Spent a good part of the day downloading KDE 2.1 & upgrading from the beta. I have reached the conclusion that if I was designing a Linux desktop setup for a school, I would recommend KDE, although I prefer the feel of GNOME for my personal use. It has too many of the details of everyday interaction with the interface done better than GNOME.

In a related note, I also downloaded and tried to make a decision between bluefish and quanta for html editing. I don't mind writing the tags in vi, but I need something to help me manage all the files and links. I think I like quanta better, but I don't appreciate the fact that I can't find a shred of documentation, and I 'm annoyed that I can't figure out how to change the font in the editor to be more legible, or bigger, at least.

Also spent some time reading about what Seymour Papert has been up to. It seems like the Media Lab is in sync with what I and RIPCORD have in mind, but they also seem to be creating a lot of vapor...