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KDE 2.0 in Action

Posted by Roblimo on from the lookin'-good dept.

Stormie writes "KDE hacker Mosfet has just put up on his web page a section entitled KDE2.0 in action with a rundown of what is coming in version 2, along with a bunch of great screenshots. Exciting stuff!"

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  1. Looking Good by sufi · · Score: 5

    The thing I have always like about KDE is it's simplicity of use.

    I am not a linux hacker and have never claimed to be, I am used to windows98 and NT4 and while I dislike it's bugs, security issues and lack of source they are still useful operating systems.

    Until KDE came along I have to admit I was scared of linux... the WMs that were around were very basic and I was addicted to the Ms way of doing things.

    Now this is all changing,I have been using KDE for quite a while now and anticipate the release of v2 with baited breath, it takes something like KDE to convert all us MS users who like the idea of linux but are scared of it.

    You can run it quite happily after install, or you can hack it to bits. It's themeable and it has all the software bits and LAF of windows, while at the same time being quite different.

    What more could a windows user want?

    What's more, here in the office we are considering putting all the admin monkeys on a locked down version of linux with StarOffice and KDE too!

    The future is bright.

  2. More Screenshots by (Score:+6) · · Score: 5

    That site seems to be slashdotted already, but there are some more screenshots here: http://www.inficad.com/~nytehorse/

  3. If you want to try it yourself... by bero-rh · · Score: 5

    For those who want to try it themselves rather than just looking at screenshots, I've put up RPMs of a recent snapshot on http://people.redhat.com/bero/experimen tal/.
    There will be a new snapshot today.

    The packages install to /opt/kde2, so they won't overwrite a KDE 1.x installation.

    They're made for Red Hat Linux 6.1, but should run without problems on similar distributions.

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