KDE on Windows

[dmex]

The KDE on Windows Project is aimed at native porting of the Linux KDE applications to MS Windows.

Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista are supported.

The KDE on Windows Project - Welcome to The KDE on Windows Project

 

[roy69]

I think it is a good idea, I have a no install Linux CD for my machine, (have not tried it yet).
The mac even have a windows emulator.

 

[dmex]

I think it is a good idea, I have a no install Linux CD for my machine, (have not tried it yet).
The mac even have a windows emulator.

This release is quite interesting for a few reasons

I hope it eventually matures, Konqueror and Koffice are really good apps I hope to see mature into stable Windows releases, Then I can recommend poeple use these instead of VirtualMachine running a whole Linux distro just for a few free excellent apps since they are better than openoffice and Firefox

 

[swarfega]

I had trouble with downloading the modules. I tried nearly all the mirrors and either they werent complete collection of files or Id get a message saying file.blah failed with no error. Id dieing to try amarok for windows, been waiting years for it.

 

[dmex]

I had trouble with downloading the modules. I tried nearly all the mirrors and either they werent complete collection of files or Id get a message saying file.blah failed with no error. Id dieing to try amarok for windows, been waiting years for it.

The 0.9.2 version installer has a download bug, just click ignore for packages with the "no error" Error bug and it should work

 

[johngalt]

I never really liked KDE, always thought it was bloat. I'll have to check out hte project though, because if it offers a simple installation like Cygwin, whereby I can install only those products I *want*, (obviously including hte relevant lib files) then I am golden.

 

[dmex]

OK apparently I was wrong, the installer downloads an incorrect list of mirrors...You need to add [noparse]http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/releases/unstable/latest/[/noparse] as your download mirror before it downlaods the very latest (the latest bleading edge) version of KDE4Win, then it works correctly.

Steven

Amarok in Vista

Konqueror on Vista

It still has many features it needs included from the Linux release

 

[swarfega]

still errored for me.

 

[locoeng]

amarok is a media player? Looks nice, might give it a shot although I quite happy with winamp.

 

[swarfega]

Its the best linux media player, I really miss it as Ive not had linux on here for ages, but its going back on today! (dual booting with vista)

 

[locoeng]

I tried Linux for a while but it erased my Vista boot information and I was never able to recover so I deleted Linux and reinstalled Vista. I know it was probably a case of PEBKAC, but I doubt I'll go back to Linux anytime soon.

 

[johngalt]

*nix *will* erase your boot information - well, in actuality, it will replace your bootloader with its own (usually grub or LILO). There are many ways to still be able to boot into Vista even after installing Linux over a Vista partition provided you did not *format* the Vista partition.

See HowTo Category for the definitive guides on dual booting - Vista / XP, XP / Linux, and Vista / Linux - each set takes into account which OS you install first as well.

 

[locoeng]

I had a Linux guru helping me try to get back into Vista, but no dice. That was several months ago and all is well now.

 

[johngalt]

Problem is that getting back into XP and getting back into Vista are 2 entirely different animals - with XP it was a simple matter of making sure the boot files were OK with fixmbr and fixboot through the XP recovery console, then adding lines to LILO / Grub config files to load the XP.

Vista won't play nice if it cannot find its boot files and it almost becomes and either or situation, either you use Grub or your use Vista's boot manager.

 

[dmex]

Problem is that getting back into XP and getting back into Vista are 2 entirely different animals - with XP it was a simple matter of making sure the boot files were OK with fixmbr and fixboot through the XP recovery console, then adding lines to LILO / Grub config files to load the XP.

Vista won't play nice if it cannot find its boot files and it almost becomes and either or situation, either you use Grub or your use Vista's boot manager.

Is it possible to use Vista`s Boot Manager to Boot versions of Linux yet?

 

[johngalt]

Yes: How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (with Linux installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots and How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

 

[dmex]

Cheers John,

Finally Windows can more or less manage Linux boot entrys

How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

Cheers
Steven

 

[johngalt]

Yeah - both have gotten advanced enough that each can be used to boot the other - and it is not nearly as painful as it was with XP....except having to use the Repair Console in Vista, which takes ages to load as it always wants to automatically scan and try to fix on its own rather than allowing me to go straight to the command prompt for the boot and mbr fixes if needed....

 

[dmex]

There is a more Stable alternative to KDE on Windows, It comes with Konqueror, Amarok and many others...

Checkout this Thread for more info, It comes with a Windows Client, LiveCD and web-browser based online version...

http://www.vistax64.com/beta-software/171415-ulteo-desktop-beta-s.html

Steven

 

[locoeng]

Looks spiffy

dmex...what's that little tab sticking out of the top of your desktop, objectdock or rocketdock or something?