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KDE Beta 2 available
Thu, 15 June 2000
The second beta of KDE 2.0 is available for download. Things are getting close now! Check it out!
Irc.themes.org
Mon, 12 June 2000
This technically does relate to the Desktop, and I thought I would point it out. I maintained irc.themes.org for about a year or so a while ago, and then handed it to someone else to work on. I would just like to invite everyone to go and check it out as he has been working everyday updating and maintaining it. Very good job!
KDE developer interview
Sat, 10 June 2000
Theres an interview with a key KDE developer at LinuxUK, with a look at current KDE happenings and what will be going on in the future. Pretty interesting.
$3,000 offer made to Debian
Tue, 6 June 2000
A $3,000 dollar offer was made to the debian linux distribution to include KDE in future releases. The letter was posted on Slashdot, and theres quite a bit of talk about it. Check it out.
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Desktops
Desktop Environments
GTK themes for GNOME can be found at Themes.org,
along with themes for KDE
CDE
CDE stands for Common Desktop Environment. Vendors like Sun and HP moved towards using CDE instead of having their own proprietary window environments. The idea is that the user should not many different setups to use different vendor's machines.
GNOME
GNOME is the GNU Network Object Model Environment. The GNOME project intends to build a complete, easy-to-use desktop environment for the user, and a powerful application framework for the software developer.
GTK themes for GNOME are avaialble at Themes.org.
KDE
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system.
Themes for KDE are available at Themes.org.
XFCE
XFce is a lightweight desktop environment for various UNIX systems. From version to version, XFce became more and more user friendly and easily configurable. As XFce is made for the user, it has to be very simple to configure. That's why everything is driven by the mouse, using buttons, drag and drop, etc., and the configuration files are hidden from the user, although it is plain text.
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