KDE on Mac OS X has a long history, but is seeing new life in KDE4 and Qt4/Mac by bringing native KDE4 applications to the Mac OS X desktop.
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KDE 3
If you are interested in installing KDE 3.x on Mac OS X, check out the KDE 3 page.
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KDE 4
KDE 4 on Mac OS X has been approaching a stable state. It can currently be considered a
beta
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Goals for KDE on Mac OS X
Mac OS X is already a
desktop environment
in the sense that it provides window management, application launching, etc. The goal of KDE on Mac OS X is to provide the rich frameworks and applications in KDE to a wider audience.In KDE 4, we intend to have:
- Solid hardware integration
- Phonon support (already finished, thanks to Trolltech)
- Strigi integration with Spotlight