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A Screenshot Review of KDE 4

Posted by Zonk on from the who-doesn't-like-a-little-eye-candy dept.

billybob2 writes "PolishLinux.org has an extensive screenshot review and commentary on the development version of the Free and Open Source KDE desktop. Highlights include the ability to run any desktop applet prepared for Mac OS X inside Plasma, on-the-fly annotation and rating of files from within the Dolphin file manager. It also has an improved GUI for the Amarok music player, flexible 3D eye candy configuration in KWin, and improved support for both accessing digital cameras via the Solid hardware layer and the DigiKam photo manager."

6 of 274 comments (clear)

  1. "Error establishing a database connection" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is the oddest screenshot I have ever seen. Is the applet that it is running designed to fail to establish a database connection?

  2. Re:What's with the Fisher-Price trend? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, we have all the major operating systems/window managers fully in the Fisher-Price camp. Use FreeDOS. I use it on my 8GB USB flash disk, and I still have 7.999GB free.
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  3. Re:What's with the Fisher-Price trend? by zullnero · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make your desktop manager. Seriously, there's a market for a desktop manager where all applications are bound to an elaborate set of keystrokes, and if you mess up and get the keys out of sequence, an image of Denis Leary pops up out of the desktop and glares at you like you're an idiot. If you fail a login to your encrypted volume, your background turns into a graphical sound wave representation of Sam Kinison screaming. In fact, I think a considerable amount of that is going into the next Emacs rev.

    Desktop managers are designed and made for people who can't use command lines and want something graphically cute. They are designed by people whose minds work in ways that most real engineers can't fully understand. They are designed by the same folks that really want their computer to match the color scheme of the rest of their office, as well as reflect the color that they best associate themselves with.

  4. Re:Seems to be up now. by dh003i · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you're wrong! Apple invented everything good and pure in the OS world. They invented the GUI, not Xerox. And they invented computer cases with front vents to provide for better cooling, not companies in the server market, or even (gasp!) Gateway in 2001 with their old computers. Apple also invented hot-swapping -- err, no, it's called slide-in storage. Apple invented memory riser cards. Apple invented columnar file-browsing. And Apple invented the dock. It's all about Apple, Apple, Apple. ;-)

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  5. Re:slashdotted already by DJCacophony · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's okay, here's a copy of the article text:









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  6. Re:Seems to be up now. by godawful · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally, _someone_ who gets it!! ;)

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