I would say that when you release something to the public (especially with large "marketing battage") it is for the public, unless stated differently.
And then, what about all subsequent releases untill now? Are all of them "not for the end user"?
I only hope they will follow a different path than KDE team.
They rushed to release 4.0 and since then I'm still struggling to have all the features I used to have in KDE v3.5.
And, more important, I hope that Ubuntu people won't trash GNOME v2 from night to day like they did with KDE v3.5.
TV should not work while the satnav moves faster than, say, 5 km/h!`
Or, if you switch TV on, it must stay still otherwise it will turn off. It's simple, but will never be implemented!
Linux Desktop should be intended as "the desktop environment that runs on Linux".
I've been happily using Linux for every day tasks (mainly productivity, software development) since 2001.
I was using KDE which became quite stable and feature rich in the last few years. KDEv3 I mean.
That the great idea of KDEv4 arrived and Ubuntu, my distribution of choice, decided to trash KDEv3 away. I moved to GNOME as my daily work was suffering from instability and lack of features that were already in place in KDEv3. They called public releases what I would have called "technology preview". GNOME; on the other side, was not offering the feature richness seen in KDEv3 so I first started to install KDE packages and them few weeks ago, I reverted to KDEv4.
In this sense the KDE innovated too much. They have put a number of subsequent releases in the wild, from 4.0.0 on, that were barely stable and unlikely to be usable. I remember it took weeks to have the KNetworkManager be able to attach again to my good old network!
So my answer is "yes, it looks to me as is those people were not using the Linux Desktop for real daily work but rather for fun, eye candies and to show it up to firends" (Look ma, I have plasma now!)
The author says he didn't included IE 8 because there was no way to start it without opening a new window for every invocation!
I would have preferred to have it included despite this "big drawback" and have this thing explained in a note.
A partially meaningful test (upper limit?) is always better than no test at all!
I fear that this omission is to "protect" bad performances even in comparison of a browser by a company which seems to be in deep competition with Microsoft.
As the internet and the sat TV is altrady here.
And personally don't mind about TV: books are better by far. And they can be both digital and analogue at the same time.
I got disappointed by things like NetworkManager applet not working at all, KDEBluetooth not working at all and so on.
As I used to use my Linux PC for everyday usage, I cannot afford a test-and-try approach (with expensive rollacks)!
Now I run GNOME, with fewer features but more stability as my Ubuntu distribution progresses...
Again, my fear is that these KDE v4 releases are more like "interim releases" or betas than actual releases!
The same old question applies ...
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KDE 4.2.4 Released
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· Score: 2, Interesting
... as versions go by...
How does this version compares to v3.5.10 as far as features and stability?
I'm still waiting to replace my ol' KDE v3 without harming my everyday work!
I personally run Linux on ASUS laptops since 2004. More or less happily.
But the point here is quite simple: Linux does it better, but it takes time and sweat to.
In 5 years no single distribution I tried (Gentoo, KUbuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora...) left me with a usable system.
From time to time, the NetworkManager, the Bluetooth, the graphics card, the audio chip, the optical authoring, the webcam and so on awarded me with headaches and troubles.
Linux can be made more secure by far, it can sqeeze every single CPU cycle and can provide the best experience ever.
But not all at once and not with a single installation and not completely.
This is the dark part of the Linux. Resource fragmentation. Too many projects trying to do more or less the same things, and none succeeding at 100%, and not even 75%.
If a popular FOSS project like Firefox can have a 10+ years bug on the core HTML rendering, why should we be picky on a 7+ years old on a less popular application?
The bottom line is: none has (enough) interest in it.
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ASUS laptop, not MB.
Now in the Americas they should all speak Danish and not Italian!
Not ASUS. A USB floppy is the only way.
BIOS and firmware upgrades that only work from Windows ... or from a USB floppy disk!
Ask ASUS (but I'm sure it's not the only manufacturer)!
It's simple!
I would also mind about features! An engine with skinny features will very likely show better performances ...
I would say that when you release something to the public (especially with large "marketing battage") it is for the public, unless stated differently.
