Comments on: Malina, Malina, Malina!

By: Vusa

Vusa — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:55:07 +0000

This is great stuff! Well done and keep up the good work!

By: babil

babil — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:48:48 +0000

Malina is a solar deity in Inuit mythology. She is found most commonly in the legends of Greenland that link her closely with the lunar deity Anningan, her brother. Malina is constantly fleeing from Anningan as the result of strife between the two (legends vary as to the cause). Their constant chase is the traditional explanation for the movement of the sun and moon through the sky.

By: Dylan Moore

Dylan Moore — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:27:06 +0000

Harvey Danger! Nice choice in music.

By: Leo S

Leo S — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:46:02 +0000

Hehe, ok I suspected as much because of the Amarok connection, but upon reading the story it seemed a little weird.

Reading that Wikipedia entry on Malina, you really get the sense that the essence of the story has been lost in translation…

By: Lydia

Lydia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:43:04 +0000

@Leo: The latter. It is Inuit folklore. Rather brutal the way you tell it. But there are slightly different versions of the story.
And it is not so much about the name being descriptive for Amarok. It is about making people aware of the Inuit culture. And as you may know Amarok is also part of it.

By: Leo S

Leo S — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:22:27 +0000

Hmm. Well I googled malina. Youtube shows some half naked dancers, wikipedia tells the story of an inuit woman that cut off her breasts and told her brother to eat them.

So which of those do you think describes Amarok best?

By: Lydia

Lydia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:25:29 +0000

@Furanku: I will try to if I find the time. Thanks for the tip.

@Shocked: We just got a new very good artist who will help with the UI. We are aware that it is not perfect just yet. It will change.

@MMMM: Hehe. No that is not the intended meaning here Google it and you will find out. It is just a nice coincident that it also means raspberry in some languages

By: mmmm

mmmm — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:49:32 +0000

Greetings from Czech Republic! I have only one question. Why did you choose codename “Malina”? Do you have czech developers? Because “malina” in czech is “raspberry” in english

By: Shocked

Shocked — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:05:45 +0000

Wow, this must be one of the worst, ugliest user interfaces I’ve ever seen. Can I buy some more space, please? Oh, and some more areas which I can fill up with random stuff (like gorgeous 3+ column web sites).

Ok, it’s an alpha, but judging from my experience with perfectly stable KDE releases, I’m not sure the UI will change/improve.

By: ljubomir

ljubomir — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:14:49 +0000

That’s a nice screenshot
Cheers!