Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 11th Jan 2008 12:00 UTC
KDE KDE 4.0.0 has been released onto the world. "The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era." KDE 4.0 is the first release of "KDE 4", but take note that the developers have clearly stated that KDE 4.0 is not KDE 4, but more of a base release with all the underlying systems ready to go, but with still a lot of work to be done on the user-visible side. Download it from the KDE 4.0 info page. Update: Screenshots.
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RE[2]: Congrats!
by fepede on Fri 11th Jan 2008 14:28 UTC in reply to "RE: Congrats!"
fepede
Member since:
2005-11-14

I sure hope their theming capabilities are quite extensive, because that looks hilariously bad in regards to graphical design.


Well, I fully agree.

The worst thing in KDE has always been (and, given the screenshots, IS) how fonts are used.

Man, it's horrible!

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RE[3]: Congrats!
by Weeman on Fri 11th Jan 2008 15:40 in reply to "RE[2]: Congrats!"
Weeman Member since:
2006-03-20

The worst thing in KDE has always been (and, given the screenshots, IS) how fonts are used.

A propos fonts... I like the taskbar clock, the way it screams LOOK AT MEEEEYYY! in your face.

--edit: And if KDE insists on such mongohuge text runs, they better make sure that they use some better proportioned fonts with rounded edges. A la Calibri from Microsoft.

Edited 2008-01-11 15:42 UTC

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RE[4]: Congrats!
by superstoned on Sun 13th Jan 2008 10:21 in reply to "RE[3]: Congrats!"
superstoned Member since:
2005-07-07

First, the whole font thing really depends a lot on what you are used to. Mac users find Win fonts ugly, Win users find Mac fonts fuzzy.

Second, fonts are mostly a X.org thing, not a KDE thing.

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RE[3]: Congrats!
by BigDaddy on Fri 11th Jan 2008 18:32 in reply to "RE[2]: Congrats!"
BigDaddy Member since:
2006-08-10

Do you mean how fonts are rendered or do you mean the default font choices?

I prefer KDE font rendering to GNOME or even Windows. Granted I am just a home user and not a professional, so maybe that has something to do with it.

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RE[3]: Congrats!
by segedunum on Sat 12th Jan 2008 08:58 in reply to "RE[2]: Congrats!"
segedunum Member since:
2005-07-06

The worst thing in KDE has always been (and, given the screenshots, IS) how fonts are used.

You do realise, of course, that fontconfig is responsible for fonts and this is used by both KDE and Gnome?

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