And then, what about all subsequent releases untill now? Are all of them "not for the end user"?
I only hope they will follow a different path than KDE team.
They rushed to release 4.0 and since then I'm still struggling to have all the features I used to have in KDE v3.5.
And, more important, I hope that Ubuntu people won't trash GNOME v2 from night to day like they did with KDE v3.5.
Find a serious computer science course.
The choosing among languages will be more a matter of taste than of actual contents.
Where they want to.
Switch your satnav (and mobile phone and PDA) off. And turn back on your brain!
Maniac Mansion?
Zak McKracken?
Without these two it won't be a "Lucas arts's return"!
DOS?
CP/M?
VMS?
OS/400?
Worldwide!
The satnav knows that you're floating atop a ferry!
So your kids watch TV from 3 feet on a 10" screen?
TV should not work while the satnav moves faster than, say, 5 km/h!`
Or, if you switch TV on, it must stay still otherwise it will turn off.
It's simple, but will never be implemented!
Linux Desktop should be intended as "the desktop environment that runs on Linux".
I've been happily using Linux for every day tasks (mainly productivity, software development) since 2001.
I was using KDE which became quite stable and feature rich in the last few years. KDEv3 I mean.
That the great idea of KDEv4 arrived and Ubuntu, my distribution of choice, decided to trash KDEv3 away.
I moved to GNOME as my daily work was suffering from instability and lack of features that were already in place in KDEv3.
They called public releases what I would have called "technology preview".
GNOME; on the other side, was not offering the feature richness seen in KDEv3 so I first started to install KDE packages and them few weeks ago, I reverted to KDEv4.
In this sense the KDE innovated too much. They have put a number of subsequent releases in the wild, from 4.0.0 on, that were barely stable and unlikely to be usable. I remember it took weeks to have the KNetworkManager be able to attach again to my good old network!
So my answer is "yes, it looks to me as is those people were not using the Linux Desktop for real daily work but rather for fun, eye candies and to show it up to firends" (Look ma, I have plasma now!)
The author says he didn't included IE 8 because there was no way to start it without opening a new window for every invocation!
I would have preferred to have it included despite this "big drawback" and have this thing explained in a note.
A partially meaningful test (upper limit?) is always better than no test at all!
I fear that this omission is to "protect" bad performances even in comparison of a browser by a company which seems to be in deep competition with Microsoft.
As the internet and the sat TV is altrady here.
And personally don't mind about TV: books are better by far. And they can be both digital and analogue at the same time.
and useless use of the solar energy.
But maybe I'm too dumb to appreciate it.
I got disappointed by things like NetworkManager applet not working at all, KDEBluetooth not working at all and so on. ...
As I used to use my Linux PC for everyday usage, I cannot afford a test-and-try approach (with expensive rollacks)!
Now I run GNOME, with fewer features but more stability as my Ubuntu distribution progresses
Again, my fear is that these KDE v4 releases are more like "interim releases" or betas than actual releases!
... as versions go by ...
How does this version compares to v3.5.10 as far as features and stability?
I'm still waiting to replace my ol' KDE v3 without harming my everyday work!
I personally run Linux on ASUS laptops since 2004. More or less happily. ...) left me with a usable system.
But the point here is quite simple: Linux does it better, but it takes time and sweat to.
In 5 years no single distribution I tried (Gentoo, KUbuntu, Ubuntu, Fedora
From time to time, the NetworkManager, the Bluetooth, the graphics card, the audio chip, the optical authoring, the webcam and so on awarded me with headaches and troubles.
Linux can be made more secure by far, it can sqeeze every single CPU cycle and can provide the best experience ever.
But not all at once and not with a single installation and not completely.
This is the dark part of the Linux. Resource fragmentation.
Too many projects trying to do more or less the same things, and none succeeding at 100%, and not even 75%.
If a popular FOSS project like Firefox can have a 10+ years bug on the core HTML rendering, why should we be picky on a 7+ years old on a less popular application? The bottom line is: none has (enough) interest in it.
They would rule the world with such a patent granted.