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Today I did a very sad thing (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social
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KDE was a huge part of my life for well over a decade, from when I first installed a v1 beta, to when I got my CVS commit rights circa 2000, to coding and organizing events all the way through 2010. Eventually, though, my life went a different direction.

Well today I was cleaning up my linkedin connections, trying to keep the network relevant (fewer vectors for spam or whatever) and I removed all but four of my dozens of KDE and former KDE contacts. It was interesting clicking through each profile -- so many of those early contributors are now CEOs, presidents, partners, founders, etc. Open source software experience, and the KDE community experience clearly drew in a lot of very talented and ambitious people.

So now I'm just here to reminisce. How's everyone doing? When did you discover KDE?

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[–] mpiepgrass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mandrake introduced me to it. I think I moved over from fvwm, so the difference was huge.
I stuck around until KDE4 - At which point I couldn't get it to run for long without crashing. That and I think the Amorok guys started phoning it in. Many years of DE/WM hopping finally ended with 5.21. The wait was worth it!