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Kevin Funk
Personal blog · kfunk.orgprogrammingsystems
Kevin Funk's personal blog at kfunk.org covers programming and systems. Since 2016, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “KDE on Windows status update”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts appear to be about KDE and Qt, including the Kate text editor. The HN comments discuss those desktop and editor topics rather than the blog's writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Software Platform Architect. KDE developer and FOSS enthusiast. Architecture Consulting.
Most-linked posts?
- KDE on Windows status update2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-19
- What's new in KDevelop 5.0?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-08-24
What Hacker News says?
i3 user here. I call it the best system for 2% of people, and the other 98% HATE it. One time I left it up and my wife had to use it when I wasn't home. Talk about a unfun conversation. BUT I still use most of the KDE programs. KDE is by far my favorite Desktop Environment (i3 to me is not a DE) and I find the macOS being my least favorite. KDE unfortunately had a license issue with Qt at first and was the reason wh…
Comment linking /2016/06/18/kde-on-windows-update/
on “KDE Project releases KDE 1”Submitted What's new in KDevelop 5.0? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI have to admit I love kate. It is my favourite graphical text editor on linux. As a part of KDE, it is simple to install under any distribution and highly customizable out of the box without installing any extensions by hand (a feature common to KDE programs). Kate has a number of tools you expect from an advanced text editor, such as block editing or the capability to open and edit very large (GB) text files (whic…
Comment linking /2017/01/10/using-kate-for-hacking-on-c-why-dont-you-try-kdevelop/
on “Kate – A Qt Text Editor for Linux, MacOS and Windows”Submitted KDE on Windows status update as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted KDevelop: Seeking maintainer for Ruby language support as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's new in KDevelop 5.0? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion