Is KDE 4 Stable? (was Re:Linus on Gnome 3.2)

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 7 16:07:17 UTC 2011


On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 12:41:49AM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> That's what I'm afraid of. Today, I was using Skype. I got a call on
> my land line that I chose to ignore so that I could continue my
> conversation on Skype. That plan was thwarted when my Internet
> connection dropped while the phone was ringing only to resume about
> 30 seconds after it stopped ringing.

That ususally indicates a failure to correcly place DSL filters on every
phone in the house. DSL requires those.  And if one is defective, it
breaks it too.

> Another issue is that I can't get anything faster than the 5M
> service here. It is noticeably slower than what I used to have with
> Rogers. Anything faster requires Bell to install fiber optic cable
> to a "remote" and there is no install date for that. If that were an
> option, I might be more inclined to iron the problems with the line
> but it isn't so I'm not. I tried to entice Bell by pretending to be
> interested in Fibe TV, which I'm not, but that wasn't enough for
> them to care.

They just started offering their fibe TV in my area.  Not interested.
Go away Bell. :)

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