Where the h%^&^%$#! is KDE 4.1 ? Part II

Arthur Pemberton pemboa at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 23:37:12 UTC 2008


On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:43 PM, linuxguy <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Its now 2 weeks past the end of July, when we were told KDE 4.1 would
> ship.

It has.

> I've been stuck with this crappy, half working KDE 4.0 interface
> for 6 weeks.  You could say I'm a bit miffed.

Sucks for you.

> Say whatever you want about Fedora being bleeding edge, etc, but this is
> by far the worst release Fedora and Redhat has ever done.

What does RedHat have to do with this?

> As far as I
> am concerned, the KDE team has knocked the credibility of Linux, Fedora
> and the KDE team itself way, way back.

Interesting opinion, I can't say I understand it. I'd argue you have
done more damage. I'm willing to put together a few points if you're
interested.

> I am very disappointed with the current state of the Linux desktop as
> demonstrated in F9.

Gnome actually is pretty nice, not that I would use it full time... or
by Linux desktop did you mean the K Desktop environment?

> The people that allowed KDE4.0 to ship in F9 showed
> a huge lapse in judgment.

How so? I think they underestimated how many freeloaders would bitch
about not having what they want when they want it.
Can any core member of the KDE SIG confirm/deny regret?

> Still upset about being stuck with KDE4.0,

Has that helped make it get out of updates-testing and to updates any faster?

> LG
Arthur


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