KDE4 released

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 24 Jan 2008, 20:24

For those of you who dont know yet

http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php

Looks a bit "kiddie" to me. Quite disappointing considering how long some of us have been waiting for this

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 24 Jan 2008, 20:36

Meh

The look is ok, its the kinda look I would get bored of though. Thing is, how well does it perform? My experiences with KDE so far (not sure which version) arent that hot. I installed OpenSUSE a while ago and was very dissapointed

I still think Gnome OWNS!

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 24 Jan 2008, 21:01

g0ldback wrote: I still think Gnome OWNS!

I've been using KDE for many years - moved over to Gnome only when 7.10 was released...

I gotta agree with you - Gnome is a lot better. (and more stable)

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 24 Jan 2008, 21:17

Im not sure why, but to me (maybe its just my PC) but running the KDE enviroment takes so much longer, its not all that stable....and it somehow reminds me of a XP-ish look. Kinda like Fisher Price toys or something.
Im happy with Gnome, its fast, stable and very customizable

Has anyone used KDE4 yet? I might have, I got OpenSUSE 10.3 installed...

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 24 Jan 2008, 23:06

I've always hated KDE. There's just something about it that i really dislike... no idea what:?

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 25 Jan 2008, 06:52

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I've always hated KDE. There's just something about it that i really dislike... no idea what:?

Maybe the fact that it resembles Windows?

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 25 Jan 2008, 07:55

AlphA wrote:
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I've always hated KDE. There's just something about it that i really dislike... no idea what:?
Maybe the fact that it resembles Windows?

I remember posting about the KDE enviroment in some other thread. It does resemble Widows

Theres My Computer, theres a "Start" Menu, which works sometimes, others it doesnt, YaST is the worst admin tool ever created, slow etc etc

If you guys want a real Linux enviroment to work with, that actually works and is powerful beyond belief - use the Gnome Kernel

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 25 Jan 2008, 08:19

My bad, wrong thread

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 25 Jan 2008, 14:02

YaST is not a "KDE Tool", its SuSE's package manager/setup tool (Yet Another Setup Tool). And its not that bad if you use it from the command-line (type "yast2"). Much quicker than working in the GUI. I like the fact that it can be used remotely via ssh.

Lastly, Gnome is a GUI, not a kernel, but I'm sure everybody knows what you meant.

WAJeff · Post by **WAJeff** » 25 Jan 2008, 14:04

Oh geez, I think I should look up some fancy words with Judas before posting them. My bad guys....

But ja, back on topic - not a fan of KDE

Post by **ryanrich** » 25 Jan 2008, 14:48

Yup, KDE looks very kiddie to me, Gnome FTW!

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 25 Jan 2008, 17:19

[off topic]Ryan --> Just read yoru sig .... What 17" LCD do you have that runs at such a high res? [/off topic]

Mozz · Post by **Mozz** » 26 Jan 2008, 10:37

LOL @ Alpha.......its called a High Res Notebook Panel

Gnome is da best

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 26 Jan 2008, 11:17

Yeah alpha, that's a notebook LCD. I wish all 17" LCDs could do that res

Anyway, yeah, you're right, KDE resembles windows, that's one of the things i dislike.

And like Jeff, i absolutely HATE Yast. I haven't used it from the command line like you though, but i have no intention to do so any time soon

Gnome FTW baby, gnome FTW!

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 26 Jan 2008, 23:32

I love KDE.
Not because it resembles Windows, it is a lot more flexible than GNOME.
KDE is not slow at all - install PCLinuxOS and you will see! (SUSE is just slow and buggy - not KDE's fault).
I don't understand why people call it 'kiddie' - GNOME is the simplistic one from what I can see.

Linoman · Post by **Linoman** » 27 Jan 2008, 09:04

You know, KDE4's release was premature. Its not even finished, half the features do not work. And I never really liked KDE 3x so I guess until KDE4 is decent (could take a year or so); I'll have to use Gnome

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 27 Jan 2008, 09:59

mozz wrote: LOL @ Alpha.......its called a High Res Notebook Panel

shiv wrote:install PCLinuxOS and you will see! (SUSE is just slow and buggy - not KDE's fault).

100% agreed

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