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Before you read about what and how KDE evolved, you may want to first have a look at some screen shots ...
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Calculator and the poker card game Image is 1024 x 768 - 364 Kb
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CD player, Real Player & Control Panel Image is 1024 x 768 - 301 kb |
The following is a direct transcript from the KDE team ...
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 Mac OS or Windows 9X/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. When it comes to stability, scalability and openness there is no competition to Unix. However, the lack of an easy to use contemporary desktop environment for Unix has prevented Unix from finding its way onto the desktops of the typical computer user in offices and homes. Unix dominates the server market and is the preferred computing platform for computing professional and scientists. Without Unix the internet would not be. But Unix did not address the needs of the average computer user. This fact is particularly unfortunate since a number of implementations of Unix ( Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc) are freely available on the internet. All of which are of exceptional quality and stability.
With KDE there is now an easy to use contemporary desktop environment available for Unix. Together with a free implementation of Unix, KDE constitutes a completely free and open computing platform available to anyone free of charge including its source code for anyone to modify. While there will always be room for improvement we believe to have delivered a viable alternative to some of the more commonly found and commercial operating systems/desktops combinations available today. It is our hope that the combination Unix/KDE will finally bring the same open, reliable, stable and monopoly free computing to the average computer user that scientist and computing professionals world-wide have enjoyed for years.
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