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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I always thought the K in KDE just stood for KDE.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

KDE stands for KDE is not a Desktop Environment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, just as GNOME stands for GNOME has NO MErcy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

While looking it up, I'm pretty sure I read that Kool Desktop Environment was changed to K Desktop Environment. Either way, it's absolutely Konfusing regardless of how you slice it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Konfusing? Everything is krystal klear in KDE, or you kan make it opaque, too, as all konfigurations are exposed for maximum kustomization

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Jep, always the K in KDE applications, like oKular and dolphin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Some of the KDE apps are useful even on other OSes. KID3 is still my favourite MP3/FLAC tagger even on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Flawless victory.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Originally, it had no meaning. It was just the letter K. There are attempts to rewrite history, give it some purpose, but no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It does now and has for years, but at first they didn't realise how stupid Kool Desktop Environment sounded