a revamped trash system
Yes, now the Trash can has a Windows logo on it.
Exxccccelent. Soon, the final pieces for KDE Klippy will be complete and we will rule the KHelpCenter together! Just imagine it:
I see you are trying to compile the latest Linux kernel. Would you like help with:
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bryan R.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, or $12.50 as seen on eBay.....
I have to say, KDE is starting to get really good. And they seem to be cranking out improvements faster than they did in past years.
A couple more versions, and they'll probably have caught up to/surpassed what you get with a Mac or XP system. GUI-wise, anyway. Underneath it's already better.
The only complaint I really have about Linux on the desktop these days is the confusing layout of the filesystem. Which isn't KDE's fault. I hate having programs located in 5 different directories, with their configuration files in yet ANOTHER directory. I'm used to it, and it makes sense in a way. But I'd like to see all non-OS exectuables in their own folder under one "Program Files" folder, along with their configuration files. All the "system" files could go under a "System" folder.
But that'll never happen. It would break EVERYTHING.
just install the essentials, leave out kde-multimedia, kde-network, kde-graphics, kde-utilities, kde-admin, koffice... KDE is modular, i can get a workable KDE desktop with just arts, kde-base,kde-libs, kde-artwork, & QT... if you already have mozilla/firefox & thunderbird, OpenOffice, then why install redundant apps, KDE is nice but too many people forget it is modular and can be made leaner, but if you want the whole kitchen sink slam all the packages in
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
KDE? Yes http://kde-cygwin.sf.net/. Newer versions should start being released once QT & KDE 4.0 are out.
Sadly, about a month ago I gave up on KDE and Gnome and went back to Enlightenment. I have over 1GB RAM, but those desktops are becoming a huge memory hog.
E just sits there (looking beautiful, BTW) and does just what I need. A few tweaks away and I have a great desktop.
Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
The screenshot gallery linked by the parent comment features KDE 3.4 Release Candidate, not the final version.
(Yes, I realize it's probably very similar, but I went through a few screens thinking "well, seems like it hasn't changed a bit from the RC I'm running here" until I noticed the gallery title.)
The filesystem is the package manager
It's a good contraception method! Not as good as Slashdot, though, as anyone could verify. Still, in some places in this world dial-up lines are expensive, so one doesn't always have access to the very best...
I'm on the kmail list and in the past 12 hours over 57 bugs have been filed against kmail alone...
I think I'll do what I usually do... wait for x.1 to be released. If that comes out too quickly I wait for x.2.
As always: Back up your data BEFORE trying new software.
Happy compiling...
This guy ("Thac") has it built already. Here are his Mandrake 10.1 RPMs:
http://rpm.nyvalls.se/10.1/RPMS/kde-3.4.0/
Please please please don't install all KDE modules!
Now it has been said.
The kdetoys modules is designed to contain useless crap that makes people go: HUH? What the hell is that? Other examples from that modules is a tea clock and rolling head. So if you don't want useless crap don't install kdetoys!
Other modules to avoid is kde-i18n (do you really want KDE in Swahili and Welsh?) and kdeaddons (stuff no one wanted responsibility for)