Why all the software in KDE start with a 'K'?

[sink]

It is just dumb :confused:

[ChameleonDave]

It is just dumb :confused:

Why do McDonald's sell "Big Macs" and "McNuggets"?

Never heard of branding? It unifies products.

Anyway, not all KDE apps start with K. Many don't. And new KDE 4 apps generally don't.

GNOME and GTk apps often have "G". Generic apps for X11 often have "X". Microsoft apps often have "Win" or "MS".

If you have a better branding suggestion, make it.

[PurposeOfReason]

Well KDE stands for the "K Desktop Enviroment" so every bit of the software suite should start with K. Gnome does it too if you haven't noticed. "Gnumeric" "Gcalculator" "Gnometris" etc. Not as large of a scale but it exists. Names of programs don't matter, its what they do.

[powerpleb]

I thought Gnumeric was a play on GNU.

[PurposeOfReason]

I thought Gnumeric was a play on GNU.
I thought it was just "numeric" with a G. Could go either way I guess so whatever floats your boat. :)

[ChameleonDave]

I thought Gnumeric was a play on GNU.
Yes, but the G in GNOME is from GNU too, so it's all the same in the end. GNOME apps also use Gtk, so the G references are multiple.

[powerpleb]

What does GNOME stand for, if anything?

[ChameleonDave]

What does GNOME stand for, if anything?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#History

[ubuntu27]

What does GNOME stand for, if anything?

From the Wikipedia:

The name “GNOME” was proposed as an acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment by Elliot Lee, one of the authors of ORBit and the Object Activation Framework.[citation needed] It refers to GNOME’s original intention of creating a distributed object framework similar to Microsoft’s OLE.[6] This no longer reflects the core vision of the GNOME project, and the full expansion of the name is now considered obsolete. As such, some members of the project advocate dropping the acronym and re-naming “GNOME” to “Gnome”

[p_quarles]

Moved to Recurring Discussions.

[bufsabre666]

i like it, and besides not all of them start with a capital k

anyone besides me remember amaroK?

[karellen]

i like it, and besides not all of them start with a capital k

anyone besides me remember amaroK?

I was thinking at Amarok too ;)

[LaRoza]

I was thinking at Amarok too ;)

Telekinetic? (I know, you are in Romania. For future reference, in English the pronoun (which are inconsistant across all languages) would be "about")

I think the KDE menu's can be a pain to navigate because of the "K", but I don't mind the convention. I once tried to make a joke about the "kpanel" in KDE, not realising it was actually called that!

[cardinals_fan]

I think the KDE menu's can be a pain to navigate because of the "K", but I don't mind the convention. I once tried to make a joke about the "kpanel" in KDE, not realising it was actually called that!
It's called Kicker, not Kpanel.

[LaRoza]

It's called Kicker, not Kpanel.

I forget what it was exactly, but there was something like that I used. (I don't know all the names of KDE, I rarely use it)

There is something called kpanel though, after a google search.

Ah, it was "kmenu"

[odiseo77]

I don't mind KDE apps having a 'K' in their names. I don't use KDE anyway, nor do I have something against it, although I do use amarok and and k3b -and I don't find myself using an audio app other than amarok.

I wonder about why "K Desktop Environment". I remember having read some time ago something explaining the 'K' was because it's the letter which is before the 'L' (for "Linux") in the alphabet, but I don't remember what was the logical explanation for this relation between the 'K' and the 'L'; I mean, why 'K', and not something more obvious like 'L' (well, maybe because it would be so obvious that it would be boring?).

[RiceMonster]

When I was using KDE I found it kind of annoying. At first it felt kind of "fun" so to speak, but it got annoying after a little while.

[brunovecchi]

The "K" before almost anything is one of the few reasons I don't use KDE... believe it or not. There's something about it that repels me, but I just can't put my finger on it.

[karellen]

Telekinetic? (I know, you are in Romania. For future reference, in English the pronoun (which are inconsistant across all languages) would be "about")

I think the KDE menu's can be a pain to navigate because of the "K", but I don't mind the convention. I once tried to make a joke about the "kpanel" in KDE, not realising it was actually called that!

](*,) I know, well at least I have the excuse of being 1 in the morning when I wrote that :D

[doorknob60]

It is Kinda annoying, but also Kinda Kool it it's own weird way. I'm glad that they're using less K's in KDE 4 though. It's also fun to talK with K's all the time :P This artiKle just maKes me laugh lol :P http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/KDE

[jariku]

Telekinetic?

How is moving things around with your mind related to Amarok? :)

[cardinals_fan]

the "k" Before Almost Anything Is One Of The Few Reasons I Don't Use Kde... Believe It Or Not. There's Something About It That Repels Me, But I Just Can't Put My Finger On It.
k

[karellen]

k

I like K
there are very few words that start or contain "k" in my native language