Is KDE jsut a desktop environment? The KDe website thinks so.

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 28 May 2009 06:58:13 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> From this [1] page:
> KDE or the K Desktop Environment, is a network transparent
> contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations.
>
> As it is often argued that KDE is a collection of technologies, and
> that the desktop is just one of the KDE technologies, this description
> seems wrong. My guess would be that that text is around since the time
> when KDE was a CDE clone. However, the point that KDE 4.0 was the
> release of stable KDE API's, and not the stable desktop, is important
> when defining what KDE is. So, is KDE a desktop, in which case the 4.0
> label really was misleading, or is KDE a collection of Qt-based
> technologies whose products happen to include a desktop (as mentioned
> on this page [2]).
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
>
> [1] http://kde.org/whatiskde/
> [2] http://kde.org/

It is agreed that KDE has developed to be much more than originally defined.  
There is currently discussion on how that definition should change to more 
accurately reflect the breadth of KDE.

Anne
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