Linked by lemur2 on Thu 26th Jan 2012 22:42 UTC
KDE has announced its latest set of releases, providing major updates to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform. Version 4.8 provides many new features, and improved stability, performance and dynamic power management.
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Really glad to see stability and performance improvements listed as a goal in 4.8. I just wish they would dedicate a single release ONLY to stability and performance. Freeze all features and just concentrate on making the ones they already have work well without crashing or bogging down the system.
KDE already works perfectly well without crashing or bogging down the system.
It is just that KDE SC 4.8 does an even better job in this regard than previous releases did.
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KDE already works perfectly well without crashing or bogging down the system.
It is just that KDE SC 4.8 does an even better job in this regard than previous releases did.
I do not use KDE so I cannot comment on stability. The primary reason that I do not use it though is because I find it bogs down my system. It is easily the heaviest of the desktops (eg. KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, Enlightenment, stand-alone WMs). I have tried every version up until 4.7. I will give 4.8 a try as well at some point.
I am glad it works for you but, given the relative performance of KDE, I do not think that you can objectively call it snappy.
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And it would be perfect if they can make it lightweight as in KDE3, and reduce memory consumption.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKII7Yb75XE
According to this reviewer, who offers video hard evidence in support of his statements, KDE4 is easily lightweight enough to run very smoothly, even on low-resource systems such as netbooks.
"I was able to install this on a 900 MHz netbook".
Edited 2012-01-27 07:47 UTC
Member since:2006-07-16
Yep.
And it would be perfect if they can make it lightweight as in KDE3, and reduce memory consumption.
And it would be perfect if they can make it lightweight as in KDE3, and reduce memory consumption.
This tired old bellyache again? You should check out the new razor-qt desktop then... It was designed just for those who can't let go of KDE 3.x
http://razor-qt.org/
Edited 2012-01-27 11:34 UTC
Member since:2007-11-24
Yep.
And it would be perfect if they can make it lightweight as in KDE3, and reduce memory consumption.
And it would be perfect if they can make it lightweight as in KDE3, and reduce memory consumption.
KDE4 is modular, so to some extent, it is lightweight, if you only want a base-install and a few extra applications.
Even a default Windows XP installation is several GB in size, so KDE4 is lightweight compared to that.
Edited 2012-01-27 13:34 UTC
Member since:2007-06-21
KDE is developed by hundreds of volunteers, working on their own prefered directions.
There's not, and there could not be a 'management' to drive the development process. KDE could not force a 'stability release' among its developers.
However, 'stability and performance' is the path kde is actually taking. In the past few releases, most of the effort has been put into polishing various parts, not adding new features.
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Really glad to see stability and performance improvements listed as a goal in 4.8. I just wish they would dedicate a single release ONLY to stability and performance. Freeze all features and just concentrate on making the ones they already have work well without crashing or bogging down the system. Heck, *remove* some features if necessary to achieve it. Remember that stability and performance are the must-have features.
Edit: Oh, and by the way, a huge thanks to the KDE team for producing a product that still runs and acts the same even without 3D driver support. I HATE it when other systems require 3D drivers just to render menus or provide a bunch of superfluous effects.
Edited 2012-01-27 04:38 UTC