On 03/23/2010 03:21 PM, Robin Laing wrote: > On 03/13/2010 08:34 AM, 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. >> >> >> >> > Late to the discussion but I prefer KDE over Gnome and with Novell's > push to get more Mono into Gnome, I will avoid it. > > The move to KDE 4.0 wasn't pleasant. Now I find that most of KDE is > back to normal (I use the classic menu). New settings and configuration > options are what keeps me on KDE. The biggest thing is the right click > on the desktop and I have Konsole as the first item. This feature is > what got me to try KDE when Gnome removed that from the menu. > > I don't use Kmail or many of the other KDE developments but I use a > mixture of the best tools for my needs. > > I think that many of those that jumped ship when KDE changed will feel > the same thing when Gnome makes it's change. It will be interesting if > Mono is pushed into Gnome to the point that RedHad cannot work around > it. Could KDE become the default Fedora desktop? > > Some of my family members prefer Gnome. > > Well, I got into KDE by coincidence--in the process of buying my first new hardware in eight years, installing Fedora 12 on it, and being curious about KDE. Obviously I missed the KDE 4.0 debacle (if that's how it was) and was treated to a new system with all the kinks wrung out of it. I required all of about two days to learn the features of KDE as opposed to Gnome (or perhaps the new KDE as opposed to the classic). I would recommend KDE as the default choice--for a system meeting a tougher set of hardware requirements than the quoted standard. Frankly, I think that Fedora's hardware requirements need a serious review. The currently recommended hardware would freeze with every third Web visit, especially to a Javascript-heavy site like Digg.com or Propeller.com. And that goes double with KDE. For the record, I'm running KDE with F12 on an Intel Dual-core system with a 2.2-GHz clock and 3 GB of RAM. This system handles every task effortlessly. Temlakos -- 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
