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The Creative Penguin: Everaldo and Tackat Talk on KDE Art

Sunday, 12 January 2003
Open for Business features an interview with Torsten Rahn and Everaldo Coelho, the famous icon duo of the KDE artist world, and creators of virtually all of the default icons you see in KDE. The interview discusses how the new Crystal icon theme came about, how it ended up replacing Tackat's HiColor theme, and the overall importance of icons to the enterprise desktop. "In 2001, Frank Karlitschek put up his web page "KDE Look". This boosted KDE artwork contributions beyond belief. A lot of fresh new icon themes appeared and I saw the chance to get the most active people involved with the work on the default icon set." Speaking of KDE-Look.org, you may have noticed recent slowdowns. The site is in need of new hosting or donations. Read More