[Ubuntu-ch] Ubuntu 9.04 SwissRemix d-f-i-e [OT KDE]

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi Theo,

(I don't know why on earth I have to change the address everytime I
click on reply, this should be reply-to-list by default, as it is in
all other ubuntu lists...)

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 18:44, Theo Schmidt<theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch> wrote:
> Myriam Schweingruber schrieb:

>> I think you are wrong, it is called evolution and progress, we have
>> been behind schedule long enough on new desktop technologies, now we
>> are taking the lead and trust me, from the response I get when
>> presenting the new KDE 4.3, it's all "wanna have!"
>
> I hope you are right. I do expect that young people and newcomers will love the
> new desktops, but conservative business users may not be that thrilled. I just
> helped somebody with a Novell SuSE SLED Installation, and this is Gnome but made
> up to look rather like an older KDE.

Well, businesses anyway will not change until the next LTS, so not a
problem for now.
..
>> FWIW, Kubuntu very much looks and behaves like upstream KDE intended
>> it to do. There is simply not enough manpower behind Kubuntu to
>> customize it. So if one wants a 'pure' KDE, Kubuntu is the choice to
>> go with.
>
> I havn't been able to find a "recommended" design at kde.org, but the main
> screenshot does appear to come from Kubuntu, as you say, with the black menu bar
> and a blue background.

The recommended design is the default from upstream, as simple as
that. It's Oxygen in KDE 4.2 and Air in KDE 4.3, although I changed
the latter back to Oxygen, Air is too white-ish for my taste.
>
>
>> PS. Not going to be that responsive in the next weeks, my health
>> resuming and a lot of work waiting for me.
>
> I guess you didn't get a "Schweinegrippe" but a "Schweingruber-grippaler
> Infekt". I hope you are better!

Confirmed H1N1, getting better and trying to catch up with tons of work.


Regards, Myriam.

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