Am Freitag 05 Dezember 2008 schrieb Fred A. Miller:

Well, I find what they have to say about KDE of interest. ;)

Yes, they are doing well. And its more courageous to bring an older version of something only to have all the bells and whistles, but less functionality or stability. regards, Jens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Fred A. Miller wrote:

Well, I find what they have to say about KDE of interest. ;)

Fred _____________________

This beta iso features kernel 2.6.26.8.tex1, KDE 3.5.10, Open Office 2.4.1, Firefox 3.0.4, Thunderbird 2.0.0.17, Frostwire, Ktorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Compiz-Fusion 3D and much more.

We decided to use kde3-5-10 as our default desktop as the we could not achieve a similar functionality from kde4. We will however offer kde4 as an alternative desktop environment available from the repo once we stabilize it.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58&topic=51130.0

It would appear that pclinux has decided too keep a firm hand on the tiller allowing wisdom and logic and prevail over "Irrational exuberance". It must be an age, competence or experience difference between the decision makers of the different distributions. "We decided to use kde3-5-10 as our default desktop as the we could not achieve a similar functionality from kde4(.)"(emphasis ours on the period) That is what has been completely absent from Novell of late. It is *not* whether you like kde4 or kde3 that is crucial in that statement, but that the decision makers at pclinux are providing a succinct, clear, rational and reasoned decision for the direction that the users can expect the distribution to take and the decision makers are providing a logical basis justifying the decisions made. I have yet to see as single explanation or basis given by openSuSE for any of the decisions that have been made that directly and dramatically impact those of us that freely give our time, toil, energy and expertise to openSuSE. There is a fundamental business lesson to be learned here. Regardless of what road is taken, the common courtesy of providing a little insight and understanding goes a long way.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org