Comments on: KDE 4.1? No, thanks http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2008/08/05/kde-41-no-thanks/ Embedded Linux development Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michał Roszkahttp://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2008/08/05/kde-41-no-thanks/#comment-13574 Michał Roszka Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:06:53 +0000 http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/?p=535#comment-13574 <p>When I desire a cup of espresso, a mug of sweet and delightful latte macchiato does not work for me at all. Human beings do not extract espressos back from latte macchiatos, do they?</p><p>By the analogy, when it comes to GUIs, if I had to personalise a desktop environment, I would rather build up the configuration on some decent default settings instead of spending hours on turning most of so called "hot features" off.</p><p>As a former Mac OS X and Ubuntu user, I have been through Aqua and GNOME. And as I somewhat enjoyed KDE 3.x back then in my Debian days, I have also given the 4.1 release a try. I have come to a conclusion, that GUIs are getting sluggish and dull in a way.</p><p>Practically there is not much of a choice. Recently I have switched to XFCE. I do not like to customise and personalise things too much and also right now I am too pressed for time.</p><p>I know that habits are the hardest thing to change. Nonetheless, I would recommend you to give XFCE a shot. Right now I use it as it is out of the box and I feel it hits the sweet spot between being pretty and being useful.</p> When I desire a cup of espresso, a mug of sweet and delightful latte macchiato does not work for me at all. Human beings do not extract espressos back from latte macchiatos, do they?

By the analogy, when it comes to GUIs, if I had to personalise a desktop environment, I would rather build up the configuration on some decent default settings instead of spending hours on turning most of so called “hot features” off.

As a former Mac OS X and Ubuntu user, I have been through Aqua and GNOME. And as I somewhat enjoyed KDE 3.x back then in my Debian days, I have also given the 4.1 release a try. I have come to a conclusion, that GUIs are getting sluggish and dull in a way.

Practically there is not much of a choice. Recently I have switched to XFCE. I do not like to customise and personalise things too much and also right now I am too pressed for time.

I know that habits are the hardest thing to change. Nonetheless, I would recommend you to give XFCE a shot. Right now I use it as it is out of the box and I feel it hits the sweet spot between being pretty and being useful.

]]> By: Marcin Juszkiewiczhttp://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2008/08/05/kde-41-no-thanks/#comment-11886 Marcin Juszkiewicz Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:30:27 +0000 http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/?p=535#comment-11886 <p><strong>@Musaad:</strong> Most of changes which can improve KDE4 situation will be in 4.2 branch. KDE 4.1.x releases will contain bugfixes but no new code will get added.</p> @Musaad: Most of changes which can improve KDE4 situation will be in 4.2 branch. KDE 4.1.x releases will contain bugfixes but no new code will get added.

]]> By: Musaad Haiderhttp://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2008/08/05/kde-41-no-thanks/#comment-11863 Musaad Haider Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:22:46 +0000 http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/?p=535#comment-11863 <p>Believe me, I have the same story. But I don't think we'll have to wait for KDE 4.2 for things to be be in stable and working order. I am looking forward to the first monthly release (KDE 4.1.1) which is supposed to contain a lot of fixes. I bet things will get a lot better with it.</p> Believe me, I have the same story. But I don’t think we’ll have to wait for KDE 4.2 for things to be be in stable and working order. I am looking forward to the first monthly release (KDE 4.1.1) which is supposed to contain a lot of fixes. I bet things will get a lot better with it.

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