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KDE Rebrands, Introduces KDE Plasma Desktop

Posted by timothy on from the postitioning-for-clarity dept.

Jiilik Oiolosse writes "The KDE community has killed the term K Desktop Environment (previously the Kool Desktop Environment). 'KDE' had previously ambiguously referred to both the community, and the complete set of programs and tools produced by the KDE community which together formed a desktop user interface. This set of tools, including the window manager, panels and configuration utilities, which KDE terms a 'workspace,' will now be shipped under the term 'KDE Plasma Desktop.' This allows KDE to ship a separate workspace called 'Plasma Netbook,' and independently market the various KDE applications as usable in any workspace, whether it be the Plasma Desktop, Windows, or XFCE."

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  1. the triumph of buzzwords! by plasmacutter · · Score: -1, Troll

    just add "HD" "Plasma" "Giga-" or some other pseudo-scifi or pseudo-consumer-tech jargon to ANYTHING and suddenly it's 'cool'!.

    I think i know where the people responsible for "SYFY" are spending their spare time.

    quick everyone, pass the "plasma" shake-weights!

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    1. Re:the triumph of buzzwords! by Runaway1956 · · Score: -1, Troll

      "syfy" ???? Sounds like a freaking sexual disease, shared by gay little bastids who can't handle Sci-Fi.

      FFS, if you mean space opera, say so. If you mean science fiction, then use terms that adults might recognize.

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  2. Frist Ps0T by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah!!!

  3. Re:KDE Plasma Desktop renamed by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 0, Troll

    It could have been worse. The could have changed the name to "Microsoft Windows" but thankfully someone realized that would have been confusing.

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  4. Re:3.5 by tjstork · · Score: -1, Troll

    They've pulled a Vista with 4.x,

    A lot of the "Vista failed" stuff was a bunch of criticism from the Linux camp, and indeed, against that, they one again failed to deliver an answer. Meanwhile, Vista still made quite a few billion dollars.

    Now, with Windows 7, they've got Direct 2d, their own Core Audio APIs, its like, some pretty interesting stuff.

    I run Linux for these reasons:

    a) Linux has a great advantage in the package manager. That just woops ass.
    b) The installer is better than Windows
    c) I think there's more opportunity because the user base is so desperate for software
    d) Linux is free

    but, to say that Linux is better than Windows, well, is crazy talk. Linux has its advantages, but for graphics and sound, its really not even close. Windows blows Linux out of the water.

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