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KDE 3.4 RC1 Released
twener writes "The KDE project has announced the first release candidate of KDE 3.4 which brings many new features targeted for release at 16th March. Sources (requirements list, build script), an i486 GNU/Linux Live-CD (375MB) and SUSE 9.2 binary packages are available currently.
OSdir.com and tuxmachines.org have screenshots of this release. Source Code and a Live CD are available."
> there's not even a simple config/dialog where
> you can choose to run firefox/mozilla instead
> of konqueror whenever you click on links on
> other "K" apps.
in the Control Center, under KDE Components, there's a "Component Chooser" panel that's been there since 3.3 that allows you to set your default browser, email, text editor, IM client and terminal app.
For example, this 486+ instruction speeds up TCP communication:
... use rorw $8, %w0; "rorl $16, %0; rorw $8, %w0 ...
... bswap %0 ...
Byte Swap (bswap) [486]
bswapreg[16|32]
Example
Convert little/big endian to big/little endian by swapping bytes.
bswap %ebx
The equivalent 386 code would take 3 times as many cycles even on modern hardware:
simplified excerpt from a GNU C library header file:
/* To swap the bytes in a word the i486 processors and up provide the
`bswap' opcode. On i386 we have to use three instructions. */
# if !defined __i486__ && !defined __pentium__ && !defined __pentiumpro__
#else
#endif
They create inconsistancy across systems
Ok, but if you want to prevent this, you use Kiosk to lock everything down, no problem.
a high overhead of setting up a new box
No, defaults are defaults. Install a KDE box and it's set up.
and lots of support trouble
Perhaps, but not if you use Kiosk.
That's why Apple's GUI often feels so constrained
Bingo. This may be good for a lot of people, but it is NOT good for me. The OS X GUI drives me nuts (yes I use it quite a bit), it doesn't work the way I want it to work, the animations slow me down, there are not enough options for keyboard navigation, and I can't get things like focus follows mouse (I'd trade this for menu on top any day). Oh yeah, and I can't move or resize windows by holding down a button, clicking anywhere in the window, and dragging.
Not only do they choose a poor, inconsistant model for their GUI
Your opinion. Actually I find KDE apps quite consistant wrt keyboard shortcuts and style.
they also let you change it in a bunch of different ways that increase inconsistancy
Which makes me more productive, so I'm happy.