Is this possible?

[Billie Walsh]

Art Alexion wrote:
> On Friday 07 November 2008 8:53:53 am Billie Walsh wrote:
>   
>> I've asked this question before but no one seems to want to address it
>> so I will restate it in another form.
>>
>> _Who is holding a gun to your head to force you to change to 8.10/4.x????_
>>
>> I presume, from the tone of many, that 8.04/3.5.10 is installed on most
>> of your computers and working just fine. Doing what you want it to just
>> the way you want it done. 8.04 will be supported for at least the next
>> year and the "Ubuntu" part of it for another year plus after that.
>>
>> I'll answer my own question.
>>
>> _NO ONE!!_
>>
>> Here's the conundrum for the developers. They only have so much man
>> power to develop Kubuntu or KDE. Right now KDE is going through a major
>> change so _all_ their efforts need to be focused on making it work,
>> leaving no time available to work on KDE 3.x. The Kubuntu developers had
>> to make a decision based on this fact. Right or wrong I'm sure they made
>> what to them seemed the best [ most logical ?? ] choice knowing full
>> well that 8.04 would be supported, and stable/usable, for at _least_
>> another year.
>>
>> If it's a production machine stick with 8.04/3.5.10 for at least the
>> next year. If it's a play computer and your willing to put up with KDE
>> 4.x while they get it "fixed", go for it. If your handing someone a
>> disk, give them 8.04/3.5.10 and tell them not to upgrade till at least
>> next spring and more likely next fall. It's not that hard to figure out.
>>
>> I have an OLD 386 Bondwell laptop under my desk that still runs DOS 6.22
>> and Windows 3.1 just fine. That softwareis at least thirteen years past
>> it's "expiration date". It still does what it's supposed to do. Old
>> software/OS's don't die just because they have been replaced
>>     
>
> OK, Billie, what do I do if I buy a new machine in the next year with hardware 
> that isn't supported by 8.04, but is supported by 8.10?  What do I install?
> The answer could be gnome, or possibly an entirely different distro.  But 
> that's a shame, because I have worked with Ubuntu since 2004 and I am 
> comfortable with it.  And before Kubuntu was available, you could still "sudo 
> apt-get install kde" on Warty.
>
> I don't control the distro and can't force its direction.  All I can do, with 
> many of the others here, is try to influence its future path with our 
> comments and posts.
>   


Do you _really_ expect hardware to make such a quantum leap that it 
can't be used? Do you have some "insider" information that we all should 
know about? *<];o)

OK, to answer your question.

Well................... If its about March I would install Kubuntu 9.04. 
If its about November I would install Kubuntu 9.10.

Hey, you asked.


KDE 4.x will never be KDE 3.5.x. Thats a fact that can't be changed. 
However, I do believe that within the next year it will improve by leaps 
and bounds. I installed 8.10/4.1 on my computer on a separate hard drive 
and have been playing with it a bit. Now, I'm no power user and my 
computer wouldn't qualify as a "production machine" because I mostly 
surf and do e-mail. There are things I don't like, BUT there are some 
things I quite like. The more I play with it the more it grows on me. 
I'm getting some of my files moved over and pushing buttons to see how 
long it takes me to break it. However, I have no intention of scrapping 
my 8.04/3.5.10 install anytime soon, but if I see it getting better I 
just might.

Just think. When KDE 5 comes out we will have this whole thing to go 
through again. By then KDE 4.x will be every bodies mostest favorite 
ever. Someone else already mentioned the flap when KDE 3 came out.

Influencing it's [ KDE ] possible future direction would probably be 
best done on a list that is more involved with the developers. Does no 
good here. I can barely program my VCR. *<]:oD

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