Re: [TCLUG:20713] KDE2

[Jason J <jasonj@innominatus.com>]

I did an apt-get install on koffice no problem.
deb ftp://debian.tdyc.com/pub/kde woody kde kde2 contrib



Andy Zbikowski wrote:

> I've been playing a bit with KDE2. All I can say right now is...woah!
> They've done a great job so far. Konqueror is great, and supports netscaps
> plugins (haven't actually tested it yet, but it detected flash and real
> audio, as well as the JRE installed on this system)
>
> The interface is still single click, but they've cleaned it up alot! When
> you click an icon or link, there is just enough visual feedback that you
> know you've clicked the stupid icon. They kinda went with web-ish desktop,
> but it's much better and cleaner than MS's. Crazy part is, when you change a
> theme, KDE reconfigures to modify GTK and Netscape to match. Was really odd
> when a GTK app fireup with the Solaris-CDE theme with the Desert Red color
> scheme. (Same coler scheme gets applied to netscape)
>
> Overall, it seems alot more polished than GNOME. Can't wait to try the
> offical release. It's still going to take quite a bit to pull me away from
> GNOME though. (Then again, given the rate at which KDE releases new
> versions, perhaps I'll run it until a new GNOME is released. hehe.)
>
> BTW, Koffice is included in the beta, but not in the debs from kde.tdyc.com.
> Compiling is fun anyway...
>
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