Who killed KDE?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Mel Wilson wrote:
> I have a laptop that's been running kubuntu since 7.04.  After an
> upgrade to 8, and KDE 4 it got very disappointing.
>
> The new file manager truncates long filenames.  This means all the
> files in a new ARM7 development toolkit look exactly alike.  Mouseover
> used to show a sort of properties popup (which could include the full
> name).  Now mouseover just puts a bright '+' sign on the file icon, to
> no apparent purpose.
>
> The adept package manager used to be apt to falling over and dying.  I
> took to using apt-get.  Trying adept in kubuntu 8.10, it's hard to
> even see a list of packages.
>
> This post is a bit of a cheat.  I was going to ask for advice, but I
> have the time to spare today, so I'm installing regular ubuntu 8.10,
> like on my desktop.  Though there'll be a reprieve of an hour or so
> while I review my partition tables.

Given your timing, why not just try Kubuntu 9.04? It uses a newer
version of KDE that's much more stable.


- Evan

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