Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:02:05 +0100 From: n j <nino80@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE: What a monster! Message-ID: <92bcbda50901260702h503648b6gc5c17b1ae9f211e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090126150019.387d538b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090123191547.fd43d651.ejcerejo@optonline.net> <20090125022647.6b379fed.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090125144428.B44198@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090126150019.387d538b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Linus Torvalds on KDE4... [quote] Q: Another open source project that underwent a big change was KDE with version 4.0. They released a lot of fundamental architectural changes with 4.0 and it received some negative reviews. As a KDE user how has this impacted you? A: I used to be a KDE user. I thought KDE 4.0 was such a disaster I switched to GNOME. I hate the fact that my right button doesn't do what I want it to do. But the whole "break everything" model is painful for users and they can choose to use something else. I realise the reason for the 4.0 release, but I think they did it badly. They did so many changes it was a half-baked release. It may turn out to be the right decision in the end and I will re-try KDE, but I suspect I'm not the only person they lost. I got the update through Fedora and there was a mismatch from KDE 3 to KDE 4.0. The desktop was not as functional and it was just a bad experience for me. I'll revisit it when I reinstall the next machine which tends to be every six to eight months. The GNOME people are talking about doing major surgery so it could also go the other way. [/quote] Full story: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Software&articleId=9126619&taxonomyId=18&pageNumber=5 -- Nino
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