KDE 3.2 beta 2 Released

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KDE 3.2 beta 2 Released 30

Posted by timothy on Monday December 08, 2003 @09:49PM from the breaker-breaker-beta-2 dept.

KentoNET writes "The KDE dot is reporting that KDE 3.2 beta 2 has been released. 'Dobra Voda,' as the release is named, still has some rough edges, but developers are urging users to test and report bugs in the new beta. Binaries are available for SuSE, Fedora and Slackware. Also released was another beta of Gideon, KDE's in-development IDE."

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I feel cheated. (Score:2)

by Feztaa ( 633745 ) writes:

According to this [kde.org], KDE 3.2 final was slated for release today... instead, we get 3.2... BETA 2!

Gah.
- Re:I feel cheated. (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 08, 2003 @10:18PM (#7665088)
  
  maybe u shoulda read this [kde.org] then!
  
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- Re:I feel cheated. (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by twener ( 603089 ) writes: on Tuesday December 09, 2003 @05:44AM (#7666808)
  
  Request your money back!
  
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- Re:Developers Section (Score:1, Offtopic)
  
  by Pengo ( 28814 ) writes:
  
  I wish I knew of an active place like slashdot which was focused on exactly that. Seems that it's always the same old crap here. I can read release anouncements on freshmeat.
  - Yes, there is such a place. (Score:4, Informative)
    
    by Inoshiro ( 71693 ) writes: on Tuesday December 09, 2003 @01:22AM (#7666041) Homepage
    
    Kuro5hin's technical section [kuro5hin.org] has much to do with the details of programming and the like. Feel free to browse it, or even add to it.
    
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- Why do I reply to trolls? (Score:2)
  
  by mhesseltine ( 541806 ) writes:
  
  Why are all the stories in the Developers section always about product releases or developer organizations. I want to see some stories about actual developer stuff; you know, technical stuff, stories about programming, stuff like that.
  You know, it is possible for you to submit [slashdot.org] your own links to stories, topics, etc. If there's something in particular you find interesting and worth discussing, submit an article about it so that others may get the opportunity to see it and discuss it.
Does it really even matter? (Score:1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Does it? I mean, come on. If Windows changed this often, we would have total chaos amungst users and developers alike... much like what is happening with linux. You thought WINDOWS had a DLL hell.
Dobra Voda (Score:4, Informative)

by pcbob ( 67069 ) writes: on Monday December 08, 2003 @11:49PM (#7665628) Homepage

Means "Good Water", for those of you with no slavic background...

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- Re:Dobra Voda (Score:2)
  
  by DiSKiLLeR ( 17651 ) writes:
  
  "Good Water?"
  
  I was thinking that the second I read "Dobra Voda" on slashdot.org.
  
  I'm polish, btw.
  
  D.
- Re:Dobra Voda (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  This is obviously a typo, they really meant Dobra Vodka :-)
- Re:Dobra Voda (Score:5, Interesting)
  
  by nitehorse ( 58425 ) writes: <clee@c133.org> on Tuesday December 09, 2003 @10:22PM (#7676154)
  
  It's sort of an inside joke.
  
  At the KDE conference in Nove Hrady, the university supplied tons of water bottles for us and they all had the label "Dobra Voda" which we found quite amusing for a variety of reasons. Namely, 1) The water was actually not that good, and 2) Some of the water was carbonated, which made it taste really interesting, especially when we weren't expecting it.
  
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Changelog (Score:1)

by Safrax ( 697056 ) writes:

Anyone got a changelog for this? I couldn't see one linked on the front page of kde.org or in the link on the article.
screenshots (Score:2, Interesting)

by yarbo ( 626329 ) writes:

here [tomchance.org.uk] not mine, found those linked in one of the links.
- Re:screenshots (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by twener ( 603089 ) writes: on Tuesday December 09, 2003 @05:47AM (#7666814)
  
  Way more KDE 3.2 screenshots [wanadoo.fr]
  
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I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:1, Flamebait)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Its so good, it kicks the shit out of Windows, Thrashes OSX and obliterates Gnome. I predict Gnome is going to lose market share in droves when the Final version of KDE 3.2 comes out.

First of all, the GUI has been made so much more consistent, simplified and cleaned up, but WITHOUT removing features and hiding them in a registry editor like gnome did. I can still have all my favourite features with click and point configuaration, yet they don't get in the way.

Secondly, it has some of the best eye candy I
- - Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:1)
    
    by kwench ( 539630 ) writes:
    
    If you want coffee, you have the choice between:
    
    kde-koffee-3.2-beta1.i586.mdk.rpm
    
    or the Linux Coffee HOWTO [linux.org]
    
    You pays your money, you takes your choice...
- Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:2)
  
  by dash2 ( 155223 ) writes:
  
  If people who are hooked on "feature crack", and don't care about usability think that KDE is the best desktop, then I predict that Gnome will win in the serious corporate desktop market, with KDE becoming a desktop for enthusiasts - kind of Enlightenment mark II.
- Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:2)
  
  by Ed Avis ( 5917 ) writes:
  
  What has OpenOffice startup speed got to do with KDE?
"Gideon" (Score:1)

by vogon jeltz ( 257131 ) writes:

Shouldn't that be "Kideon"?
*ducks* and runs ....
Kde3.2 speed (Score:2)

by throwaway18 ( 521472 ) writes:

Is this significantly faster then kde 3.0?

I loaned a box set of SuSe to a couple of friends to try on old machines (around 300MHz). They both decided they don't like linux because it is too slow based on their experiances of kde3.0

A 300MHz machine is a usable surfing/wordprocessing machine. It is very disapointing that KDE makes such a machine annoying to use.

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I feel cheated. (Score:2)

Re:I feel cheated. (Score:4, Informative)

Re:I feel cheated. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Developers Section (Score:1, Offtopic)

Yes, there is such a place. (Score:4, Informative)

Why do I reply to trolls? (Score:2)

Does it really even matter? (Score:1, Interesting)

Dobra Voda (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Dobra Voda (Score:2)

Re:Dobra Voda (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Dobra Voda (Score:5, Interesting)

Changelog (Score:1)

screenshots (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:screenshots (Score:4, Informative)

I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:1, Flamebait)

Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:1)

Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:2)

Re:I'm using it, and lovin' it. (Score:2)

"Gideon" (Score:1)

Kde3.2 speed (Score:2)

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