From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 15:33:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC844106564A for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nino80@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A8F8FC0C for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nino80@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so2347765yxb.13 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:33:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7X79IkhnDOEcnARwMpJuHkj+d+iI7T5VTSer0miTml0=; b=o++5B34Yy1JykAhLw053Vzla5pTadufU/Q2AMsqYS3i8x0VXlS9rjO+UiqySotSIFV nl8nLWrOzNtC1HphKhNh1zNQ7PFPVZNA8sx3+TjILrUW1Tmmvdqein5nMTrLaoBrgBE7 pQU0cPp7avOEXhaEDn8w/MwZk48H4fyE4FJLs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SU3qKoC5m5P+gZptnMAEtjv5vJlbeAOryEPkwFsh6mAoprVg1M0BljJuQvS56UXLIc EpkAT6ITyaQZ4YbnQ73ae2Acog1VZN1nAS5sqq56De+58FUsLt4Y3oYPXuDsBkzwq+Pp vRZMnOhG3cl3TpK1HdO46ag5bymG51DqVhUxI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.191.15 with SMTP id o15mr3356063ybf.217.1232982125827; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:02:05 -0800 (PST) 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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:02:05 +0100 Message-ID: <92bcbda50901260702h503648b6gc5c17b1ae9f211e@mail.gmail.com> From: n j To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: KDE: What a monster! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:11 -0000 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