Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1898 mails)

[Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Starting with KDE version 4.3.1 shipped with openSUSE 11.2 it is considered 
> that
> KDE4 is at least an adequate replacement for KDE3 and for resource reasons KDE3
> is not supported."
> So according to openSUSE a beta or less than beta quality product (that time) 
> is at
> least an adequate replacement for a stable very usable product. Nice.

Unfortunately, this is very pointless.  We've all had this arguement
over and over.  KDE4 was chosen because the devs decided that they
needed a lot of stuff that a lot of KDE users didn't care about, so
KDE3 has been dropped and only those of us who don't code evidently
want to support it, so it's now a dead end.

I also do not find KDE4 a useful or suitable replacement for KDE3.
I've had to spend countless hours trying to figure out how to turn off
garbage and find out where the things I use have went(either removed
or hidden).  I've pretty much given up.

On a positive note, I've found LXDE a better replacement than KDE4.
KDE4 is SLOW, where LXDE is as fast or faster than KDE3.

While I would have prefered to keep KDE3, it's no longer a viable
option.  11.0 is now depreciated so it's only a matter of time before
it's no longer a viable option.  That was probably the last best
release with a good KDE3.  11.2 isn't bad, but I never found it as
good as 11.0.

Oh well.
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