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A Sneak Preview of KDE 4
An anonymous reader writes "In recent times, a lot of discussion has been generated about the state of KDE version 4.0 and as Linux users we are ever inquisitive about what the final user experience is going to be. This article throws light on some of the features that we can look forward to when KDE 4.0 is finally released some time this year. The article indicates that the most exciting fact about KDE 4.0 is going to be that it is developed using the Qt 4.0 library. This is significant because Qt 4.0 is released under a GPL license even for non-Unix platforms. So this clears the ideological path for KDE 4.0 to be ported to Windows and other non-Unix/X11 platforms."
... a software package will suck when the most exciting fact about it, is its new license.
Rome taught me patience and assiduous application to detail. Virtues which temper the boldness of great, general views.
It has a start button and menu.
It has a control panel.
It has a task bar.
It has clickable icons in the task bar.
It lines up its main icons on the left by default.
It even implements global icon grab in the same way.
Right click for desktop properties.
I'm sorry , in what way does the above differ from the main features of the windows desktop? Stop kidding yourself that KDE is anything other than a windows rip off.
So wait - all this hard work that the gnome guys did during the last year to improve gnome resource usage only was able to bring it at the SAME level than KDE?
Unimpressed...KDE 3.X is in a "mainteinance" state because most of the KDE guys are working in KDE4, still gnome only was able to "catch up". And one of the reasons to use C instead of C++ (besides the "easier to make bindings" reason) wasn't that C++ was more "heavyweight"?
Gnome and KDE are both fucking retarded. Gnome splits the config up between a zillion little programs and then gives you very little control. KDE has less config apps, but the windows end up looking like widget salad. Sadly even Microsoft does a better job of handling config GUIs than either one (they're somewhere in the middle of the two) and of course Mac has the idea 100% right but their preferences apps suck hairy donkey nuts. As far as I'm concerned, GNOME and KDE are both craptacular. I use Gnome anyway, for two reasons; one is going away now that Qt 4.0 is GPL for all platforms. The other is that Gnome seems to be slightly more prevalent and more of the apps I want to run are GNOME or at least GTK+.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
yes really. why do we need 'KDE' as a desktop environment?
1. if you are a newbie and just need a windows replacement, use Gnome. only MacOS has better GUI than Gnome.
2. if you need some of the cool apps that are unfortunately part of 'KDE', you could as well use it from a Gnome Desktop.
3. if you a serious user worried about memory etc, use xfce or other light weight desktops.
4. if you are nerd, why do you need a desktop environment at all?
Why install a piece of crap when all you need is a bunch of cool apps?