KDE4 on Windows 7 Pre-Beta

[Emberskateboard]

eleos!!!! to xesame entelws!!!!!

[Rosette3000]

öhm sorry, but i can't understand you.^^

[Racecar564]

This is cool but I hope there is a way to get rid of the stupid Winblows logo at the bottom left.

[RobLoach]

Why run Windows if you want KDE? Seems like you're back-peddling. You should really just use Linux instead.

[derbuffer]

If you want to run Windows Apps AND want to use KDE4 you have to install KDE4 on windows.

[oficinax]

@derbuffer "you have to install KDE4 on windows"

Is this a joke? Have you ever heard of Wine? or Virtual Machines? Do you know anything about seamless mode?

If you want to use Windows and like KDE I agree it's cool having KDE on it, weird but cool.

[derbuffer]

@oficinax Hi

1. Wine doesnt run every WinApp

2. VMs are too slow (eg for win games)

3. i dont want to install kde4 on windows, since i have two computers ^^

[oficinax]

@derbuffer

1. right

2. i can run Win XP pretty well on virtualbox, anyhow, each pc has its own way to handle it^^

3. congrats

[zoejoelisten]

You're absolutely right! I have one in my PC :) Linux is the best

[Csthedog1]

fuck linux

[HELLOUKEYNTCME]

guta

[jorge250492]

MMM

Good

But

I prefere Mandriva.

xD

[ravirdv]

thx for comments :)

[Steven707]

Very cool

[kyeldon]

Hmm very interesting...

That shows to me that the times of War are OVER

KDE on Windows / GNOME Apps too / MacOSX is bootable via PC through EFIx Online-Desktops like Icloud are around the next corner as well as others....

The primeOS will be enriched through benefits of other operating systems... And M$ is constantly loosing Marketshare...

very interesting

[sindbad1900]

@Keruaran

I think it's still a good thing. It's good for people to be using open source software in any context. If KDE4 on Windows really does add that much value, the underlying OS will become irrelevant. OEMs will pressure hardware vendors into providing proper open source drivers (which is THE barrier to adoption for linux).

[Keruaran]

I used to advocate putting FOSS software on Windows. The thinking being that the more familiar Windows users are with FOSS then the less scary Linux looks because the applications will be familiar.

I no longer subscribe to this.

As I watch this video I see the power of Plasma being brought to the Windows 7 desktop. This adds value to Windows. I do not believe that adding value to Windows, a proprietary antagonist to FOSS, is the correct course.

[iswallowedarabbit]

I'm thrilled that Plasma is coming to Windows. I think users of legacy OS's need to be able to see just how nice a modern OS can be, without having to committ to a full migration all at once.

Also, as more apps become cross-platform or web-cloud based, costly proprietary solutions will become less and less relevant in every sector.

[Thesupermadman]

Really? Because I think that the point of open source software was never to steal market share, become popular and rule the world, but to give people a choice. Some people HAVE to use Windows because XYZ application doesn't work in Linux/doesn't have an alternative/whatever. Why force them to reboot every time they want to use Linux, or start a virtual machine? Nobody really gets anything if 1, 100, or 1,000,000 people switch to Linux. The point of FOSS was always choice.

[Keruaran]

"I think that the point of open source software was never to steal market share, become popular and rule the world, but to give people a choice"

I didn't speak in terms of "market share" or "ruling the world". And I don't have any problem with giving people choice. What I did indicate was that I think adding value to a proprietary platform that is antagonistic to free software and takes away peoples freedom. I'm still in two minds about it, but I'm not certain of its wisdom.

[Thesupermadman]

True, but I doubt the world will ever run out of people willing to use entirely free software. It has so many benefits: ext3 filesystem, repository system, "Customer Support" (Yes, the free customer support you get with Ubuntu is better then the paid support from Microsoft, I understand. How many people call Microsoft when they have a problem? Most of them call their friends), and again, choice.

I'm quite certain porting stuff to Windows won't, "kill the Linux desktop", as I've read somewhere.

[slacknatcher]

i love it

[jfohl3r]

Very interesting. I was unaware you could run KDE 4 in Windows. Thank you for the video.