--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: When will KDE4 get a desktop like in KDE3.x ? > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 5:02 AM > Linuxguy123 wrote: > > Here is a comment from a recent KDE4.2 review: > > > > > ============================================================================ > > The Desktop > > Plasma has most goals listed for inclusion in KDE4.2, > followed closely > > by KWin. Currently Plasma behaves somewhat unstable > and can crash while > > managing the plasmoids. With the default > “plasmoid” desktop setting, we > > can add the plasmoids, but the files/icons are not > supported, KDE3’s > > style. > > > =========================================================================== > > > > http://polishlinux.org/kde/quick-look-at-kde-42-svn/ > > > > > > Why can't we have files and icons on the desktop, > ala KDE3.x ? > > Because you haven't implemented it yet. > > KDE 4 was released as it was because most of the > interesting work required to > make a maintainable next-generation desktop environment > were done, and there was > no other way to force developers to get around to the > important but boring work > of porting existing features to the new architecture. > Fedora and other > fast-moving distributions adopted KDE 4 for this very > reason. > > I'm sure the KDE developers would welcome your patches. > > -- Chris > other than "hide a panel", what is missing I just got 4.1.2 and it looks great One must go to the Fedora kde icon to get options but... > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
