KDE 3.2 Review

Steven Edwards · 02-23-2004, 10:57 AM

ArsTechnica has a pretty comprehensive [and exhausting] review of KDE's latest release. Of interest to some people will be the description of its accessibility features, including a screen magnifier [KMagnifier], a tool for those having trouble clicking the mouse [KMouseTool], and a text-to-speech engine [KMouth] for those who have trouble speaking; they also have StickyKeys and MouseKeys variants, although the article doesn't mention them.

Other useful features include a system-wide spell checker, an integrated web page editor, a personal information messenger, a password manager, a cool music player/manager, and a multiprotocol [AIM/MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/more] instant messenger. For the developers out there, the updated KDevelop IDE looks very, very good. It supports 15 languages, ranging from Bash/sh scripting to C++ to Java to Perl, Python and Ruby; likely PHP as well.

Is anyone out there currently using it?

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

jimnms · 02-23-2004, 01:22 PM

I liked KDE back when I was into Linux. I just grew apart from it. Last Linux I used at home was RedHat 5.2, and I had put KDE on it.

The last Linux I really used was RedHat 7.3 on a server I ran for a gay womens group of all things.

I don't run their server anymore, but I still a shell account on it.

I'm thinking of putting Linux on my notebook though.

_____
Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

Steven Edwards · 03-01-2004, 06:17 PM

The new Gentoo distribution [2004.0] with KDE 3.2 and Linux kernel 2.6 is out. Mirror sites are available. If you want to try it out, download and burn the LiveCD 3 and reboot your computer from the CD.

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

mattblan · 03-01-2004, 09:55 PM

doesn't look like they have posted a livecd for the 2004 release.

Steven Edwards · 03-02-2004, 05:20 AM

Oy, sorry... I was in too much of a hurry last night while posting. The stage 3 tarballs are out for the x86, pentium3 and pentium4 releases. Hopefully the LiveCDs will be out soon...

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

Steven Edwards · 03-04-2004, 12:08 PM

The LiveCD is now available. Time to play.

-Steven
"Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

02-23-2004, 10:57 AM	#1
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	KDE 3.2 Review ArsTechnica has a pretty comprehensive [and exhausting] review of KDE's latest release. Of interest to some people will be the description of its accessibility features, including a screen magnifier [KMagnifier], a tool for those having trouble clicking the mouse [KMouseTool], and a text-to-speech engine [KMouth] for those who have trouble speaking; they also have StickyKeys and MouseKeys variants, although the article doesn't mention them. Other useful features include a system-wide spell checker, an integrated web page editor, a personal information messenger, a password manager, a cool music player/manager, and a multiprotocol [AIM/MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/more] instant messenger. For the developers out there, the updated KDevelop IDE looks very, very good. It supports 15 languages, ranging from Bash/sh scripting to C++ to Java to Perl, Python and Ruby; likely PHP as well. Is anyone out there currently using it? -Steven "Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

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02-23-2004, 01:22 PM	#2
jimnms Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,673	I liked KDE back when I was into Linux. I just grew apart from it. Last Linux I used at home was RedHat 5.2, and I had put KDE on it. The last Linux I really used was RedHat 7.3 on a server I ran for a gay womens group of all things. I don't run their server anymore, but I still a shell account on it. I'm thinking of putting Linux on my notebook though. _____ Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

03-01-2004, 06:17 PM	#3
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	The new Gentoo distribution [2004.0] with KDE 3.2 and Linux kernel 2.6 is out. Mirror sites are available. If you want to try it out, download and burn the LiveCD 3 and reboot your computer from the CD. -Steven "Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

03-01-2004, 09:55 PM	#4
mattblan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: N. California Posts: 1,148	doesn't look like they have posted a livecd for the 2004 release.

03-02-2004, 05:20 AM	#5
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	Oy, sorry... I was in too much of a hurry last night while posting. The stage 3 tarballs are out for the x86, pentium3 and pentium4 releases. Hopefully the LiveCDs will be out soon... -Steven "Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."

03-04-2004, 12:08 PM	#6
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	The LiveCD is now available. Time to play. -Steven "Sometimes, its enough to plant the seed, walk away, and let the flower grow on its own."