Stop the presses! Who uses a printing press anymore? No one here at Blastwave that is for sure because no where else can you go from official release to package delivery in eight whirlwind days! KDE 3.3.1 is ready to go on Solaris here at Blastwave!


    If the slick looking KDE desktop is what you desire, along with its office suite of tools and graphics effects then look no further! Here it is from Blastwave :


Running mplayer from Blastwave
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KDE 3.3.1 from Blastwave



Running StarOffice 7


Running StarOffice 7


More Screenshots at the KDE main site.



    The first question that people ask is "How do I install this big complex thing?" The answer is simple! Go to the Blastwave HOWTO page and, well, install pkg-get on your system! After that is done you simply type :



    Then you are done. I would suggest that you log out of CDE or GNOME and reset the dtlogin banner. You should now see an option to login with KDE from dtlogin. Easy and very free.

    Updates and patch releases may be installed or upgraded with :


    I wish that it were more complex. Complexity seems to convince some people that there is quality under all the messy libraries and dependency checking that other people do. If you want KDE from Blastwave then get pkg-get on your system. Then go and get a DVD Subscription or make a donation to keep the software process alive here at Blastwave.

Dennis Clarke