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KDE 3.5 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-up-to-my-neck-in-gui-gui-code dept.

WhiteFoxBR writes ""The KDE Project is happy to announce a new major release of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. Many features have been added or refined, making KDE the most complete, stable and integrated free desktop environment available." Here a Visual Guide to new features, including build-in ad-block for Konqueror and support for MSN and Yahoo! webcams in Kopete. "

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  1. Kool! by suso · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Way to go KDE folks and supporters. Even though I'm a Gnome user (actually, I'm a closet FVWM user), KDE never ceases to impress me and I do try it for periods of time. The last 8 years I've been using Open Source Software and Linux have been amazing. The amount of progress that all of us have made. There is still more to go, but its not hard to see that the gap is really closing in now. All the hard work and patience has paid off. Everyone give yourself a pat on the back.

    1. Re:Kool! by digidave · · Score: 4, Interesting

      "Mac OSX and Windows may be proprietary DRM infected piles of shit... but they are damned sight more stable, integrated and complete than KDE... so is GNOME for that matter."

      For one thing, they said it was the most stable, integrated and complete *free* desktop, so Windows and OS X don't count. However, I use KDE by choice at work even though I was encouraged to use Windows, could have used OS X and did try Gnome. I think KDE is more integrated than Windows or Gnome and is on par with OS X. Its features are second to none (Windows and OS X don't even compete with the features I use a lot, such as working with remote servers).

      I think it's important to remember that everybody uses their computer in different ways. KDE is great for me and a lot of other people and it pisses us off when a condescending jerk like you tries to blow it off as crap just because you heard it was bloated (but can't provide proof) and think it may be buggy (but can't list any more bugs in KDE than any other DE) and say it's poorly organized (even though it's all customizable).

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  2. Webcam - yes! by Zoidmann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The missing ability to use a webcam easily under KDE, is actually an argument for some people I know to stick with Windows. So this is great news - now I might convince them into actually trying this "Linux-thing", so I can stop supporting their infected Windows XP Home machines (yes, then I would have to support them with Linux, but with a little help from CrossOver they can keep using most of the software they are dependant upon).

    I haven't got a webcam myself at the moment, so I have no idea how it works in Kopete. If you have tested it, and can recommend a webcam that is working nicely under Linux, I would like to hear about it. Are there webcams out for Linux that actually support face-tracking?

  3. Great work by geo_2677 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The features seem to be pretty impressive. Now, not only do we have a two good browsers for Linux desktop, the healthy competition between FF and Konqueror will only make them richer. The ACL GUI feature is certainly a good enhancement.
    Way to go KDE!!

  4. Re:Google Maps and Blogger by digidave · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Now email google to fix both of them so we don't have to do these silly workarounds."

    I did email Google about that issue (I emailed Google Local because that's where I was at the time. Same problem there). I simply asked that they add Konqueror's user agent to the supported browsers after stating that the browser did work when I switched the user agent. This is their response.

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    local-help@google.com to me
    Nov 17

    Thank you for your note. It appears that you're having trouble using
    Google Local because you're using a browser that is not fully supported.
    In order to obtain full functionality of Google Local, please use one of
    the supported browsers listed in our Help Center at
    http://local.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answ er=16532&topic=1499

    We appreciate your taking the time to send us your feedback regarding the
    use of Konqueror with Google Local. We'll keep your comments in mind as we
    continue to make improvements to this service.

    Regards,
    The Google Team
    ---------------------

    Utterly frustrating. Sounds like a bot may have wrote that :(

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  5. Re:Already slashdotted! by robgamble · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I used the KMail / contact / calendar app for 2 months straight and found it to be very stable and reliable. It was also a TON faster than Evolution.

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