Konqueror problems

[claydoh]

On Saturday 27 September 2008 4:24:15 am Knapp wrote:
> >> Bleeding edge for me is all in the 3d graphics department and I don't
> >> see that being a problem. On the other hand I have always upgraded but
> >> perhaps my upgrade to hardy will be my last for some time. I have
> >> heard nothing about KDE 4 that makes me think of it as being ready for
> >> the real world. It is really crazy of them to force Dolphine on people
> >> when it is not yet stable and to make Konq use Dolphine as the file
> >> browser makes me feel mad. This is the first time I have ever felt
> >> that way about *Ubuntu. I remember feeling like that about Madrake
> >> right before it flopped.
> >
> > As a very long time Red Hat fan, Fedora just sucked the wind out of me
> > as I spent more time maintaining a "bleeding edge" platform that blew up
> > routinely with an over night upgrade. I really had some important stuff
> > to do, and none was getting done patching up overnight problems. But, if
> > you just want bleeding edge on the desktop and enjoy that kinda thing,
> > it's the place to be for an experienced user. It's murder on a newbie
> > though. So, I finally switched to Kubuntu as I didn't want to be forced
> > into KDE4 and am perfectly happy with KDE3. I'm finally getting devel
> > stuff done, and that is what I want to do with my computer. Use it as a
> > useful tool. I agree that KDE has to grow and evolve. No question about
> > it. I just happen to like the fact that Kubuntu remains stable for a
> > much longer period of time than a distro like Fedora. I also have CentOS
> > on another partition, but since I need Sun's JDK instead of openjdk,
> > Kubuntu wins hands down for native support. My two cents. And yes, once
> > KDE4 settles down and matures, I'll use it. Ric
>
> Agreed, when KDE4 runs ever major bit of software just as well as 3
> but with less cpu usage and less memory usage and does it without me
> having to edit 20 files, I will switch also. If not then it is not an
> improvement. I don't like eye candy, well I like it for a about 60
> minutes, after that I want to get work done. If it improves my work
> flow then I am all for it. If it improves beauty then that is good to
> but not at the cost of many cpu cycles or memory. My computer is a
> tool for doing things, the desktop is the bit for moving from tool to
> tool and maybe helping with the transfer of data.
>
> --
> Douglas E Knapp
>
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Who is forcing anyone to use Dolphin? Konqueror  is still a file browser, just 
like it is in KDE3. I don't understand all this fuss and fud over something 
that is plain false.

Stick with Hardy, there is nothing wrong with doing that.
Use the tool that works best for YOU

-- 
Clay Weber