KDE4.x, a work in progress.
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| Ridcully Feb 16, 2010 3:25 AM EDT |
I look forward to an active CD or DVD for this version.....whichever. Strange this article should pop up today. I have just received my latest copy of a major UK Linux journal, for January and on p23 of vol 127, is a review of openSUSE 11.2 which contains KDE4.3.3 The reviewer's comment is rather revealing: "Although OpenSUSE is probably the best delivered KDE desktop, it still feels unfinished, but if you're used to KDE4.x, it should be fine." That says it all from where I see the situation: I use KDE3.5 on openSUSE 11.0. KDE4.4 will arrive on openSUSE in the second half of this year.......Now that will be interesting.......roll on KDE4.5. |
| nikkels Feb 16, 2010 4:49 AM EDT |
................................KDE4.4 will arrive on openSUSE in the second half of this year.......Now that will be interesting.......roll on KDE4.5. In a week or so , PCLinuxOS "" should "" release it's first official KDE4.4....in case you want a taste. Most probably a LiveCD ( or DVD ) |
| DiBosco Feb 16, 2010 5:41 AM EDT |
Can't wait to use 4.4. Mandriva Italia have done backports in the past of the latest 4.x version, so I'm hoping they'll do the same this time. Otherwise I assume 2010 Spring will have it. |
| dinotrac Feb 16, 2010 11:46 AM EDT |
Hmmm. So maybe 4.5 will finally be an acceptable desktop for the rest of us.
Only what? Two and a half years after 4.0,. and 8 and a half years after 3.0? Great job, guys. |
| pmpatrick Feb 16, 2010 12:06 PM EDT |
According to this: http://not403.blogspot.com/2010/02/kde-44-available-for-mand... A kde4.4 backport is already available for mandriva 2010. |
| dumper4311 Feb 16, 2010 12:11 PM EDT |
I see this from news.opensuse.org this morning: "KDE SC 4.3.5 is about to become available for openSUSE 11.2 as an online update (from 4.3.1). This release fixes many bugs, so we decided to push it as an online update instead of making it an optional update in the Build Service, and by fixing bugs we give our KDE contributors more time to work for openSUSE 11.3." I've been using the latest update of 4.3.x since moving to openSUSE 11.2, and have found it acceptable. Before 4.3 I wouldn't have touched it, but with some slight modifications (which I can now make, where before I couldn't), it's fairly comfortable, even for this die hard KDE 3.5 fan. 4.4 repos are available now in openSUSE, and I think I'll move to them and see what's new/fixed. |
| DiBosco Feb 16, 2010 12:47 PM EDT |
@pmpatrick - Thanks! I'm off to give that a go. @dino - I have this vague recollection of us discussing the speed (or otherwise) of KDE4 development somewhere before! ;~) |
| azerthoth Feb 16, 2010 1:04 PM EDT |
hmm, we pushed 4.4 into our non testing repo last week. Having had beta* and RC* in our testing repos through out their life cycle. |
| Bob_Robertson Feb 17, 2010 9:47 AM EDT |
So long as there is some listening to the user base, there is hope. |
| dinotrac Feb 17, 2010 1:13 PM EDT |
>So long as there is some listening to the user base, there is hope. Absolutely. Better late than never, as Firefox proved WRT to Mozilla. At least KDE doesn't have to worry about the likes of Internet Explorer eating up 90% of the DE space. |
| herzeleid Feb 17, 2010 2:48 PM EDT |
Somebody wake me when kde 4.x reaches the level of functionality that 3.5.x offered... |
| dinotrac Feb 17, 2010 3:28 PM EDT |
herzeleid -- Come on, guy -- don't be a party pooper. Don'tcha know the KDE team got to do a lot of REALLY kewl stuff and make some really boss effects. Pumped up their resumes, too. Got to focus on the important stuff. |
| gus3 Feb 17, 2010 3:57 PM EDT |
Good one, dino. |
| hkwint Feb 17, 2010 7:31 PM EDT |
herzeleid: What, you want to do a hibernation of five consecutive years? Wow, you must be tired! |
| herzeleid Feb 17, 2010 7:34 PM EDT |
@hkwint - hey, whatever it takes. I'm that dedicated... @dino - when you put it that way, it does make me look like an ungrateful lout. Oh well, I'll have to work on that. |
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