Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:27:52 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE Stability (was Re: Regarding Promoting KDE - Wait, why not GNUstep?) Message-ID: <36B7D048.C31F30D7@verinet.com> References: <199902030042.SAA09141@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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David Kelly wrote: > > Kris Kennaway writes: > [...] > > Having said all this, the last time I tried KDE was the 1.0 release, which I > > found to be terribly unstable. I assume from the lack of comments in this > > direction that the code has matured a lot since then and this is no longer a > > problem. If so, I think this is a superb idea and not one which can be > > reasonably objected to. If only I had some free HD space to reinstall KDE, I'd > > jump in and help get things underway. > > I too tried KDE 1.0 and got tired of *.core files laying around. Today > installed the most current port of KDE 1.1 on my 2.2.8 box and putted > around with kmail to see if it could make me happy. > > Kmail reminds me a lot of Eudora. If only message composition/viewing > were in a separate floating window (as I'm using with exmh2, and used > to under the Mac versions of Eudora) then I'd almost be happy. > > Guess my first sin was to run kmail under twm. Kmail spits out way too > many debugging messages, many of which say, "something failed." > Attempts to launch Help generated a core dump, possibly because I > wasn't running kwm. IMHO if KDE was fit for public consumption then it > would bother to find out it lacks some resource before core dumping. > Kmail is not integral to the KDE desktop. It installs from one of the base KDE packages but I think the last time I looked at it was Beta 3 of KDE. I do not suggest we suspend our judgment and accept the entire package as is. If a GUI mail client is necessary, Mozilla meets the basic need; the current version is at least usable and will only improve as the Open Source releases begin to appear. As you know, KDE is comprised of a huge number of packages developed in parallel around a basic framework. The quality varies widely; FreeBSD should recognize the parts that represent it well, and leave the rest to those who make the effort. I believe that enough of the core of KDE is stable, useful and worthy of a FreeBSD desktop. > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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