vanilla KDE

jepong · #1 8th July 2010, 08:59 AM

Is Fedora 13 KDE Spin a vanilla KDE distro?

just wondering how may non-kde apps are installed.

CSchwangler · #2 8th July 2010, 09:28 AM

What do you mean by "non-KDE" apps. KDE is a desktop environment, not a OS. So there are naturally non-KDE apps (kernel, services, etc.).

jepong · #3 8th July 2010, 10:16 AM

what i mean non-KDE apps is programs not written using QT. Example... hmmmm... i don't really know... errr.... SELinux? is it written in QT?

CSchwangler · #4 8th July 2010, 10:23 AM

SELinux is not a "desktop" application, it is an enhancement of the kernel. There is also a user interface for interacting with it (SELinux Troubleshooter), but I have no idea if it is written in QT.

jepong · #5 8th July 2010, 10:26 AM

its just an example... i have nothing in my mind right now. so far I'm glad F13 KDE no longer uses network-manager-gnome.

Skull One · #6 8th July 2010, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jepong

what i mean non-KDE apps is programs not written using QT. Example... hmmmm... i don't really know... errr.... SELinux? is it written in QT?

You are mistaken. Qt is not KDE ! Qt, like gtk, is a tool to build a graphical interface.
A non-KDE application is for me an application that does not depend on KDE libraries. And you can have applications written in Qt or gtk that are not desktop specific, like Gimp for instance.

SELinux is written in C, and does not need a graphical interface to work. It is just more convenient to have one, which is again not desktop specific.

jepong · #7 8th July 2010, 11:30 AM

thanks for the correction... i always have these "QT is KDE and GTK is Gnome" misconception.