This is a look at the KDE 3.4 Linux desktop environment in VMWare 12.
![KDE 3.4 desktop environment.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Other-Linux-3.x-kernel-2017-03-01-11-44-52-960x720.png)
The above screenshot shows the default KDE 3.4 desktop environment on Kubuntu 5.04. This is a very good looking desktop environment.
![KDE 3.4 desktop with Konqueror web browser open.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Other-Linux-3.x-kernel-2017-03-01-11-48-52-960x720.png)
The desktop is very fast indeed. The default Xorg video configuration would not work, so I edited the xorg.xonf to use the VESA driver instead. This worked very well indeed.
![KDE 3.4 theme manager.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Other-Linux-3.x-kernel-2017-03-01-11-56-40-960x720.png)
The KDE 3.4 desktop has cool themes available. I wish the current Plasma desktop had the same cool themes. A classic version of KDE 4 would be very good, with the classic textured themes from KDE 2.2.2 as well.
![KDE 2.2.2 desktop.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/14517147471211-900x720.png)
This is what a modern KDE desktop should look like.