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[From: Koen Kooi]

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Gustavo Barbieri wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone started a KDE port or is interested in one?
> 
> Main reasons is that many KDE applications already have tweaks to fit
> small devices, since they run in some QTopia/Opie environments.

Those are mostly QT (or qpe) apps, since kdelibs is one huge monolothic
beast with a messed up build system (scratchbox to the rescue!!). I've
heard rumours that the new kdelibs will have some finer grained
packaging, so the situation might improve. I think that the apps need to
be rewritten to run with GTK in stead of QT as a UI toolkit to integrate
into hildon. Any QT experts that know what kind of porting would be
involved around?

> 
> Also, KHTML + KPIM + KOffice would be a great offer for those that
> want productivity + conectivity. KPIM is specially meant to work well
> on disconnected system with it's new kitchensync arch.

At the moment already we have GPE + abiword + gnumeric which can use
(multi/open)sync. All these apps are hildonized, or mostly hildonized.
So you can already be productive and connected if using non-QT software
on an X server isn't against your religion.
Once again, having a choice is good, but fragmentation and reinventing
the wheel is bad.

> 
> 
> On a side note, what's the expected price and release date for the
> nokia product? Ansious to have my hands on one of these!

According to the last rumours 350 euro/dollars and Q3 (which started 3
days ago ;))

regards,

Koen
> 

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