Linux.com is reporting that the New KDE 4 preview shows progress. The article has comments from developers Will Stephenson and Aaron Seigo about the new additions to the pre-release and the improved release process which should see more frequent updates. It also discusses what will happen to the KDE 3 branch and even asks when KDE 4 will be released.
Comments:
Nice article - Debian User - 2007-02-27
That was a good article, me thinks.
It's good, and probably a result of dot.kde.org too, that the press is well informed.
One question that I have though, is there really going to be no kwin? I am no Windows user, but for my part, I am certain, that the focus stealing prevention, more flexible Window behaviour, etc. would be really worth it. Or is this understood to be only initially the case?
Best regards,
Kay
Re: Nice article - Will Stephenson - 2007-02-28
As far as I know it's not planned to adapt KWin for Windows. I suspect that the reason is that the shell is far more tightly integrated than on *nix and that makes it impractical to replace one of its 'components'.
I'd want people to have some practical reasons left to move to a Free Software operating system, as well :).