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People Behind KDE: Back With Matthias Ettrich

Posted by Waldo Bastian on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @08:07
from the back-to-the-beginning dept.
The People Behind KDE series is back from a long vacation thanks to overwhelming popular demand. In this first interview, KDE's ever so charming Tink gets back with Matthias Ettrich to see what has changed since the previous interview now more than three years ago.

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Welcome Back
by Anonymous on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @08:52

Is Konqui now going to repeat his interview with Tink too? :-)

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Mmmm...
by David on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @09:10

Nice web site, and I like the graphics!

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Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @09:27

Re: Mmmm... by Anonymous on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @10:12

Re: Mmmm... by AC on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @01:54

Re: Mmmm... by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @04:29
Gun/Linux by Thomas on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @04:03

Re: Mmmm... by Z on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @11:04

Re: Mmmm... by Roberto Alsina on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @13:46
Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @15:03

Re: Mmmm... by mark dufour on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @16:43

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @04:47

Re: Mmmm... by Just Passing By on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @19:29

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @22:21

Re: Mmmm... by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @04:31

Re: Mmmm... by Debian User on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @14:07

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @14:26

Re: Mmmm... by Debian User on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @15:24

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @22:12

Re: Mmmm... by Debian User on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @05:14

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:59

Re: Mmmm... by janne on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @02:37

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @21:01

Re: Mmmm... by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:21

Re: Mmmm... by Aaron J. Seigo on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @14:15

Re: Mmmm... by superstoned on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @15:20

Re: Mmmm... by Kraig on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @16:25

Nice interview ;)
by Alex on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @09:23

I also hope Qt 4 will be great and maybe provide better integration with KDE.

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long horns
by quarus on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @09:40

I liked this pun :-) :

"Combined with the new freedesktop X-server we will be very well equipped to take any bull by its horns, no matter how long those might be."

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My favourite:
by cm on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @10:03

> - Which T.V. show world would you fit right into?
> World Idol. I can't sing, I can't dance and I'm German.
> I'm sure the judges would have enjoyed making nasty comments about me.

*LOL*

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QT4 details?
by steve on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @10:33

Is there any info on what the major changes will
be for QT4, and what quarter we might expect it?

Is there any chance it will provide a C++ language
based alternative to SIGNAL/SLOT?

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Re: QT4 details? by Anonymous on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @10:57
Re: QT4 details? by Kevin Krammer on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @12:47

Grabbing the bull by the horns
by Rayiner Hashem on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @10:38

I don't know if that's a reference to Longhorn, but it would be entertaining if it was :)

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Re: Grabbing the bull by the horns by Gerd on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @07:20

XP -> Sex-Pee ? What? You're sure? by Thomas on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @04:08

Re: Grabbing the bull by the horns by Gerd on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @07:24

Since Julian Seward was mentioned...
by Datschge on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @14:09

I think it might be a good idea to give some additional information to the possibly clueless readers. ;)

Julian Seward is the primary author of Valgrind (valgrind.kde.org) for which he received the Open Source Award in January and did an insightful interview at http://builder.com.com/5100-6375-5136747.html

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the dragon has to go!
by me on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @14:19

Konqui the dragon once was a nice idea, but thats long ago. Today, it really breaks KDEs nicely polished UI whenever it shows up (for me, fortunately, only with the logout-screen). When you look at KDE-Desktops (i.e. at kde-look), most of them have blue colors. Just like the KDE website. Or the dot. But this helplessly-looking, disoriented dragon is red-green.

Whats the connection between KDE and Konqui? Gnome has its foot, which looks ok and KDE has the gears. They are great and symbolize precision and speed.

I have a question to anyone who has yet been at LinuxTag, LinuxExpo etc: Have people asked you about the dragon? What did you tell them? Where is Konqui from?

I know, this discussion comes up once in a while. But I won't rest before Konqui is moved to Attic/ :)

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Re: the dragon has to go! by Datschge on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @14:48

Re: the dragon has to go! by anon on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @16:07

Re: the dragon has to go! by a.c. on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @21:25

Re: the dragon has to go! by Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @14:14

Re: the dragon has to go! by Robert on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @15:19

Re: the dragon has to go! by LMCBoy on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @18:57

Re: the dragon has to go! by Thomas on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @04:20

Re: the dragon has to go! by LMCBoy on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @07:13

Easy? by Darkelve on Monday 21/Feb/2005, @02:34

Re: the dragon has to go! by Judd Baileys on Sunday 22/Feb/2004, @16:39

Re: the dragon has to go! by Gerd on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @05:09

Re: the dragon has to go! by Tukla Ratte on Thursday 26/Feb/2004, @09:57

Re: the dragon has to go! by Tink on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @05:22

Re: the dragon has to go! by Charles de Miramon on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @05:46
Re: the dragon has to go! by Fabrice Mous on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @07:07

Re: the dragon has to go! by Martin Galpin on Tuesday 13/Jul/2004, @05:55

Re: the dragon has to go! by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:44

Re: the dragon has to go! by Werner on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:40
Re: the dragon has to go! by Rayiner Hashem on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @16:22

Re: the dragon has to go! by Scott Wheeler on Friday 27/Feb/2004, @03:56

Re: the dragon has to go! by claes on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @11:36

Re: the dragon has to go! by Anonymous on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @13:58

Re: the dragon has to go! by Brent Roberts on Monday 12/Jul/2004, @23:17
Re: the dragon has to go! by PSWired on Monday 13/Sep/2004, @13:56

Re: the dragon has to go! by Trinity is My Name on Saturday 04/Dec/2004, @15:55

Re: the dragon has to go! by Nozem on Wednesday 26/Jan/2005, @11:51
Re: the dragon has to go! by Nozem on Wednesday 26/Jan/2005, @12:06
Re: the dragon has to go! by Darkelve on Monday 21/Feb/2005, @10:58
Re: the dragon has to go! by Ow on Tuesday 06/Feb/2007, @10:24
Re: the dragon has to go! by Bartek on Sunday 29/Jul/2007, @14:22

Re: the dragon has to go! by Neil on Saturday 12/Jan/2008, @00:51

Poor Write-Up
by Todd Ross on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @05:43

The write-up on this post doesn't make very much sense. The two interview links in this post are "this first interview" and then, later, "previous interview." So, which one is the new interview?

My first inclination is that it's the "this first interview" link because it's on the same host an the "The People Behind KDE" link, but that one is dated 2002-02-21 which seems old to me. I open up the "previous interview" link (which, when taken in context, appears to be over three years old) and there is no date on the actual linked page. So, we have an interview in 2002 and an interview in (2004 - 3 years) 2001. KDE.NEWS -- on the bleeding edge of KDE news. Heh.

I understand that not everyone's first language is en-US, but aren't there editors on this site?

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Re: Poor Write-Up by Anonymous on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @06:02

The Dragon Has to Say!
by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:41

Seriously, I have seen people freek out at applications and when they have seena nice friendly dragon those fears evaporate. Perhaps Konqui can have a role in the help section of applications. Konqui is too much in the background of KDE.

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Re: The Dragon Has to Say! by David on Monday 23/Feb/2004, @11:52

great
by Sergio Garcia on Tuesday 24/Feb/2004, @10:22

I like the new interview better than the old ones! :) great job

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quantum algebra
by id0012345679 on Tuesday 20/Apr/2004, @16:04

real player ?

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