2010/1/25 Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com>:
On 1/24/10, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
I know, and those who jumped at KDE 4.0 and 4.1 were doubly struck. But in my opinion KDE 4.4 is much improved and is intuitive to the point where one does not have to be familiar with it to configure it. I mean that, and I never thought that I would say that!
Configuration is a HUGE pain. But then again, the new YaST2 sucks as well. Too much going on for no good reason.
Panel configuration is still a pain in my opinion. Please, mention _specific_ pains and I will file bugs on them! That is exactly my intention and the reason why I am here. Make sure that you are on KDE 4.4, however, as much has changed in that release.
KDE4 is SLOW! Especially on older hardware. Kinda like Vista.
If you are loading Qt3 and Qt4 libraries, then yes, it is slower than Qt3 alone. However, for systems running only Qt4 libraries, KDE 4 is much more responsive than KDE 3. In fact, that was a specific design goal for Qt4. I run it on older hardware, and the difference (improvement) is noticable. Which Qt3 applications do you still use? I may be able to make suggestions.
No on asked if we wanted all these new changes. I don't use much of what KDE3 offered, but I have yet to see ANY reason to go to KDE4.
If you have no reason, then continue using KDE 3. I am only here to help people file their issues on KDE 4 so that when KDE 3 is no long suitable (it is no longer actively maintained) they will have an alternative ready.
Personally, I'm looking at other lighter desktops. KDE4 just isn't what I want on my desktop.
XFCE seems to be very popular, especially if you use many GTK apps. If someone knows of a lightweight Qt desktop, I'd like to know about it. Maybe the Plasma Netbook Remix? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org