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+<!--
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+ "dtd/kdex.dtd">
+-->
+
+<chapter id="introduction">
+<title>Introduction</title>
+
+<qandaset>
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>What is &kde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>&kde; is the K Desktop Environment.  It is a project initiated
+by <ulink url="mailto:[email protected]">Matthias Ettrich</ulink> in
+1996.  The aim of the &kde; project is to connect the
+power of the &UNIX; operating systems with the comfort of a modern user
+interface.</para>
+<para>In short, &kde; will bring &UNIX; to the desktop!</para>
+<para>If you want further information about &kde;, have a look at
+<ulink url="http://www.kde.org/whatiskde">What is
+&kde;?</ulink></para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question id="platform">
+<para>On which platforms can I expect &kde; to work?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>&kde; is a Desktop Environment for all flavors of &UNIX;.  While
+it is true that most &kde; developers use &Linux;, &kde; runs smoothly
+on a wide range of systems.  You may, however, need to tweak the
+source code a bit to get &kde; to compile on a not-so-popular variant
+of &UNIX;, or if you are not using the &GNU; development tools, in
+particular the &gcc; compiler.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Is &kde; a window manager?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>No, &kde; is not a window manager.  While &kde; includes a very
+sophisticated window manager (&kwin;), &kde; is much more than that.
+It is a full-blown Integrated Desktop Environment.</para>
+<para>&kde; provides a complete desktop environment, including a web
+browser, a file manager, a window manager, a help system, a
+configuration system, uncountable tools and utilities, and an ever
+increasing number of applications, including but not limited to mail
+and news clients, drawing programs, a &PostScript; and a &DVI; viewer
+and so forth.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Is &kde; a <acronym>CDE</acronym>, &Windows; or &Mac;
+<acronym>OS</acronym> clone?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>No, &kde; is not a clone. Specifically &kde; is not a
+<acronym>CDE</acronym> or &Windows;  clone. While the &kde; developers
+have and will continue to glean the best features from all existing
+desktop environments, &kde; is a truly unique environment that has and
+will continue to go its own way.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Is &kde; free software?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Yes, &kde; is free software according to the &GNU; General
+Public License.  All &kde; libraries are available under the
+<acronym>LGPL</acronym> making commercial software development for the
+&kde; desktop possible, but all &kde; applications are licensed under
+the <acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
+<para>&kde; uses the <link linkend="qt">&Qt; C++ crossplatform
+toolkit</link>, which is also released (since version 2.2) under the
+<acronym>GPL</acronym>.</para>
+<para>It is absolutely legal to make &kde; and &Qt; available on
+&CD-ROM; free of charge.  No runtime fees of any kind are
+incurred.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+</qandaset>
+</chapter>
+