[15.04 64Bit]-Stop Complaining About It...

[Michael Hirsch]

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Alan Dacey (grokit)
<grokit at ajinfosearch.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:11:18 PM Jesse Palser wrote:
>
>> Seriously?
>
>> I have to read all these emails?
>
>> If you are unhappy with Kubuntu then go back to Windows.

Hah.  Good one!  If you are unhappy with the mailing list go to a
windows mailing list.

> Back to Windows? Nah, I have work to do. Windows is only for some games.

Is that what it is good for?  I knew there must be a reason for it.

> The abundance of emails we have to read about the new KDE software will
> happen every time there is a version bump. It happened when KDE 4 was
> released and will happen again when KDE 6 is released.

That isn't my issue.  KDE 4 was just plain broken for several years.
KDE 5 actually seems quite good to me.  What annoys me is:

1) All my settings are lost.  I have to redo my panels, windows,
shortcuts, etc.  Most of the features are still there, but no attempt
was made to translate them from KDE 4 to KDE 5.  Bad form!

2) No warning was given.  Yes, it said that this one ran KDE 5, but I
never saw a warning that I would lose all my settings.  I figured that
we had better and newer underpinnings, not that everything would be
lost.

Basically, it felt like the developers of Kubuntu disrespected me.
They acted like my time and effort is not important.  So maybe I lose
a couple of days work? Who cares.  At least I'm running nicer code.

I use Ubuntu because I always felt like they respected the desktop
user.  It was pleasant to use and followed the principle of least
surprise.  Kubuntu was even better because it had an even nicer UI
than Ubuntu but followed many of the same principles.

I no longer feel that I can recommend )K)ubuntu to my less technical
friends, and I'm sad about that.

Michael