{"id":9027,"date":"2005-05-31T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2005-05-31T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/31\/have-your-breaks-in-time-with-kde\/"},"modified":"2005-06-01T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2005-06-01T07:01:52","slug":"have-your-breaks-in-time-with-kde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/05\/31\/have-your-breaks-in-time-with-kde\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your breaks in time with KDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I&#8217;ve already <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/20\/shaping-up-kde-all-the-way\/\">talked about KDialog and DCOP<\/a> which are two magic KDE tools that could use more promotion.  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