Random wonderings (Was: move klicker to kextragear)

[Aaron Seigo]

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On January 22, 2004 11:33, Frans Englich wrote:
> The reason I ask is because I find it hard to figure out what KDE "is",
> whether it is a "DE-infrastructure with common apps" and/or if it is "a
> collection of all possible KDE apps".

personally, I view KDE as having several layers:

Layer 0: desktop infrastructure (arts, kdelibs, kdebindings, some bits of 
kdebase)

Layer 1: a desktop environment (kdebase, i18n packages)

Layer 2: a set of common applications to make KDE immediately useful to the 
bulk of KDE users (some bits of kdebase along with the CVS packages that are 
part of official KDE releases)

Layer 3: a wide selection of additional applications that are based on KDE and 
affiliated with the KDE project itself, but have their own release schedules 
(koffice, kdevelop, quanta, kdeextragear)

Layer 4: a galaxy of 3rd party applications (as seen on kde-apps.org, 
freshmeant.net, appsy when it's around, etc)

Layer 5: compatible and integrated technologies, such as a KDE-ized Open 
Office.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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