The Rise of Linux

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the Rise of Linux Linux, the open-source software is more and more popular… Created by ac3raven , 01-21-200

re: The Rise of Linux

downhill — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:43:28 GMT

Furthermore, Gnome [and everybody else] is lagging behind big-time now that KDE 4.0 is out (4.1 being the stable/production-ready release of KDE4).

Info: http://wadejolson.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/release-event-speech-links/

I have had, other than what's not implemented, zero problems using 4.0; Needless to say, I'm excited about 4.1. Please check it out! You do a wonderful job writing, and it would be nice to read some honest opinions/reviews of it.

Cheers,

-downhill

re: The Rise of Linux

ac3raven — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:50:06 GMT

sorry, but I'm not nearly as pumped as you about the next tenth of a version of a desktop environment. I am considering switching to KDE however, but right now, Gnome is working fine.

re: The Rise of Linux

stickguy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:48:44 GMT

Ah, but you should be! :) Although 4.0 is already released, 4.1 isn't just "the next tenth of a version". KDE 4.1 will be the first release of KDE 4 that will be actually intended for use by everybody. 4.0 was released for people to start testing it and finding bugs, and really isn't meant for use in a production environment.

re: The Rise of Linux

rdaniels — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:57:25 GMT

Indeed, 4.0 has a lot of really cool stuff to play with, but so much is missing, especially from the non-core application side. With 4.1 coming out bringing even more features, and releases of koffice and amarok in the same timeframe, kde is going to blow everything else away.

Now that didn't sound fanboyish at all, did it? ;)

Testify

DRoboto — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:51:16 GMT

Preach it Brother,

Linux (and really the whole open source community) represents an all too human backlash against blind oppressive greed. When people ask me why smart capable programers all over the world "give away" their work without compensation, I tell them it's because if you walk into b###buy and ask for the lastest and greatest new os they will charge you $300 for V*^& Ultimate which wont recognize raid and will unendingly overwrite your good drivers with generic ms c**p that dosn't work then when you try to reload your drivers it will ask you 14billion times if your sure about that.