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<chapter id='what-is-kde'>
<docinfo>
<date>02/10/2000</date>
<releaseinfo>1.94.00</releaseinfo>
</docinfo>
<title id="1">
<s id="s1.1">
 <w id="w1.1.1">Ce</w>
 <w id="w1.1.2">este</w>
 <w id="w1.1.3">KDE</w>
 <w id="w1.1.4">?</w>
</s>
</title>
<anchor id='whatiskde'>

<sect1 id='what-is-kde-introduction'>
<title id="2">
<s id="s2.1">
 <w id="w2.1.1">Ce</w>
 <w id="w2.1.2">este</w>
 <w id="w2.1.3">KDE</w>
 <w id="w2.1.4">?</w>
</s>
</title>
<sect1 id='what-is-kde-the-desktop'>
<title id="3">
<s id="s3.1">
 <w id="w3.1.1">Mediul</w>
 <w id="w3.1.2">grafic</w>
 <w id="w3.1.3">KDE</w>
</s>
</title>

<para id="4">
<s id="s4.1">
 <w id="w4.1.1">While</w>
 <w id="w4.1.2">there</w>
 <w id="w4.1.3">will</w>
 <w id="w4.1.4">always</w>
 <w id="w4.1.5">be</w>
 <w id="w4.1.6">room</w>
 <w id="w4.1.7">for</w>
 <w id="w4.1.8">improvement</w>
 <w id="w4.1.9">we</w>
 <w id="w4.1.10">believe</w>
 <w id="w4.1.11">we</w>
 <w id="w4.1.12">have</w>
 <w id="w4.1.13">now</w>
 <w id="w4.1.14">delivered</w>
 <w id="w4.1.15">a</w>
 <w id="w4.1.16">viable</w>
 <w id="w4.1.17">alternative</w>
 <w id="w4.1.18">to</w>
 <w id="w4.1.19">some</w>
 <w id="w4.1.20">of</w>
 <w id="w4.1.21">the</w>
 <w id="w4.1.22">more</w>
 <w id="w4.1.23">commonly</w>
 <w id="w4.1.24">found</w>
 <w id="w4.1.25">and</w>
 <w id="w4.1.26">commercial</w>
 <w id="w4.1.27">operating</w>
 <w id="w4.1.28">systems</w>
 <w id="w4.1.29">/</w>
 <w id="w4.1.30">desktops</w>
 <w id="w4.1.31">combinations</w>
 <w id="w4.1.32">available</w>
 <w id="w4.1.33">today</w>
 <w id="w4.1.34">.</w>
</s>

<s id="s4.2">
 <w id="w4.2.1">It</w>
 <w id="w4.2.2">is</w>
 <w id="w4.2.3">our</w>
 <w id="w4.2.4">hope</w>
 <w id="w4.2.5">that</w>
 <w id="w4.2.6">the</w>
 <w id="w4.2.7">combination</w>
 <w id="w4.2.8">of</w>
 <w id="w4.2.9">Unix</w>
 <w id="w4.2.10">and</w>
 <w id="w4.2.11">KDE</w>
 <w id="w4.2.12">will</w>
 <w id="w4.2.13">finally</w>
 <w id="w4.2.14">bring</w>
 <w id="w4.2.15">the</w>
 <w id="w4.2.16">same</w>
 <w id="w4.2.17">open</w>
 <w id="w4.2.18">,</w>
 <w id="w4.2.19">reliable</w>
 <w id="w4.2.20">,</w>
 <w id="w4.2.21">stable</w>
 <w id="w4.2.22">,</w>
 <w id="w4.2.23">and</w>
 <w id="w4.2.24">monopoly</w>
 <w id="w4.2.25">free</w>