Hello all, As the suggestion of Ismail, I am writing to the KDE OpenSuSE list with some of my concerns about KDE in the upcoming 12.1 release. I have been testing and filing bug reports against openSuSE since 10.0 or 10.1 (I think) in the hope of improving the Operating System I use in my everyday work. Unfortunately, I have begun to feel a little overwhelmed lately, so I am writing this appeal in the hope that it will be taken seriously. At the time of writing, openSuSE 12.1 is at Beta1 release, and I have just completed my first testing pass (after encountering a bug that prevented completion of installation, this has taken longer than expected). As usual for a beta release, there are issues, but this time I am worried that, when combined, they may make the KDE Desktop unusable. As it stands, it is presently not possible for users to: 1) Eject optical discs through KDE: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659153 2) Apply any updates through the provided KDE updater: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700526 3) Rename any icons on their desktop: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722861 Additionally, the following strange behaviours prevent or impede normal operation of KDE: 1) Certain launchers are continually re-created in the Taskbar: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722859 2) Kmix continually uses 100% of one CPU core: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720746 3) Konqueror is unable to use Adobe Flash by default: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661901 4) Kaffeine is unable to open files located on network shares: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691487 Finally, a number of cosmetic issues may confuse non-technical users. 1) KNetworkManager is always displayed in the system tray, whether wanted or not. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671571 2) The Office icon is not displayed (a question mark is shown instead) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722860 Note that other icons are missing too for some reason. Notably, a number of these bugs were present in the 11.4 release as well and have not been fixed in all the time since release, but now the additional bugs in 12.1 have made the situation worse. At this point, I am desperate for a stable, functional openSuSE release, and I do not feel that I can continue to work around the issues I am encountering. I have several hundred users whose desktops/laptops are running openSuSE and I am already stretched trying to keep up with the required maintenance/workarounds! If 12.1 isn't substantially more stable, I'll *have* to either switch distros or abandon desktop Linux entirely out of pure necessity! Please, if there is any way that anybody can help, I will test whatever is required. Thankyou all, Malvern. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org