The eighth installation of the Fedora Linux distribution, "Sulphur," will feature KDE 4. For those unfamiliar with KDE, or even linux, KDE is the K Desktop Environment which essentially runs all the processes necessary to have a coherent GUI in your operating system. Although not currently the frontrunner in the race for the best desktop environment for Linux, KDE 4 is certainly a step in the right direction. KDE 4 has a luscious aesthetic appearance; however, it does leave a lot to be desired.
Konqueror, for example, is an innovative idea that lacks the performance necessary for it to top Firefox. Konqueror combines browsing directories on one computer with surfing the web. The web surfing is much too slow when loading vast amount of images; however, and I will always fall back on Firefox for the "heavy lifting." Also, I still like Open Office over KOffice, and I liked the simplistic appeal of Gnome over KDE. In the end; however, it really is all personal preference.
Fedora 9, Sulphur will feature KDE 4 and have quaintly dubbed the new desktop interface and environment "Oxygen." The Beta version has already been released and you can expect a stable release in 25 days (May 13th). Check it out, it may even convert you from Windows/Ubuntu/Slackware/Debian/
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