Re: Is KDE dead ? Was Re: Stable Release Updates

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On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 13:21 -0600, 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.

That comes back if you install nautilus-open-terminal. it is interesting that all this is a matter 
taste.. KDE drives me crazy. Which is interesting assuming I am correct
that KDE is the open source implementation of CDE. (Is that true?) and I
was on the IEEE committee that approved CDE.

> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Robin Laing


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