KDE, this Linux / Unix under the gorgeous desktop environment, is moving into the Windows and Mac OS X Some of the core KDE applications, as well as other important applications, such as KOffice and Amarok, has been transplanted to the two platforms.
These achievements in addition to the new features of KDE4 Phonon and Solid, but also because Trolltech Qt4 version of windows using the GPL license . As we all know, Qt uses a dual license open source software developers can use the GPL license for proprietary software will need to use the commercial license to authorize. However, in previous versions of Qt, Mac OS X and Linux/X11 version only the GPL license. This time accompanied by the release of Qt4, the windows version of Qt can finally use the GPL license. This change ultimately opened the door leading to the windows of the open source KDE applications.
Of course, the KDE development community CMake alternative Autotools is to make the KDE towards these three systems is an important reason.
KDE for Windows
(In fact, from January 22), from the KDE mirror sites will be able to download the binary version of Windows KDE environment . From here you can download an installation program, users can choose their KDE packages through this program. This little program can automatically resolve package dependencies, download and install the required packages.
The windows version of the KDE looks more like a superset of mingw, it contains a lot of mingw applications, such as gcc, gdb tar, the patch. Coupled with the KDE application, constitute a windows version of KDE.
Frog on their machines to install, simple installation process.
Results fitted with all the programs did not law enforcement, prompted lack libkdecore.dll file. Packaging does not have this file, it seems that this should be a bug, is it MinGW files related only with the frog? So that further testing can not hold. Had to wait for the new version.
