KDE is a free software community and the name of its graphical desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like systems, originally called the K Desktop Environment. It was announced by the German student Matthias Ettrich, who wanted a user-friendly, consistent desktop for Unix, and it was built using the Qt toolkit. This led to a licensing dispute that prompted the creation of the rival GNOME project. Over the years, the community has produced a large set of applications for the web, graphics, education and productivity, along with the Plasma desktop. KDE software is free, and the project is supported by an international team of volunteers and by the non-profit KDE e.V.
Before and after
- 13 September 1996Death of Tupac Shakur
- 19 September 1996Founding of Arctic Council
- from 27 September 1996 to 17 December 2001Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- October 1996Sinosauropteryx, the first feathered dinosaur, is announced
- 14 October 1996Release of KDE
- from 24 October 1996 to 16 May 1997First Congo War
- 1 November 1996Launch of Al Jazeera
- 5 November 19961996 United States presidential election
- 7 November 1996Launch of Mars Global Surveyor
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1952Discovery of einsteinium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 1958Discovery of nobelium
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
The era
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