--- "Richards Jr, Edward C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Doug Riddle wrote:
> 
> > > Linux Trivia question......What does KDE stand
> for? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Cobra (Kobra in Open Source) distibuted Objects
> > Desktop
> > Environment
> > 
> > KDE
> 
> I've always heard it stands for "K Desktop
> Environment".  The K doesn't 
> stand for anything, like the G in GNU.
> 
> ray
> 
> This is interesting....I read it was "Kool Desktop
> Environment".....
> 
>       Ed
> 
> 

I think they spell it out in their history, but when
last I looked the history was not well organized.  The
Kobra was the glue that bound the apps together,
making the sharing of a single object possible as I
recall.  I looked into the desktops quite a bit a long
time ago trying to decide between Gnome and KDE.  I
finally went with IceWM.  Go figure.

=====
Warmest Regards,

Doug Riddle
Capital punishment makes the state a murderer. On the other hand, life in 
prison makes the state a gay dungeon master.  -- Rev. Jesse Jackson
"Decisions, Decisions, Decisions..." - Doug Riddle

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