KDE gets new Vista, Mac bling

By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
14 January 2008 11:22 AM
Tags: kde, linux, user interface
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    Fantastic !! Anonymous -- 14/01/08

    Team up the new KDE with Compiz and you've got an unsurpassed graphical user experience ! Blows Vista right out of the water and runs on much less powerful hardware too!

    Behold, the power of open source!

    Exactly ... Anonymous -- 04/03/08 (in reply to #320093509)

    Running KDE4 w/ compiz-fusion right now. Unbelievably smooth on 512Mb RAM. Running at work with two apps on wine, firefox, kmail ...

    Seriously considering a switch Chris Lees -- 05/03/08

    I've been a Gnomer since my Linux life started, but I think I'll be looking more closely at KDE 4. It's come a long way from the days of this ancient ZDnet article when KDE 4 was going to "rival windows": http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/os/soa/Linux-desktop-KDE-2-2-1-rivals-Windows/0,139023442,120260805,00.htm

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