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A snapshot of KDE 3.4 on cygwin is available.
The snaphot contains kdelibs, kdebase, kdepim and umbrello package. Additional you can install any original kde language package.
See the installation page for more informations.
Another approach for running KDE 3 on Windows
Recent KDE 3 releases are running not as fast as native under linux. Another (faster) approach for running KDE application under Windows
(still using cygwin's Xwin) is using Cooperative Linux,
which seems already to be very mature.
From the website:
Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft
Windows natively.
More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run
cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP,
without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general
purpose PC virtualization software.
Some tests with colinux 0.6.2
and a debian based root system
has shown very good results. There are many precompiled KDE packages, which let you experience the full power of KDE immediatly.
After installing and configuring colinux with network support (using bridged network support using the TAP Driver,
see coLinux Networking ), you can run for example
apt-get update
apt-get install kdebase kdepim
apt-get install kde-i18n-?? (for language package)
to install all packages required for a basic desktop. After installing you should run the following commands outside colinux in a cygwin bash shell
(requires installed xorg-x11-base and xwinclip package)
cygserver&
export CYGWIN=server
xwin -rootless -noreset &
xwinclip &
xhost +
and the following commands inside colinux (after logon)
export DISPLAY=< IP-Adress of host system >:0
startkde &
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