Linus on Gnome 3.2

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 01:18:49PM -0500, Ted wrote:
> On 12/02/2011 01:12 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 11:24:17AM -0500, Sammy Lao wrote:
> >>It took a long time for KDE 4.x to be stable/useable.
> >>
> >>People should give Gnome time an benefit of the doubt.
> >kde 4.x was a bit unstable and buggy, but at least the user interface
> >worked the way you would expect it to.
> >
> i , like many, bailed from kde (2.x?), when the next release was  a
> bug fest.
> Always liked kde better for its extra power, but have been with
> gnome for about last 4 years i am guessing.
> I was going to go back to kde , next i do a update/install, but..
> you say still a bit buggy and unstable?
> no 4.x release point (even if 6-12 months old) is built proof yet?
> I will have my current gnome 2 main desktop system (on 24/7/365),
> have a crash (out of desktop to text console) maybe 1-2 times per
> year,
> people not seeing this stability yet with kde 4.x ?

No kde 4.x is fine now.

Of course some people are using xfce instead.  Much lighter weight and
nice and simple to work with it seems.  I keep meaning to give it a try.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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