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KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE?

Posted by simoniker on from the kurrah-durray-errah dept.

JigSaw writes "KDE 3.2-beta2 was released last week for general testing and OSNews offers a preview of what's expected from the 'popular X11 desktop environment' early next year upon its release. The article mentions KDE's new features (faster loading times, Konqueror's Service Menus, Kontact, KPDF, Plastik theme etc), the problems that still plague it (cluttered Kmenu and Konqueror menus, too many disorganized kontrol center modules) and some constructive suggestions on how to get over the bloat without losing the functionality."

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  1. Re:Microsofts Nightmare. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You people said the exact same thing about the last version. And the previous one. And three versions ago. And so on. Exactly the same thing. Every time a new version of [KDE|GNOME|OO|whatever] comes out, Microsoft (I'm sorry, "M$") is doomed and its days as the dominant software company are counted and etc, etc. Linux was going to take over the desktop and the world in 1997 and 1998. And then in 1999. And in 2000 and 2001 and 2002. 2003 is almost over, but it was going to take the world over this year as well, at least that's what I heard in January and February.

    I surmise next year when KDE 3.3 is released we'll be having the same conversation. Some dude will breathlessly post to Slashbork about how he has seen the future. Yes, it's so bright we gotta wear shades. There will be nasal laughter and pointless lame jokes by the metric ton coming out of basements everywhere. And "M$" will be doomed for good this time. No, really. This time it's for real.

    I mean, for god's sake. I can't even install a stupid font without borking X and having it dump me in a console. Don't even get me started on changing resolutions or color depths.

    In the immortal words of little children everywhere who believe in fairy tales,

    are we there yet? I need to pee!!
  2. KDE's speed by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I must admit i am disapointed with kde 3.1.4's speed... until i compared it to win2k on the same system. when comparing it to gnome i have one real problem with GTK apps and gnome in general - the file selection menu. it sucks. it's got win 3.11 functionality, am i the only person to notice this fact? i mean come on, it doesn't remmeber my previous directories or show more then a small part of the file name, it an ugly and ungainly looking thing.

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  3. Redundant troll, wish I had mod points by TrentC · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yay, the new trend in /. trolling... if your original post gets moderated into oblivion, just cut and paste it again!

    I'm a huge GNOME fan -- haven't even looked at KDE since the 3.0 days -- and your post still stands out as an obvious troll.

    Jay (=