First impressions of dolphin

[Juan Carlos Torres]

On Tuesday 09 October 2007 1:28:17 am Steve Lamb wrote:
>     No, he is not.  He said that "a lot of upgraders suddenly found much
> reduced functionality!"  That is an accurate statement.  I was on 7.04
> before and had Konqueror's powerful file manager at my fingertips.  I
> upgraded to 7.10 and now I no longer have Konqueror's powerful file
> manager at my fingertips.  The fact that it wasn't Konqueror that
> changed and that it is a new, dumbed-down, file manager does not change
> the fact that I, as an upgrader, suddenly found myself with much reduced
> functionality!  So much so that I am pissed about it.

Ok, deep breathes. Konqueror's powerful file manager is still at your finger 
tips. Nothing was removed. D3lphin is just installed and configured to be the 
defualt file manager. You can easily switch from D3lphin to Konqueror.

>     I'd like a choice in the matter, thanks.  I don't know if I do since
> 7.10 has been such a mess so far.  My Laptop went from rock solid to
> highly unstable.  I'm having a hell of a time ripping out the parts I
> don't need, parts I don't want and fighting random CPU loads and lockups
> that I might just re-install 7.04 and ride backports.  I know it is a
> beta install but, ouch, this feels less like a beta and more like an
> alpha.

Yeah there are some rough edges here and there. But none of them have to do 
with Dolphin at all. I'm guessing in this case, the culprit is Strigi.