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[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 68 points 9 months ago

Not gonna lie, took me a moment of thinking and waiting for a search engine to load before I realized Kool Desktop Environment is just KDE...

[-] smackjack@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I always thought the K in KDE just stood for KDE.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

KDE stands for KDE is not a Desktop Environment.

[-] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, just as GNOME stands for GNOME has NO MErcy.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

While looking it up, I'm pretty sure I read that Kool Desktop Environment was changed to K Desktop Environment. Either way, it's absolutely Konfusing regardless of how you slice it.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago

Konfusing? Everything is krystal klear in KDE, or you kan make it opaque, too, as all konfigurations are exposed for maximum kustomization

[-] Magnetar@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Jep, always the K in KDE applications, like oKular and dolphin.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 9 months ago

Some of the KDE apps are useful even on other OSes. KID3 is still my favourite MP3/FLAC tagger even on Windows.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Flawless victory.

[-] PopcornTin@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Originally, it had no meaning. It was just the letter K. There are attempts to rewrite history, give it some purpose, but no.

[-] ReCursing@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

It does now and has for years, but at first they didn't realise how stupid Kool Desktop Environment sounded

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