[aclug-L] FW: KDE's latest version shows promise

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LINUX DESKTOP APPLICATIONS --- September 20, 2001
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HIGHLIGHTS

* KDE 2.2's enhanced Konqueror browser includes a host of supported
  protocols and file sharing options that gives KDE an advantage over
  GNOME.
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KDE 2.2
By Eric Foster-Johnson

The K Desktop Environment (KDE), which constitutes one-of the two-major
Linux desktop environments, released their latest version, KDE 2.2. The
release includes over 100 productivity applications and raises the bar
of Linux desktop software.

One of KDE 2.2's main features is an enhanced version of the Konqueror
Web and file browser. Konqueror combines the traditional Web browsing
functionality with file browsing. But, you can do more than just browse
files on disk. Konqueror supports a number of network protocols to
present files as if they were located on your hard disk. Konqueror
supports the Network File System (NFS), SMB Windows shares, the File
Transfer Protocol (FTP), HTTP Web servers, LDAP servers, digital
cameras, and audio CDs.

In addition to its file-browsing capabilities, Konqueror also supports
a larger set of Web standards and pseudo-standards including media
formats such as Flash, RealAudio, RealVideo, and Shockwave. The
Shockwave plug-in is actually the ActiveX plug-in for Windows.
Konqueror supports a few such ActiveX plug-ins, making it easier to
browse the Web from a non-Windows box.

Download the KDE 2.2 sources from http://www.kde.org, or you can
download pre-built binary versions for major Linux distributions. See
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-2.2.html for links to
download the binary versions. These include special versions for
Caldera, Connectiva, Debian, Linux-Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE Linux,
as well as FreeBSD, IBM AIX, and Compaq Tru64 UNIX.

About the author(s)
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Eric Foster-Johnson has written 14 books on Linux, Unix, programming
and open source tools. Eric can be reached at erc@xxxxxxxxxxxx or at
http://www.pconline.com/~erc.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Everything KDE
http://www.kde.com/

New KDE Beta Released for Linux Desktop
http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-2.2-beta1.html

Kernel Cousin: KDE #18
http://kt.zork.net/kde/kde20010720_18.html

the Linux Review: KDE 2.2
http://www.linuxports.com/index.lxp?lxptopic=5&lxptopicname=KDE

The KDE WebCity
http://devel-home.kde.org/
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