Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Jan 2009 22:51 UTC
When KDE 4.0 was first released, it was met with quite some criticism. Even though people saw the huge potential, the lack of functionality and stability, as well as quite a few bugs detracted from the experience. The KDE developers continued to work on implementing their relatively radical vision, and with the release of KDE 4.2 creeping ever closer, it seems they're well on their way.
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Member since:2005-11-11
KDE 4.x has been improving with each point release. I firmly believe that KDE 4.3 will truly be something to reckon with. :-) The old adage "good things come to those who wait" comes to mind when considering the trials and tribulations of KDE 4 testers. Hang in there guys...the payoff will be worth it!
LOL that's what people were saying about 4.0. Then when 4.0 came out, everyone was saying how 4.1 was going to be the *real* release. Then when 4.1 came out, everyone was like, no, 4.2 is going to be the one to get! So now 4.3 is the shizna, and 4.2 is just pales in comparison? Haha. History is repeating itself yet again!
As much as I love KDE, it like so many open source projects are never done. This is a good thing and in some ways, a bad thing. Yeah I know, it will always improve! I know. But it doesn't stabilize for long. (incidently, kde 3 is mostly stabilized... nice)
Member since:2007-03-26
Yeah I know, it will always improve! I know. But it doesn't stabilize for long. (incidently, kde 3 is mostly stabilized... nice)
I'm a full time KDE4 user and I happen to think KDE4 is already mostly stabilized.
In fact there's only one bug I experience (Switching folder views on a mounted CIFS directory causes dolphin to crash - however that might be as much down to the CIFS connection / server as it is down to dolphin)
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KDE 4.x has been improving with each point release. I used to be a longtime KDE user and only switched to Gnome when I started using Ubuntu back in the day (circa 2005 or so) and have stuck with it ever since; switching back to my preferred Debian (by way of Parsix.) I've been watching the KDE 4 development with interest, however, because KDE was always the power user's desktop compared to the more simplified Gnome and I ultimately prefer it. I firmly believe that KDE 4.3 will truly be something to reckon with. :-) The old adage "good things come to those who wait" comes to mind when considering the trials and tribulations of KDE 4 testers. Hang in there guys...the payoff will be worth it!