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# | # The K Desktop Environment is an intuitive, powerful and open source desktop environment for *NIX platforms and now also for Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX. The KDE project is based off of the work of thousands of volunteers over the last 11 years and is widely regarded as not only the most used desktop environment on *NIX systems, but also the most versatile and user-friendly. | ||
# The KDE Education platform is a collection of open applications that can be extended by third parties. This allows non-english speaking countries to extend the applications to their needs. This platform also contains a range of applications that can work with with young children as well as university students. | # The KDE Education platform is a collection of open applications that can be extended by third parties. This allows non-english speaking countries to extend the applications to their needs. This platform also contains a range of applications that can work with with young children as well as university students. | ||
# Kontact provides easy access to remote hosted email using all major email protocols, as well as local and remote shared calenders and address books. These features provide a powerful experience to small business users to wish to manage their email communications work flow. | # Kontact provides easy access to remote hosted email using all major email protocols, as well as local and remote shared calenders and address books. These features provide a powerful experience to small business users to wish to manage their email communications work flow. | ||
Revision as of 21:07, 29 January 2009
- The K Desktop Environment is an intuitive, powerful and open source desktop environment for *NIX platforms and now also for Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX. The KDE project is based off of the work of thousands of volunteers over the last 11 years and is widely regarded as not only the most used desktop environment on *NIX systems, but also the most versatile and user-friendly.
- The KDE Education platform is a collection of open applications that can be extended by third parties. This allows non-english speaking countries to extend the applications to their needs. This platform also contains a range of applications that can work with with young children as well as university students.
- Kontact provides easy access to remote hosted email using all major email protocols, as well as local and remote shared calenders and address books. These features provide a powerful experience to small business users to wish to manage their email communications work flow.
- Kontact supports major open data formats, such as ical, and vcard files. This allows easy collaboration with other personal information management services.
- KDE's brand new multimedia architecture makes audio and video integrated with KDE applications.
- Plasma is KDE's new desktop environment that enhances the users desktop experience. Due to the extensible nature of plasma users can extend and customize their desktops to suit their personalities and needs.
- Plasma provides an integrated experience that ties together multimedia, semantic network information as well as local system data. This provides desktop and panel access to any resources the user desires.
- Konqueror is an enterprise class web browser that provides support for even the latest of web standards. This make KDE an ideal platform for knowledge workers who need thin client access to remote web services.
- KDE's default application stack provides client to access remote services such as Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, IMAP and POP email. Secure HTTP and Microsoft file sharing services.