[sclug] RUG 6 May 03 notes

[Tim Sutton]

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Sorry I sent this in reply, but I keep forgetting to cc the list :-(

Hi

KDE actually has some nice features for corporate rollout - check out the
Kiosk framework which allows you to lock down all or part of the desktop
environment. You can read all about it at:

http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/kdecore/README.kiosk?rev=1.18.2.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Konq uses the KHTML kpart which is kde's own rendering engine. KHTML was
adopted for use in Apple's new Safari web browser
(http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/safari.html). Apple have been
pumping all the improvements they have been making back to the kde
developers, so expect to see an even better konq when kde3.2 comes out.

Cheers

Tim

On Monday 19 May 2003 11:54 am, Leon Ward wrote:
> I think MUA choice is all down to personal preference.
> Kmail / Mozilla / Evolution / mutt / pine / whatever
>
> There are 100's of good ones out there, lets not get into "X is better coz
> it just is" flame war.
>
> The talk maybe interesting, especially if it could touch on the idea of
> rolling out a desktop to many corporate users.
>
> BTW / Does Konq use gecko or its own rendering engine?
>
> nard
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Herring [mailto:dave at netfm.org]
> > Sent: 19 May 2003 11:34
> > To: suttont at onetel.net.uk
> > Cc: Mike Mallett; sclug at sclug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [sclug] RUG 6 May 03 notes
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > This would be a bery interesting talk - I would like to attend.
> >
> > Do you beleive the Kmail is better that the Mozilla email client ?
> >
> > Similarly do you find Konqueor better that Mozilla for browsing ?
> >
> > Let us know when the talk is talking place,
> >
> > Regards Dave
> >
> > Tim Sutton wrote:
> > >Hi Mike
> > >
> > >That was a really interesting presentation you gave at the
> >
> > RUG meeting! I was
> >
> > >going to throw in the offer of doing a follow up on 'The
> >
> > Linux Desktop
> >
> > >Experience' which will probably turn out to be the Linux KDE
> >
> > Experience
> >
> > >because of my strong bias towards KDE :-) The idea being to
> >
> > give those in RUG
> >
> > >unfamiliar with what you can do on linux a better flavour of
> >
> > how it can
> >
> > >productively used for day to day work.
> > >
> > >We could cover:
> > >
> > >Basic DE:
> > >---------------
> > >Background to the project
> > >Kicker
> > >The kde file dialog (which is brilliant!)
> > >Theming your desktop
> > >
> > >Internet:
> > >---------------
> > >Konq (its the best browser :-)
> > >Kmail as a mail client
> > >Kopete (instant messaging)
> > >
> > >Multimedia:
> > >----------------
> > >The GIMP!
> > >Pixie
> > >XMMS
> > >
> > >Productivity:
> > >----------------
> > >OpenOffice
> > >
> > >Development:
> > >----------------
> > >Quanta
> > >Kdevelop
> > >
> > >Q & A:
> > >----------------
> > >
> > >Any other SCLUG members who want to pitch in to cover some
> >
> > of the above topics
> >
> > >are more than welcome. :-) Or maybe offer the same talk from
> >
> > the GNOME
> >
> > >perspective (where things dont overlap)?
> > >
> > >I can also bring along a couple of sets of Mandrake CD's so
> >
> > anyone interested
> >
> > >can take it home and try it out. I probably would only have
> >
> > time to write one
> >
> > >or two sets, so if any other SCLUG folks could offer to burn
> >
> > up a couple of
> >
> > >sets that would be useful. Maybe knoppix might also be usefule here?
> > >
> > >Interested? Follow the black & yellow penguin neo .....
> > >
> > >Tim
> > >
> > >8<------------ original message snipped -----------------
> >
> > --
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