KDE Goes Cross-Platform, Supports Windows and OS X

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @08:02AM from the strange-confluence-of-events dept.

klblastone writes "The KDE desktop environment is going cross-platform with support for the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. In addition to porting the core KDE libraries and applications, developers are also porting popular KDE-based software like the Amarok audio player and the KOffice productivity suite. New KDE binaries for Windows were released yesterday and are now available from KDE mirrors through an automated installer program. The Mac OS X port is made available via BitTorrent in universal binary format."

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Re:Now Windows and Mac users can enjoy... by segedunum · 2008-01-23 09:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

the bliss that is getting harassed with a context menu every single fricken time they drag and drop a file!
I actually find it pretty useful. At least, unlike other desktop environments, I actually know when a file is going to be copied or moved, and I am not going to go somewhere in a hurry with my USB flash disk only to find that I've only made a bloody shortcut to the file that is about fifty miles away. It happens.