Projects/KDE on Windows
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The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows Vista, 7 and 8.
Overview
User Installation
- Install KDE 4 on Windows using the KDE Installer for Windows
- Additional Software that is needed for some programs to work properly
- Windows specific features: modifying the location of .kde and some more internal settings
Development
- Build KDE on Windows using emerge
- Debugging on MS Windows
- Development Workflow
- Tools (required or useful)
- Porting Guidelines
- Meetings
- Source code in the KDE git: emerge
Information for application developers
Qt5/KDE5 status
- update dbus to nightly branch
- get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
- use updated mingw
- disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
- fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages
Further reading, and support ressources
- [email protected] mailing list: subscribe, archives
- #kde-windows channel on irc.freenode.net
- Related blogs: aheinecke, saroengels, Not active: chehrlic, jstaniek
- KDE on Windows in the press