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KDE 4.4 Released Alongside Website Redesign
Cryophallion writes "KDE 4.4.0 has finally been released, along with a redesign of the KDE.org website. New features include tabbed windows, improved desktop search and social desktop features. 'Major new technologies have been introduced, including social networking and online collaboration features, a new netbook-oriented interface and infrastructural innovations such as the KAuth authentication framework. According to KDE's bug-tracking system, 7293 bugs have been fixed and 1433 new feature requests were implemented.' A feature guide is also available."
Anyone else on here notice the video of Plasma Desktop on the release page? It looks awfully similar to the proposed Gnome Shell for Gnome 3.0. I don't believe in that KDE vs GNOME fanboy nonsense, but I think it's more than fair to compare them from a technological standpoint. The primary feature pushing Gnome 3.0 was Gnome Shell, but KDE has almost completely duplicated its functionality 6 months before 3.0's release date - assuming it won't be as buggy as Plasma was when it started out.
I wonder how this will affect the future of KDE and Gnome.
wow, a little ass-hurt there aren't you?
KDE specifically stated that 4.0 should not be used in production,
Yes, I remember that canard. But they created that confusion by calling it v4.0 and making a big splash, hyping up what they had accomplished too much. All those distros didn't start up their KDE4 support on a lark - they were all fooled. Meanwhile people do development releases all the time without getting burned. It's not rocket science.
It's what happens when ego is at the wheel. Remember Reiser? That guy would argue his filesystem was production-ready till he was blue in the face. Meanwhile check his bugtracker and you can see out the other side of his mouth when you report that his his consistency checker is dumping core, he'll tell you "yes that's not finished yet" Oops.
If you think KDE playing the same games isn't as serious, you'd be right, although I'd also suspect you weren't watching the open issues for KMail. Or maybe you just don't mind losing email.
People need to get over their egos and just be honest about what they're releasing. Warning labels, conventional use of version numbering - no green stop signs - or what should they expect? And what's the harm in underpromising and overdelivering? Why is that so hard?
That said, I'm glad it seems to be finally coming under control. The world needs a real alternative to de Icaza's brainchild.
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You'd be wrong. And I think I made my point pretty well about why you shouldn't feel so bad not to live in a world where positive opinions are the only ones allowed.
I'm glad you said what version you like. It's good to know.
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