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Lennart Sorensen wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Of course, then I tried ubuntu 8.10 with **KDE4... and thus far -
while it looks "prettier" - the broken functionality over KDE3 tends
to lead to think that even Linux, at least in terms of the UI, is far
from faultless in this regard.
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kde4 just seems broken in many ways. It's nearly imposible to find
where to configure things and make it work like it should. I don't know
what the kde people were thinking with that.
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I agree, There are too many things that seem missing, poorly placed, or
changed for the sake of change.<br>
The new file browser (dolphin) is a bug step up in usability over KDE3
but they haven't yet enabled video thumbnails.<br>
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Firefox and Thunderbird specifically seem less stable since I upgraded,
with the former crashing about once daily at random spots.<br>
I used to be able to right-click on an archive file and have it extract
to a subdirectory; that's gone now.<br>
I find the new default window look-and-feels jarring and will probably
look to re-install some Crystal themes.<br>
The darker panels and menus (a look shared with Vista) make it look
more like a gamerz environment than a home or business system.<br>
And I guess I just can't think enough out of the box yet to appreciate
the KDE newfound obsession with floating widgets (even though there
really aren't very many to choose from)<br>
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In all there seems to be plenty of potential but I feel like I'm
participating in a beta test and not a production-grade distribution.
KDE 4.2 is supposed to fix a zillion little things (as I was told 4.1
did before that) and I'm cautiously optimistic that it might be ready
for public consumption at that point. But not yet.<br>
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<pre wrap="">** Has anyone else tried KDE4? I'd love to swap notes and try to sort out the big annoyance it's become.
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Sure, but I don't know how much help I'll be. I'm encountering more
annoyances than I'm solving....<br>
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- Evan<br>
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