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jturning
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by jturning » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:31 pm
FYI, Linus uses Fedora, so he was forced to try KDE 4 because Fedora dropped 3.5.9.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/art ... geNumber=1
I used to be a KDE user. I thought KDE 4.0 was such a disaster I switched to GNOME. I hate the fact that my right button doesn't do what I want it to do. But the whole "break everything" model is painful for users and they can choose to use something else.
I realise the reason for the 4.0 release, but I think they did it badly. They did so may changes it was a half-baked release. It may turn out to be the right decision in the end and I will re-try KDE, but I suspect I'm not the only person they lost.
I got the update through Fedora and there was a mismatch from KDE 3 to KDE 4.0. The desktop was not as functional and it was just a bad experience for me. I'll revisit it when I reinstall the next machine which tends to be every six to eight months.
The GNOME people are talking about doing major surgery so it could also go the other way.
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by Tsuroerusu » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:54 am
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule."
- Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism.
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jturning
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by jturning » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:17 pm
Good write up by Aaron and he took it to the media a bit which they deserve, and also highlighted that some distros switched to it a bit early (Fedora). I run Fedora 10 on my laptop and played with KDE 4.1 a bit, but I had a couple minor things that drove me back to Gnome. I'll probably give it a solid try when 4.2 comes out. But they've always warned us that it was a major change laying down a new foundation to be built upon over time.
I still enjoy KDE 3.5.10 with Slackware 12.2 on my desktop. And over the long hall I think KDE 4 will be a fine desktop environment that Linus will probably go back to.
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by MattKingUSA » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:39 am
You guys are crazy. KDE 4.1 is awesome. I use Mandriva.
