(Answer) (Category) Linux on PowerPC FAQ-O-Matic : (Category) X Windows : (Category) KDE :
The "K" Desktop Environment
KDE: K Desktop Environment
( compiled from Q&As on the <linux-pmac@samba.anu.edu.au> List
 
PRO:
It's a nice window manager (really it's more than a simple window manager). No, it is an integrated environment-I think it is to X what MacOS is to Quickdraw.

It is a pretty heavy duty environment, much closer to Windows or the MacOS than any of the other window managers I have tried, if that is important to you. It comes with a bunch of utilites, as well. Pretty cool.
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CON:
If you want a window manager and some tools to make X feel somewhat reminiscent of the Finder, it's something to be enthusiastic about.
Otoh, if you like a simple and imho somewhat cleaner X environment, you probably won't care for it. I like MacOS well enough as an integrated system, but I don't especially want a detached pseudo-Finder interface in linux, any more than I want a detached Win95 desktop in linux (ie fvwm95). I ran kde for a day, and was happy to switch back to the latest release of vanilla fvwm.
Nice to have the choices though.
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Where:
By the way, you can also get the RPMS for both QT and KDE at:

ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org


 I have located both the we page for QT
 Troll Tech
http://www.troll.no/
For PowerPC/Linux & MkLinux users using Red Hat you NEED qt.3.1:
I saw the qt-ppc-RPMs on:
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Incoming

and "K" Desktop Enviroment The K Desktop Environment
http://www.kde.org/
and obtained the Red Hat versions of the files needed, (kom-0.3.10.tar.gz too),
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Question: How do I run KDE?
I have KDE package installed but cannot find a script to launch it. Then, in /opt/kde/bin, I tried to type kmw. It says cannot connect to X server. Typed kdm, I got a login screen and i was locked out. command-option-power key cannot kill it.

Answer:
Add this to the end of your .xinitrc file:

 kdestart
comment the former wm out, and make sure you have /opt/kde/bin/ in your path (edit your ~/.bashrc if you don't).

hsundt@eugn.uswest.net, hollis@andrew.cmu.edu
As of the release of the official MkLinux DR3 the default environment invoked with the startx script is KDE. The script defining start-up of kde which is searched for by startx and its dependents is startkde, no longer is it called kdestart
simonbck@sgi.net
Question: I have upgraded my entire system via ftp. I need to get the desktop environment working to use netscape. Xautoconfig is not recognized. I would like to get the system to boot into kde, how do I do this?
john_greenham@yahoo.com
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