KDE 4.0.0!

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 12 January 2008 11:22:39 pm Jason Straight wrote:
> On Saturday 12 January 2008 23:55:01 Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 January 2008 09:51:57 pm Terence Simpson wrote:
> > > Edwin Sendjaja wrote:
> > > > Eduardo, I have the same opinion with you. Well, this version should
> > > > be beta version.
> > > > I hope they will fix and add some funktions that kde 3.5.8 has
> > > > already. Who expect it to be supermega fast and supermega solid. We
> > > > just want a better destop than kde3.5.8, which is already super good
> > > > amd super solid.
> > >
> > > If you want to compare it to 3.5.8 then please wait until 4.5.8, then
> > > you'll be comparing things on an equal standing.
> >
> > I have to disagree here.  4.0 is the NEXT release in the KDE series, its
> > supposed to be better.  KDE 3 was way better than KDE 2.whatever, as I
> > recall, and KDE 2 was better than KDE 1.  We have a long history of
> > expecting better, not "as good".   What you are saying sounds like you
> > work for M$.
> >
> > Don't release a desktop just because its time, and expect me to act happy
> > about it if its crap.  Sorry, but I've read this thread, and over and
> > over again I'm hearing "can't do this" and "can't do that".  Can't
> > resize, no customization, no this, and no that.  It has me seriously
> > worried about running it.
>
> I have to agree here. While I appreciate the effort into KDE4, and I'm sure
> it'll turn out to be a great piece of work (probably quite soon, KDE is
> usually pretty quick with updates) I don't think the current stage of
> KDE4.0 is really something that should be called anything more than beta
> quality.
>
> A final release should be able to run more than 24 hrs w/o crashing, should
> have all it's components (PIM,KDM) up to date and working, and certainly
> should have waited until the most anticipated part of it was more than 2
> months old (plasma), and had it's features in place.
>
> I'm not at all dismayed with the work so far, just that it was rushed to be
> called RC, and gold.

Exactly.  I think the quality of it is more important than the timing of it.  
Let the Trade rags say what they will, their bashing M$ for being late never 
hurt sales.  I believe the guys who are working on KDE can and will get it 
right.

As for KDE 3 being very buggy, I don't recall that at all, of course my memory 
has been known to be in beta as well, :-D.  However, I do expect software ALL 
software to have problems, even KDE 3.5.8 has problems.  That's not an issue.  
What I'm beginning to wonder is how much participation in Beta the Devs got.  
If they're thinking everyone thought this was gold code, then I wonder if the 
problem doesn't come back on us as a user community.  I say that because I 
didn't see a whole heck of a lot of discussion about what was and what wasn't 
in KDE 4 feature wise, and what did and what didn't work function wise.

Even in the KDE user list I don't see very much on it.

-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!