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The Unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit Begins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sounds-dirty dept.

Jiilik Oiolosse writes to tell us Ars Technica is reporting that after years of existing seperately, KHTML and Webkit are finally coming back together. "In open source terms, this may be as big of a deal as the gcc and egcs merger of yonder days. KHTML and Webkit are definitely coming of age. The KDE developers, responsible for the original creation of KHTML, are dedicated to seeing this unforking happen and are taking a leading role in that effort."

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  1. Re:As big as GCC? by Vexorian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hell yeah, I mean a web rendering engine? Like we needed more of those... and frigging apple is involved! for god's sake, don't compare this to precious GCC...

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  2. Re:Unforking? by tqk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can we please unfork KDE and Gnome next? Assuming that means the two of them will implode into a Black Hole and wink out of existence. Please?

    Fluxbox rules, Blackbox's not bad, Openbox tends to work after a fashion, and there's always fvwm* or dwm for the rest. Enlightenment, you're on your own.

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