[opensuse] KDE 4.3 finally good enough.
Well I think after waiting two years since OpenSuse first pushed KDE 4 out the door in its pajamas that it has finally reached stability and is sufficiently complete that I can risk moving my main work computer to this latest 4.3 release. Most of the missing pieces are filled in, and I haven't had a crash since I installed it. There are still some maddening things in Kong and Dolphin such as that teeny tiny microscopic little thing you have to click to focus an item with out actually launching it. No matter how much you bitch about that they will not fix it. It also forgets passwords to mounted samba shares on other Linux or Windows servers and I'm getting tired of keying these in all the time. I'm using the Kubuntu Release for testing, but will probably install OpenSuse 11.2 come November when/if it is released. (assuming the roadmap is correct: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap ) Oh, and not directly KDE related: Kopete is hopeless, but at least Pidgin works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Donnerstag, 6. August 2009 07:08:24 schrieb John Andersen:
Well I think after waiting two years since OpenSuse first pushed KDE 4 out the door in its pajamas
I guess you know that KDE 4.0, whilst available, was not the default KDE two years ago, i.e. in openSUSE 11.0. So rather than openSUSE pushing, users were pulling on their own choice if they used it.
Most of the missing pieces are filled in, and I haven't had a crash since I installed it. There are still some maddening things in Kong and Dolphin such as that teeny tiny microscopic little thing you have to click to focus an item with out actually launching it. No matter how much you bitch about that they will not fix it.
Do you mean the green "+"? That's not for focusing but multiple selection without keyboard. If you mean it, at the smallest icon size it has the same size as the icon size the user set, i.e. uses the maximum height available and is bigger than e.g. the close button of most windecos, a radio- button or checkbox on websites, and almost as big as a systray icon etc.? The more you increase the icon size, the bigger the green "+" becomes too. So I'm not sure there is anything broken.
It also forgets passwords to mounted samba shares on other Linux or Windows servers and I'm getting tired of keying these in all the time.
There are other ways to supply credentials, e.g. via (a file and) fstab, this would at least lower your frustration. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John Andersen wrote:
Well I think after waiting two years since OpenSuse first pushed KDE 4 out the door in its pajamas that it has finally reached stability and is sufficiently complete that I can risk moving my main work computer to this latest 4.3 release.
Most of the missing pieces are filled in, and I haven't had a crash since I installed it. There are still some maddening things in Kong and Dolphin such as that teeny tiny microscopic little thing you have to click to focus an item with out actually launching it. No matter how much you bitch about that they will not fix it. It also forgets passwords to mounted samba shares on other Linux or Windows servers and I'm getting tired of keying these in all the time.
I'm using the Kubuntu Release for testing, but will probably install OpenSuse 11.2 come November when/if it is released. (assuming the roadmap is correct: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap )
I agree.....Kubuntu 9.04 with KDE 4.3 IS awesome on this Dell Inspiron 1525!! I had nothing but grief trying to get 4.3 on this with 11.1. One really NASTY problem is KNetwork manager on 11.1 it doesn't like hidden sites, even with an Intel made wifi. Kububntu just works. Fred -- Gun-toting Americans are clearly more self-sufficient than the sissy Europeans. This is great news for everyone except Barney Frank, who's always secretly wondered what it would be like to be taken by a Somali pirate. --Ann Coulter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 06 August 2009 12:08:24 am John Andersen wrote:
Well I think after waiting two years since OpenSuse first pushed KDE 4 out the door in its pajamas that it has finally reached stability and is sufficiently complete that I can risk moving my main work computer to this latest 4.3 release.
Most of the missing pieces are filled in, and I haven't had a crash since I installed it. There are still some maddening things in Kong and Dolphin such as that teeny tiny microscopic little thing you have to click to focus an item with out actually launching it. No matter how much you bitch about that they will not fix it. It also forgets passwords to mounted samba shares on other Linux or Windows servers and I'm getting tired of keying these in all the time.
I'm using the Kubuntu Release for testing, but will probably install OpenSuse 11.2 come November when/if it is released. (assuming the roadmap is correct: http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap )
Oh, and not directly KDE related: Kopete is hopeless, but at least Pidgin works.
My favorite is still "Preview In" from the bottom of a 500 file directory tree view only to be dumped back to $HOME when you exit preview... It's like konqueror has lost 1/2 its brain. ( Oh -- it did, it is built on the dolphin backend now...) Second to that is having to reset the "Folders" window size every single time you start it, and then the tiny folder focus thing... But, I'm using it ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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