On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 10:34 -0500, Mail Lists wrote: > I'm curious how many current KDE users we have - what percent of our > install base? And what percent of the desktop install base ? > > Since the 3.5 -> 4.0 KDE pushathon, everyone I know who was a KDE user > (myself included, and Linus too!) switched to gnome and none has yet > gone back. > > At least a part of the fuss about updates seems to be driven by KDE > wanting to be faster paced than the rest - I'm curious what percent of > our install base this actually represents today? > > For me there were only 2 things disruptive I presently recall - the > last was F11 kmail no longer working after recent update - and the > devastatingly bad 3.5 -> 4.0 premature release. > > I actually like the current general pace - its stable but we get > decent flow (tho it has slowed somewhat over the 12-18 months or so it > seems) of upstream updates/bug fixes and largely when appropriate larger > version bumps. Tho things like firefox lag too much imho - but I no > longer care as I now use chrome which is way way better. > > Sure there are little hiccups here and there but overall things are > non-disruptive and decently up to date - and that is the right balance. > > Congrats fedora management, redhat and contributors - and thank you. ---- I gather that Gnome is about to embark on a major upgrade/overhaul like KDE some year and a half ago. Obviously there are a number of KDE users but I suspect that most of them are people who have used a Linux desktop for some time. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
