James Knott wrote:
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
This is not meant to start a flame war, I just thought I should express my concern on this list.
"Novell dips KDE 3.5 (...) OpenSuse-Community-Manager (...) said that OpenSuse 11.1 would be the last version with KDE 3.5, and would contain only a stripped down version of the desktop. Strting with openSuSE 11.2 there will be no more KDE 3.5 components in the repositories (...)" - quick and dirty translation of LinuxUser 11.2008
Well, I don't know how far KDE 4.x will be when 11.1 comes out. Judging by 4.1.2 and Sebastian Kügler's interview in the same magazin (more plasmoids and new features and not a single word about bringing back the "old" fonctionalities) it seems I should quickly look for a replacement distribution........
I don't hope to change Novell's decision, but am I the only one here to say "no, KDE 4 has *not* the desktop, file manager and other desktop management elements I want?
T. de Coulon
No you're not. I also want the KDE 3.5 functionality to continue. Based on what I've seen of KDE 4, it's not something I'd ever want on *MY* computers. As far as I'm concerned eye candy == crapware.
When I upgrade my clients with 11.1, they'll all get 3.5. IF all the functionality in 3.5 isn't in the current KDE release with 11.2 or whatever it is then, then I'll simply convert everyone to Gnome at the time of upgrade. I've already discussed all this with management, and they are in full agreement. Functionality is MANDATORY, eye candy isn't.....period. Fred -- "Politicians and diapers need to be changed regularly -- and for the same reason." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org