KDE 4, distributors, and bleeding-edge software

Posted Feb 2, 2009 7:41 UTC (Mon) by mgb (guest, #3226)
In reply to: KDE 4, distributors, and bleeding-edge software by mrshiny
Parent article: KDE 4, distributors, and bleeding-edge software

You fooled me once (KDE 4.0). And shame on me, you fooled me twice (KDE 4.1). Don't expect me to try KDE 4.2.

I too wasted inordinate amounts of time on KDE 4.x. Our laptops and desktops now run Debian Lenny which comes with KDE 3.5.10 - undoubtedly the best KDE release to date and supported by Debian for some years hence.

Kudos for all the experimental work that the KDE team is doing in 4.x. If they keep the good and throw out the bad then there is reason to hope that the KDE 4.x series will eventually surpass KDE 3.5.10.

But as a useful working environment, rather than as an interesting programming exercise, KDE 4.x still has a lot of catching up to do.

KDE 4, distributors, and bleeding-edge software

Posted Feb 6, 2009 2:03 UTC (Fri) by pyellman (guest, #4997) [Link]

Huh. I don't consider myself to be tightly in any loop, but I got the message pretty loud and clear. I kept myself reasonably abreast of opinions and developments by reading occasional early reviews and feedback. I also tested the final beta, 4.0, and 4.1 using live CDs. All in all, not that much more investment of my time than I would spend tracking and testing a favorite piece of software like Amarok. I've tentatively decided that I might be ready to make the jump to KDE 4.2 -- of course, after I find the time to pop a live CD into a spare computer and take it for a test drive. As such, I don't expected to be surprised, disappointed, or fooled.

If the distribution I mainly use (Debian Testing, and still on KDE 3.5.x) had parachuted 4.0 on me without the option of staying with 3.5 for a while, yes, I would have been upset -- but not at the KDE team.

Peter Yellman