KDE 4...

[Antonio Olivares]

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Johnson <pauljohn32 at gmail.com>
> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:56:40 PM
> Subject: Re: KDE 4...
> 
> 
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> > Michal Janda <diskuse <at> jndm.net> writes:
> >> I have feeling that Fedora do not care about KDE users
> >
> > We do care, that's why we offer you the latest and greatest KDE. There are some
> > great things in KDE 4.0 already and there will be more great things (and less
> > breakage) in KDE 4.1, which we're planning to push as an update once it is
> > released. (I really hope this will work out, it will be a big improvement.)
> >
> 
> Do you get the feeling that Fedora might include the
> obviously-not-ready KDE as a way to kill it?  I can't see anybody
> choosing to use KDE now if they did not use it before.  On the other
> hand, I switched from Gnome to KDE 3.5 about 6 months ago, and liked
> it pretty well. Learned to use dcop and get some nice background
> effects.
> 
> When KDE 4 came out, I installed it and most of the stuff I really
> liked about KDE was gone, and could not get any advice on the kde
> mailing lists about how to find the features I wanted.  The KDE
> website had no documentation for version 4, especially when you wanted
> to do something other than find a way to open a panel or a clock.
> Nobody knew how to access dbus to run commands to change the
> background or stuff like that.  The common answer was "KDE 4 is not
> ready yet.."
> 
> Maybe Fedora is administering tough love to KDE.
> 
> Or, if the Fedora team really does prefer Gnome (and there are
> historical reasons why they ought to), they are giving the KDE group
> "enough rope to hang themselves".
> 
> pj
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I knew this was coming the warnings were there :).  These kinds of things happen. Thanks to some in the list I am finding my way on KDE 4, but it will take time adjusting.  I liked the digital clock, it is not there anymore.  I liked the quick task and the ability to put into the panels, it is somehow there, but it feels different.  

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-April/msg01793.html

Also, Thanks Rahul for sharing the article:

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/14/fedora-9-and-the-road-to-kde4/


Regards,

Antonio