On 27 Jan, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, duon0035 wrote: > >> Does debian linux include KDE? If it doesn't, then does debian plan to >> include KDE? and When? I read on Debian webpage that Debian 2.1 will be >> released in Jan '99. It's mid-Jan now, how come I can't find Debian 2.1 >> any where on-line? > > The current QT and KDE licenses prevent Debian from distributing KDE due > to the requirements of the DFSG. However, the next major release of QT > will have a license that probably complies with the DFSG. At that time, it > is likely that KDE will be included in the distribution. Until then, some > folks have compiled a fairly complete set of KDE packages that will run > with debian slink (a.k.a. pre2.1, a.k.a. frozen). This leads us to the > clarification about 2.1. It has not been released, but it is quite stable > IMO and I've been running it for 4+ months. It is currently in "deep > freeze" pending the official release. > Strange, I have KDE on my Debian 2.0 CD's, it's in contrib and some parts in non-free, isn't it the ftp archives?
Also one can search for all packages on the main www.debian.org website. Greets, Oliver
