KDE Launcher 2.1.1b review

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License:	Freeware
OS:	Mac OS X
File size:	912K
Developer:	Naked Micalin Software
Price:	$0.00
Updated:	09 Aug 2005

KDE Launcher is an AppleScript Studio application that starts a Fink install of KDE with functional settings that actually work for OS X without changing all X11’s configurations so it works poorly for everything else. It also runs KDE in a separate and distinct instance of X11 allowing the user to run KDE in an optimized environment using its window manager and with its own Dock icon, while simultaneously running other X11 applications in their regular Apple X11 using Apple’s quartz-wm for its Aqua look and feel and better speed.

KDE Launcher is not KDE or X11. It is only a configuration and startup utility for them so in order to run it needs to have those already installed. I use Apple’s X11 and Fink so that is what I created this to work with.

What's New:
The only change is to address the startup error that occurs when KDE Launcher is started in Tiger.

Requirements:
Apple’s X11,
Fink,
KDE (installed by Fink).

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KDE Launcher 2.1.1b: KDE Launcher is an AppleScript Studio application that starts a Fink install of KDE with functional settings that actually work for OS X without changing all X11’s configurations so it works poorly for everything else.
Launch KDE 1.0: Launch KDE is a small combination between Apple script and shell script that Launches KDE (as installed by Fink) using Apple's X11 but with KDE's native window manager as a separate instance of X11 so that the normal Aquafied X11 can be used at the same time.
X11 Extension 0.99: X11 Extension is a background application that makes it easy to launch X11 apps, X11 documents, Window Managers and Desktops.
AquaEthereal 1.2: AquaEthereal is an application launcher, written in Python, for the Unix-based Ethereal network monitoring program.
Fink 0.8.1: Fink uses tools like dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management.
XEmacs Wrapper 1.06: XEmacs Wrapper is a wrapper around the excellent XEmacs editor, which you will need to install via fink (into /sw/bin) or by compiling the source (into /usr/local/bin).
Micalin's Launcher 2.1b1: Micalin's Launcher is a collection of folder actions and an AppleScript Studio based management utility for creating and maintaining a Dock folder with aliases to your applications with automatic adding of new applications.

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