KDE and Science
Free thinkers. Curious people collaborating across borders. Pioneers pushing back the boundaries of what is possible. Teams building upon the work of others. People trying things just to see what happens.
Those are all phrases that could be applied to KDE - or to scientists. The scientific mindset shares a lot with that of free software and so it is no surprise that there are plenty of scientists within our community, nor that KDE has some strong applications in the world of science.
A few days ago, your writer did a quick, albeit decidedly unscientific, survey to gather some thoughts of the KDE scientist community on our current software offerings and the missing links. Here are a few of the conclusions.
Popular Science Applications
Kile and Okular seem to be real favorites. No surprise really, as the activities common to every scientist are writing and reading scientific papers. KbibTeX is also popular for organizing references, despite lacking a Platform 4 version.
Kate is popular among scientists.
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