KDE F.A.Q.

From Linux Mint

Q: What is KDE?
A: "KDE" stands for "K Desktop Environment".
KDE is one of the leading Desktop environments for linux and BSD.
KDE is an international technology team that creates Free Software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. more

Q: What is the latest stable release of KDE?
A: KDE 4.2 is the latest stable release.

Q: Will the next LM KDE release have KDE4?
A: Yes. LM 6 KDE will NOT have KDE 4.1, LM 6 KDE will wait until it can be built based on KDE 4.2, and will have the same package base as Kubuntu 8.10.

Q: Is KDE better the gnome?
A: Yes. Well... I think so anyway. Gnome and KDE are different and they have different strengths and weaknesses, it is up to the individual to decide which one is better for them.

Q: I am new to linux, which edition should I download?
A: The Main edition. Thought some people think that KDE is than gnome, the LM Main Edition is the "Main" edition and it gets more focus and is less likely to have bugs and other problems. This does not really mean that the Main Edition is better than the KDE edition, but for a new user, it is the one that you should use.