KDE 4.1

[Richard S. Crawford]

On Tuesday 29 July 2008 00:34:47 Alain Muls wrote:
> Does anybody else experience the same kind of problems.
> When will kde v4 be ready for daily desktop use?

I also prod at 4.1 occasionally. I agree that it's gorgeous and fast, and 
definitely takes the KDE environment in exciting new directions.

I've stuck with KDE 3.5.x, though, for a couple of reasons. First, I'm lazy. I 
don't fancy the idea of migrating all of my data from 3.5 to 4.1, and taking 
the time to set up my desktop the way I like it. 

Second, I haven't yet seen any "OMGIMUSTHAVEITNOW!" features in 4.1 that would 
really convince me to migrate. KDE 3.5.x does everything I need, far more 
successfully than any other desktop environment I've used (not a slam against 
GNOME or any other environment, just a statement about how my own needs are 
met). Plus, with Compiz/Fusion/whatever installed I can spend hours just 
playing with pretty widgets.

As I understand it, KDE 4 is meant to be a development platform around which a 
newer, better desktop environment will be built, and not a complete 
environment itself, so it will take some time before KDE 4.x is as feature 
complete as 3.5.x is. And since the KDE group will continue development on 
the 3.5 series for now (3.5.10 is due out later this summer), and since I'm 
just a programmer or developer, I simply have no need to make the switch for 
now.

-- 
Slainte,
Richard S. Crawford
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