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First KDE 4 App ('Kind of') Running

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-the-building-back-up-phase dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the first KDE 4 application is running. Click the link for screenshots." In short, "Kate now kind of works."

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  1. Re:KDE4? by twener · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some stuff is listed in the Wiki: http://wiki.kde.org/KDE+4+Goals

  2. More Screenshots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    more screenshots of kcontrol and kate running on kde 4.

  3. Re:Plastic by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Informative

    KDE has several widget styles, so nothing it tying you down to Plastik. Try Phase, for example (I wrote it). Or Highcolor or Light Style. Or heck, use the Windows theme if that's what you truly prefer.

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  4. Re:KDE4? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    Just because I don't want to place things I write under the GPL (I want to use a different Open Source Certified License) I would have to pay outrageous amounts to use it.

    No you don't -- that's what the QPL is for. You don't need to go with the GPL if you're not writing a GPL app.

  5. Re:KDE4? by Cthefuture · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not chump change. If you think it is then you'll never be a successful business owner.

    That money would pay for MSDN subscriptions for those same developers for 5 years.

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  6. Re:KDE4? by natmsincome.com · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ask and you shall receive.

    wxWidgets has binding for numerous languages and is under a license like the LGPL (see the home page). Anyway if you want to support multiple platforms try it out. There lots of applications use it already.

    It doesn't quite have the scope of QT which from my understanding includes ALOT of extra functionality that isn't just GUI based.

    Your logic doesn't make sense though. If the market is small they the product should/will be expensive (cost to develop ~ $1000 with 5 customers you'd need to charge $2200 to make a 10% ROI with 500 customers you can charge $22 and still make the same ROI - excluding support).

    That was the DOS/Shrinkwrap revolution. Other companies at the time tried to sell the OS for $10,000 + because that's how long it took them to make it.

    Even if wxWidgets didn't exists there would still be Java, TCL, Motiff etc. The fact is QT is very nice and worth the cost if your in that area.

  7. Re:KDE4? by be-fan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Qt passes the "free" test because it's GPL. It's as free as the Linux kernel, or GCC or Emacs.

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  8. Re:KDE4? by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Informative

    With Qt, I don't even NEED a MSDN subscription! Nyah! Besides, the price of Qt is a one-time payment, so it lasts me five years anyway.

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