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Status
KDE has full support
for Khmer integrated in the public source. It
works with Qt 3.3 (a latest stable release and Trolltech's last
official release as of February 2004) and later versions.
It will be included in Fedora Core 2, presumably in April 2004.
Please check the
status page
on work being done around
KDE
Description
KDE is a network transparent contemporary
desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fill the
need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to
the desktop environments found under the MacOS or Microsoft Windows.
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 (Debian
GNU/Linux,
FreeBSD,
NetBSD etc.) are freely available on the
internet. All of which are of exceptional quality and stability.
KDE
The Desktop Environment
With
KDE there is now an easy to use contemporary desktop environment
available for UNIX. Together with a free implementation of UNIX such
as GNU/Linux, 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.
KDE
The Application Development Framework
Authoring applications under UNIX/X11 used to be an extremely
difficult and tedious process. KDE recognizes the fact that a
computing platform is only as good as the amount of first class
applications available to the users of that particular platform. In
view of these circumstances the KDE Project has developed a first
rate compound document application framework, implementing the
latest advances in framework technology and thus positioning itself
in direct competition to such popular development frameworks as for
example Microsoft's MFC/COM/ActiveX technology. KDE's KParts
compound document technology enables developers to quickly create
first rate applications implementing cutting edge technology.
KDE
The Office Application Suite
Leveraging the KDE application development
framework a great number of
applications have been built for the K
Desktop Environment. A selection of those applications is contained
in the KDE base distribution. At this moment KDE is developing an
office application suite based on KDE's
KParts technology consisting of a spread-sheet, a presentation
application, an organizer, a news client and more. KPresenter, KDE's
presentation application was successfully used at many
presentations.
More...
The following pages are intended to provide
orientation and information about KDE for those who are new to KDE
and the KDE project. We believe to have covered a broad range of KDE
related issues and hope that this overview will help you in
understanding KDE and KDE development. The
KDE FAQ offers additional answers to some
of the most commonly asked questions about KDE.
Slide shows about KDE, KDE development and
the structure of KDE are available.
Have a look at screen shots
of a KDE
Desktop as well at the
KOffice-Suite.
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The KDE Project
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Why is there a need for KDE?
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KDE - The user's view
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KDE - what people say about it
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The current KDE distribution
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A bit of KDE History
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KDE Facts and Figures
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KDE Project Management
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The KDE Development Model
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KDE Philosophy and Core Tenets
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KDE Free Qt Foundation
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History: The Qt issue
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KDE Internationalization
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KDE - The Developer's view
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KOffice
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KDE - An exciting Journey
Interest
for the KhmerOS Initiative
KDE could have been
a choice, just as Gnome. It would take careful study to decide
which one to use. This project was built around Gnome, but if
full support for Khmer is not available at the time the decision
has to be finally made, KDE would be the natural alternative,
which would require considering a complete different set of
applications supported by Qt instead of the applications
supported by Pango that have been included (such as Evolution).
Language
support
The last snapshots of Qt
3.3 already support Khmer.
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