Reinhold Kainhofer

A short intro:


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In what ways do you make a contribution to KDE?

When did you first hear of KDE?

How and when did you get involved in KDE?

What was your most recent commit to KDE?

Are you being paid to work on KDE?

No, unless you count satisfaction with your achievements as payment.

How much time do you usually spend on KDE?

By far not enough. Nowardays it's down to very few hours a week, if at all, due to my other commitments.

Which section of KDE is underrated and could get more publicity?

PIM, of course ;-)

What do you think is still badly missing in KDE?

Do you have any plans for KDE 4?

What motivates/keeps you motivated to work on KDE?

What chances do you see in your country for KDE as a desktop platform?

Which text editor do you use? Why?

Kate (since it's convenient; But where has the option gone to re-use a running kate when clicking on a text file in Konqueror?)
And whenever I need to do replacements that involve newline characters (\n) or sort something, then I use nedit.

Which distribution do you use? Why?

Debian. A long while ago I tried SuSE, but the "upgrade" resulted in a reinstall, so I tried Debian and sticked with it ever since.

What is KDE's killer app? Why?

What makes you develop for KDE instead of the competition?

What competition? They are no competition for us ;-)

Seriously, I like KDE much more, and coding in C++ (or Ruby) with Qt is much easier than plain C or working with a Windows API.

What does your desktop look like? (please put in a URL to a screenshot)

What type is your laptop/desktop? What is it named?

My laptop (some call it helicopter due to the sound it makes) Gericom Masterpiece and already 4 years old, but still powerfull enough for KDE development. It's name is einstein.

If you were shipwrecked and had to share an island with a KDE contributor who would it be?

What is your most brilliant KDE hack?

What is your most embarrassing KDE moment?

Are you going to Akademy in Ireland this year?

Sure, although I'm now running out of vacation days.


What do you hope to get out of it?

Personal questions


First things first. Married, partner or up for adoption?

Up for adoption...
No pets, either. (Even my flowers die of thirst...)


If someone visits your country, which spot is a must-see?

Which book is on your bedside table?

Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most?

Richard Stallman or Linus Torvalds?

I don't care about icons. I just want to write good software that other people can and really do use.

How would you describe yourself?

What do you get passionate about?

You're stuck on a train for 6 hours and are bored out of your skull. What do you do to amuse yourself?

What does "bored" mean?

What is your favourite t-shirt?

What is your favourite place in the world?