Larry Stotler wrote:
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Amedee Van Gasse
wrote: Meanwhile, on the mailing lists of Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva etc... we are seeing the same kind of discussions all over again. Every argument is being duplicated and repeated, and none of it flows back to where it should: the KDE project. What a terrible waste of time and energy!
Some are of the opinion that KDE4 was a huge waste of time and effort. I don't see it that way, but I need to consider whether KDE4 is actually a compelling reason to switch, and so far, the "new" features don't interest me, and the lack of features has been an issue. Slow speed and lack of stability have also impacted that. I haven't updated to the current build service, so I can't say whether things have improved, but I hear they have. I will reserve judgment until I have a chance to test 11.1 next weekend. I've download several betas and the RC, and haven't had the time to really do anything with any of them even when I did actually manage to finish an install.....
One of my issues is that I have to relearn how to do simple things because there is this "new & better" way of doing things. KDE4 is a huge change, and anyone who thought that there wouldn't be resistance was kidding themselves.
Larry, Well said. Not to start any flame wars, but I shake my head as to why they went the route of alpha/beta for kde in a very polished distro is beyond me. Nothing like relearning how to do simple things to brighten up your day. This is the biggest reason why I am staying put with 11 with the previous working kde. I don't mind change, but God in Heaven, let's wait until it works first shall we? I sure hope the PHB's at opensuse has heard the backlash and have stopped this notion of pushing unfinished and broken crap down the pipe all for the sake of change. Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org