On 2008/12/24 07:38 (GMT-0500) James Knott composed:
And that begs the question of why it's the default KDE desktop, when it's not ready and will frustrate many users.
Marketing obviously. Why a new release if nothing new to offer? Ubuntu has it. Fedora has it. KDE has decreed it its flagship product, while KDE3 in maintenance-only mode. Also I've seen it written that the "new" users the distro seeks will not know its weaknesses nor be familiar with the strengths of KDE3, and not experience the frustration of KDE3 users trying to use it, while astute KDE3 upgraders will know generally how to avoid KDE4. One can only hope we can convince Novell to retain a KDE3 option in 11.2. KDE4 is just too different, maturity notwithstanding. -- "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain." Psalm 127:1 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org