Problems with KDE4 under Kubuntu Hardy

Frank (Erebus) erebus at rogers.com
Sun Jun 1 21:31:53 UTC 2008


Well, sorry I'm not as "smart" as you all are. I'm just a poor guy who 
finds problems with KDE4 that frustrate him. I used KDE3.5 for the 
longest time, but unfortunately on my PC my KDE 3.5 quit working but my 
KDE4 "works" (if you don't mind a bunch of basic, functionality like 
screensavers not working yet.

Frank near Toronto


Billie Walsh wrote:
> Frank (Erebus) wrote:
>   
>>>> At this rate, when Impudent Ibex (or whatever it's called) comes out, I shall
>>>> have to resort to the wretched GNOME.  Aaaaargh!
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>> I hear you. I am thinking the same thing because a simple thing like the 
>> slideshow screensaver doesn't even work in KDE4. Sorta sad I think.
>>
>> Frank near Toronto
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> GEEZ! Everyone getting their knickers in a knot of KDE4. If everyone had 
> followed the list threads for just about any Linux distro you can 
> imagine you would have had endless threads about KDE4 starting about 
> December last year. It was pretty much admitted/accepted that KDE4 was 
> rushed into release before it was REALLY ready because of several major 
> distro's major release cycles.
>
> OK, KDE4 is not complete/finished. It is at best an "RC" release and at 
> worst a late beta at this point. That's one of the reasons that a 
> "STANDARD" install/upgrade of Kubuntu uses KDE3.5.9. If you CHOSE to 
> install KDE4 you should consider yourself a "beta tester" and quit 
> whining about it.
>
> Most of the smart people held off on KDE4 until at least KDE4.1.
>   

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