Comments on: A Quick Look at KDE SC 4.5 Beta 1

By: bobschumaker

bobschumaker — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:02:07 +0000

Gnome has become solid over the last few years. I have stayed with Gnome for this reason. I loved KDE and still do but the youtube demonstrations are not promising.

I think the problem with KDE “on top of the hood” is that it feels very rough. Like someone already pointed out, many of the UI elements ( for example the notification area ) feel, dare I say it, amateurish. I know this has also a lot to do with distro support. Archlinux and like distro’s look great. Kubuntu I hate. The new notification area seems like a glorified log viewer.

By: Mannex

Mannex — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:07:47 +0000

I’m on Archlinux with KDE 4.4.4. Now with Xorg-server 1.8.1 and latest Nvidia drivers I’m seeing some issues with a few youtube videos (funny those work when imbedded) anyhow, KDE runs much faster, stable and boots quicker with latest xorg server, now more WMs can scrap HAL.

By: TN-048

TN-048 — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:52:40 +0000

I really like KDE too. I have no idea why people are complaining about it because in my opinion it is by far the best. It does what I need it to do, it looks good while doing it and since it is open-source I can mess with it and compile it on whatever I want (If it’s not pre-packaged for the distro I’m using). It’s nice and clean, plus you get all those wicked desktop effects lol. All in all I think KDE is great!

By: SteveH

SteveH — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:41:24 +0000

Sadly, the KDE team managed to alienate a big percentage of their user-base with the release of KDE 4. This was not because it was different, but because it DIDN’T WORK! It’s not surprising that there is, now, a certain amount of negativity (“whining”!).

I, for one, was not “whining”. I am pleased to see that the KDE team are prepared to make the difficult (and mature) decision to defer the release of something that isn’t 100% working.

By: jen

jen — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:23:44 +0000

Que lindo!, me encanta
i like it, i dont know how others complaint, if u dont like it dont use it, because some people like me like it. im a new user and i never use 3.5 but there are some distros that still use 3.5 use them, or use what ever enviroment u like.
but for me looks great.
enlightment and kde are the best looking enviroment of linux, but kde is more friendly, even the bar menu in enlightment i found too little, not good for people with vision problems. so keep the good work, and there many linux enviroment to chose so is easy to chose, so for me there no reason to complaint.

By: man

man — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:21:31 +0000

You guys haven’t been using KDE enough should refrain from commenting … if you have an opinion better to express that as a question than to whine without end.

I’ve been at KDE since the 1.x days. I use Slackware …
KDE has come a long way and the reason KDE is … is because of its feature rich oodles and oodles of configurability.

While Gnome does have Gtk+ behind it … its up to the user to decide if they like KDE or Gnome.

So KDE brings out features that KDE Users will like and love. If you don’t dig KDE you can always reconfigure it or switch to Gnome.

Please don’t complain. Just Do It .

By: SteveH

SteveH — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:10:55 +0000

The deferral of Akonadi makes perfect sense. A (very) generous assessment of it, right now, would be: “flaky”.

Currently, any serious Kontact user will be constantly struggling with what’s already been done to the address book. Try adding a contact then immediately using it (without restarting Akonadi & Kontact!) from within Kmail. Try creating a distribution list. And if you do figure out how to do that, try using it from Kmail.

If Akonadi “infects” further parts of Kontact, it will render the whole product unusable.

Note. I’ve been a 100% KDE user for over five years – and continue to struggle on!!!

By: Lestibournes

Lestibournes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:50:58 +0000

I like Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I think any operating system should be able to switch between any supported languages without rebooting.

Many people recommend using openSUSE for it’s implementation of KDE, but I find it uncomfortable.

By: George

George — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:08:59 +0000

I used kde from the beginning. I loved it. KDE 3 was absolutely amazing. But since a few months, I just couldn’t take it any more, and stopped using KDE.

Developers should recognize that KDE 4 is a train wreck. Throw it away, get KDE 3.5, and continue from there.

By: Abe

Abe — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:21:18 +0000

I believe you are suffering from Windows overload.

There is nothing in KDE that looks like windows other than having the task bar at the bottom with KDE/Start icon on far left.