On Monday 26 October 2009 05:57:59 am RedShift wrote: > This thread will probably erupt in a massive flamewar, yet I decided to > post my story anyway. I am talking about the desktop experience in > general, not the technical details behind it. Keep that in mind. > Done, the thread is fair topic for discourse among intelligent minds. > > I've been working these past few months with KDE 4.3 and it feels very > sluggish and incomplete. There is no question about it. KDE4 is just slow compared kde3, or the ms desktops. My vista installs are more responsive. However, I don't think kde4 will remain like this. I think the response problem is due to remaining bugs in the API that should go away as kde4 matures. I think the biggest problem that kde4 will have to overcome is the stain on kde's reputation caused when a few major distros pushed kde4 out the door as a "New Desktop" when it was barely beta (kde 4.04 was released by SuSE as the desktop for 11.0 in June 2008) kde4.04 as a desktop -- gimme a break! But at 4.3.2, kde4 is getting there and I use it every day. The only time I boot another desktop is to work in a lightweight desktop (openbox, lxde, icewm, enlightenment) All provide a great desktop experience, but none compare to the completeness of tools provided natively in kde4. The only time I boot vista is to let updates run once monthly :) I didn't do windows 7 beta, so I can't comment there, but I have used every windows since windows 286 (what '88? when I moved from DOS 4.04) and all were "usable". I agree with much you have to say, but I have watched kde4 get better and better so I'm optimistic at this point that it will fulfill its promise, but I agree, it's not close to doing so yet. As for my list of kde4 annoyances (bugs) see: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/bugs/kde4/rankin-bug-list-20091026.pdf that's all 154 of them. (Note there are about 10 kde3 bugs in there, but I wasn't going to take the time to parse them out...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
