Quote Originally Posted by kl522
I am using a older version of k3b, the newer k3b has even higher dependency on kde. Gosh, why would a burner software has so much integration with desktop environment ?
I agree completely. It is diametrically opposite to the traditional and efficient Unix philosophy of integrating simple, optimized tools. Which of course may be somewhat off the target for a word processor, but not so much for basic utilities like CD/DVD burning tools.