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KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
jammag writes "Linux pundit Bruce Byfield takes a look at the latest KDE beta and finds it wanting: 'Very likely, KDE users will have to wait for another release or two beyond 4.1 before the new version of KDE matches the features of earlier ones, especially in customization.' He notes that the second beta is still prone to unexplained crashes, and goes so far as to say, 'Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake.' I'm not too sure about that — really, 'everyone?'"
I've ranted about KDE 4 before, and unfortunately must continue. I've always been a big KDE advocate, but they took damn near everything that made KDE great out of the 4.0 release. I was disappointed, but willing to give them a break and get to 4.1 (and restore some features from the 3.x series). Now we hear that 4.1 is worse than 4.0. I don't want to switch to Gnome or xfce or anything like that...but how long will I have to continue running 3.5.x?
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KDE's UI group is made of user interface designer experts, people who studied years in their respective colleges to learn how people should do computing. They dismiss user feedback. If you raise any questions, they ask you if you have a PhD like them.
Look, we get it; you hate KDE 4 and the direction in which it's headed.. There was enough flamebait in your article without you trolling here too.
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KDE 4 is a horrible mess. It's what you get when you a have a team working for free.
Good to see more complaints about this. I have tried kde4 on Suse, and Kubuntu. Both times, I have been disappointed to the point where I just kept using my mac.