Re: Debian 2.0 Linux
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Jul 27, 1999
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On a dark and stormy night (Tue, 27 Jul 1999), Roderick Jackson wrote: > I've been thinking about an alternative. What exactly does KDE stand for? > (I hate doing web searches that return thousands of unrelated sites...) > > Oh, and is it free? Short answer: the "K Desktop Environment " = the MS Explorer done right. Long answer: (quote) What is KDE? KDE is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for Unix workstations. It was written by a world-wide network of software engineers committed to free software development. KDE seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under the MacOS or Window95/NT. We believe that the Unix operating system is the best operating system available today. In fact Unix has been the undisputed choice of the information technology professional for many years.........<snip> I suppose a good place for more info would be http:www.kde.org (be sure to look at the themes) Irv