Applications/Historic

Historic page

This page is of historic interest only. The content of the page is obsolete.

The apps in this page are present here for archival and educational purposes and should not be used anymore.

The KDE ecosystem has existed for a long period of time and in that time many apps have been created that have either become unmaintained or have been superseded.

This sections documents some of the historical apps, preserving the information for archival and educational purposes.

None of the information in this section should be considered a tutorial. We recommend using the modern equivalent for superseded apps.

Calligra. In older version, KChart was a standalone application, now it's a part with KGantt of the KDiagram library used by other KDE applications.

Author
	Calligra Author was a refined version of Words, specifically for authors of novels and textbooks, with the additional tools required by them combined with distraction-free screen.
Blogilo
	Blogilo was a blogging client, focused on simplicity and usability.
Gluon
	Gluon was a game engine.
Homerun
	Homerun was a full screen app launcher for KDE 4 series with content organized in tabs.
Jovie
	Jovie was a text-to-speech system.
KChart
	KChart was the charting tool from KOffice and is still the charting tool from Calligra. In older version, KChart was a standalone application, now it's a part with KGantt of the KDiagram library used by other KDE applications.
Kivio
	Kivio was an application for creating diagrams and flowcharts.
Kopete
	Kopete was a flexible and extendable multiple protocol instant messaging system. For instant messaging needs use the modern replacements for the relevant standard.
KPDF
	KPDF was written for KDE 3 and was one of the earliest Free, Open Source Applications to successfully view and print PDF files.
KPlato
	KPlato is a historical application for creating Gantt charts, which has been replaced by Plan, part of the Calligra suite.
KMess
	KMess was a Linux chat client alternative to Live/MSN Messenger.
KWord
	KWord was the historical word processor, which has been replaced by Words, part of the Calligra suite.
Nepomuk
	Nepomuk was the predecessor to Baloo.