On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:10, sdm wrote:
Can anyone confirm this bug?
https: //bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968889
After applying latest updates (2016-03-01), KDE does not start properly anymore, it's just a black screen after login.
I even tried reinstalling the whole machine and applying updates, then creating a new user.
It's reproducible. Remember, Leap is the pinnacle example of stability...yeah right! Windows doesn't do things like this, neither should openSUSE. It seems a regular
On 03/01/2016 03:41 AM, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote: pattern with Plasma 5; something gets fixed and another thing breaks. When Plasma 5 gets stable in 3 years then they'll release Plasma 6 and we start all over again. How can I recommend Leap to *anyone* when my repuation is on the line with bugs such as this? Not impressed.
Simple: I recommend any other DE than KDE4 and Plasma 5. Both are instable at best. Plasma 5 gets a "pre-alpha" from me. XFCE and LXDE are more than just OK, they are very fine. GNOME 3 is a matter of taste, but stable (at least within 3.16 or 3.18) There are also others to chose from (Mate/TWM/....). Resumé: Do not equivialize the poor quality of Plasma5 code with the whole openSUSE Leap distro. A clear case of "What goes in, comes out". (open)SUSE is in no way responsible for the quality of Plasma5 code, that is upstream, and KDE is since the intro of version 4 on slide downwards in terms of code quality. Make this very clear to any that what to install and use any Linux distro. That way, you have warned them. Compare Plasma 5 to a Emergency tire for a car, never assume the full performance if you use that. - Yamaban.