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KDE ist die K-Arbeitsplatzumgebung (K Desktop Environment).
Das Projekt wurde 1996 von Matthias Ettrich mit dem Ziel begündet, die Stäke von Unix-Betriebssystemen mit dem Komfort einer modernen Oberfläche zu verbinden.
Kurz gesagt bringt KDE Unix eine Arbeitsplatzumgebung.
Weitere Informationen zur KDE erhalten Sie unter http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/index.html.
Für nichts; es heißt einfach nur K-Arbeitsplatzumgebung, genau wie das X in X-Windows.
KDE ist eine Arbeitsplatzumgebung für alle Arten von Unixen. Obwohl die meisten KDE-Entwickler Linux benutzen, läuft es auf einer Vielzahl von Systemen. While it is true that most KDE developers use Linux, KDE runs smoothly on a wide range of systems. You may however need to tweak the source code a bit to get KDE to compile on a not-so-popular variant of Unix, or if you are not using the GNU development tools, in particular the gcc compiler.
Some of systems on which KDE is running are:
No, KDE is not a window manager. While KDE includes a very sophisticated window manager, KWM, KDE is much more than that -- it is an integrated desktop environment. Of the currently ( July 98 ) far more than half a million lines of KDE code only about 7000 lines are code related to window management.
KDE provides a complete desktop environment, including a file manager, a window manager, a help system, a configuration system, uncountable tools and utilities. and an ever increasing number of applications, including but not limited to mail and news clients, drawing programs, a postscript and a dvi viewer and so forth.
No, KDE is not a clone. Specifically KDE is not a CDE or Windows clone. While the KDE developers have and will continue to glean the best features from all existing desktop environments KDE is a truly unique environment that has and will continue to go its own way.
Yes, KDE is free software according to the GNU General Public License. All KDE libraries are available under the LGPL making commercial software development for the KDE desktop possible, all KDE applications are licensed under the GPL.
KDE uses the Qt C++ crossplatform toolkit, which comes with its own license.
In short, Qt's license allows you to use Qt free of charge for development of X Windows software as long as you make the source code of your applications freely available. If you do not wish to make the source code of your applications written using Qt available for free, you must obtain a commercial license for Qt. You can find more information about the Qt and its license on Troll Tech web site.
If you are in doubt about which license is appropriate for you, please contact Troll Tech directly.
It is absolutely legal to make KDE and Qt available on CD free of charge. No runtime fees of any kind are incurred.
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