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Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Venerable Linux office suite KOffice has been reborn as "Calligra," a name meant to evoke calligraphy but perhaps a bit too close to the neme of a deranged Roman emperor. Perhaps more importantly, Calligra seems to be cooperating with the future MeeGo mobile Linux distro. Could this be the beginning of the end of the KDE desktop, at least under its current branding?"

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  1. Re:Kalligra by Enderandrew · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone complained they were annoying so know you've got Plasma, Strigi, Gwenview, Dolphin, Marble, Calligra, etc.

    I also didn't understand why everyone complained when KDE did it, but not Gnome?

    And it never really bothered me. A brand new user knew the difference between GCalc and KCalc. But they may be confused by Abacus.

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  2. kaligraphy.com by Space+cowboy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hmm. And just recently I got a request to purchase kaligraphy.com from me.

    Thinking that it might have been Microsoft or Apple or similar about to release a new product, I replied with an outrageously high price. I wonder if it was the KDE team :)

    If it is indeed the KDE team, get in touch :) Email is in the whois data ...

    Simon

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