Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release

Re:Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release by calvinmorrison on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @11:46AM (#48371792)

Trinity Desktop supports X11. If you liked KDE3.5 you might like Trinity.

Good bye KDE. Good bye Red Hat. We're doin our own thang now.

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Re:Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release by pmdr on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @05:17PM (#48376438)

KDE 3.5.x really was peak desktop at the time, especially when all the K* apps were working as intended. As a Windows user discovering Slackware 10.2 back 2005, I was really blown away. KDE 4 just didn't feel the same.

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Re:Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release by calvinmorrison on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @08:05PM (#48377924)

One thing in watching the 30 years of KDE talk is the DE-emphasis on apps. The whole thing got to big so it went from SC4 or whaetver into different strains. Modularized, etc. About then serious desktop apps seemed to have died off too

I guess one cares less about DE's when my DE is a front for a terminal and a VM (my browser).

It's sad to see sidelining of KOffice, Konqueror (of course still exists), Amarok and other great apps.

A desktop environemnt is not just a WM + Panel + Decorations.

KDE3.5x has is own... well everything tied together.

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Re:Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release by therealrootuser on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @09:36PM (#48378704)

Sorry to be dense. What does this have to do with Red Hat?

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Re:Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release by calvinmorrison on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @10:17PM (#48379068)

redhat, the NWO funders of many projects under the guise of freedom

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