From f7e7a923aca8be643f9ae6f7252f9fb27b3d2c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Pearson Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:05:10 -0600 Subject: Second part of prior commit --- .../docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook (limited to 'tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook') diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..525629c101d --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/khelpcenter/faq/intro.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ + + + +Introduction + + + + +What is &kde;? + + +&kde; is the K Desktop Environment. It is a project initiated by Matthias Ettrich in 1996. The aim of the &kde; project is to connect the power of the &UNIX; operating systems with the comfort of a modern user interface. +In short, &kde; will bring &UNIX; to the desktop! +If you want further information about &kde;, have a look at What is &kde;? + + + + + +On which platforms can I expect &kde; to work? + + +&kde; is a Desktop Environment for all flavours of &UNIX;. While it is true that most &kde; developers use &Linux;, &kde; runs smoothly on a wide range of systems. You may, however, need to tweak the source code a bit to get &kde; to compile on a not-so-popular variant of &UNIX;, or if you are not using the &GNU; development tools, in particular the &gcc; compiler. +For an almost complete list of systems &kde; is running on, please refer to this list of systems for KDE + + + + + +Is &kde; a window manager? + + +No, &kde; is not a window manager. While &kde; includes a very sophisticated window manager (&twin;), &kde; is much more than that. It is a full-blown Integrated Desktop Environment. +&kde; provides a complete desktop environment, including a web browser, a file manager, a window manager, a help system, a configuration system, uncountable tools and utilities, and an ever increasing number of applications, including but not limited to mail and news clients, drawing programs, a &PostScript; and a &DVI; viewer and so forth. + + + + + +Is &kde; a CDE, &Windows; 95 or &Mac; OS clone? + + +No, &kde; is not a clone. Specifically &kde; is not a CDE or &Windows; clone. While the &kde; developers have and will continue to glean the best features from all existing desktop environments, &kde; is a truly unique environment that has and will continue to go its own way. + + + + + +Is &kde; free software? + + +Yes, &kde; is free software according to the &GNU; General Public Licence. All &kde; libraries are available under the LGPL making commercial software development for the &kde; desktop possible, but all &kde; applications are licensed under the GPL. +&kde; uses the &Qt; C++ crossplatform toolkit, which is also released (since version 2.2) under the GPL. +It is absolutely legal to make &kde; and &Qt; available on &CD-ROM; free of charge. No runtime fees of any kind are incurred. + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3