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Old 07-16-2008
KDE 4 problems highlight shift from community users to consumers
07-16-2008 11:00 AM
The reasons for the user revolt against KDE 4, which we reported on yesterday, are still being sorted out. They appear to be a complex mixture that includes the assumptions that KDE used in its planning, the rush by distributions to include a release that was not ready for general use, and sensationalism in free software blogs and journalism. One reason that has yet to be discussed is one of the potentially most significant -- the apparent shift in the FOSS user base. Judging from the quickness and thoroughness with which KDE 4 was rejected, the audience for free software seems to have shifted from a small group of knowledgeable users that treasures innovation to a larger one that values convention and familiarity and is actively suspicious of change.



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KBUILDSYCOCA(8) 														   KBUILDSYCOCA(8)

NAME

       Description - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.

SYNOPSIS

       kbuildsycoca [--nosignal | --incremental | --help | --help-qt | --help-kde | --help-all | --author | -v, --version | --license]

DESCRIPTION

	kbuildsyscoca, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .directory, .kim-
       gio and .protocol files to constructs a binary database.

	KDE itself accesses this databse during operation to provide configurational information a program needs to run.

       This tool is part of ksyscoca, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache

OPTIONS

       --nosignal
	      Don't signal applications

       --incremental
	      Incremental Update

       --help Show help about options

       --help-qt
	      Show Qt specific options

       --help-kde
	      Show KDE specific options

       --help-all
	      Show all options

       --author
	      Show author information

       --version
	      Show version information

       --license
	      Show license information

USAGE

       A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the following command at the prompt kbuildsyscoca

FILES

       /tmp/kde-$USER/ksyscoca
	      ...

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       $KDEDIRS
	      Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations

SEE ALSO

       ksycoca(3), kblah(4), knogga(6)

BUGS

       There are no known bugs at the time of writing.

								    2001-04-25							   KBUILDSYCOCA(8)