OT. This list has become "Neighbours, The Vollom Years".

[David McGlone]

On Wednesday 20 May 2009 4:09:24 pm nepal.roade at googlemail.com wrote:
> But then I have no right to expect Steven to be other than Steven, and IMO,
> this is how he is and subsequently a large part of the list is about Steven
> and his problems, not technical issues as such, (did I mention this is my
> opinion only?).

But isn't that what this list if here for?

>
> With the functional mess that is KDE at present and the amount of noise now
> on this list, I'm departing, but decided I should let Steven know he is
> part of the reason.

Just don't read his e-mail if it bothers you that much.

>
> This does not detract in any way from the help that I have received on this
> list, but with the current state of KDE, the loss of a great and
> *functional* file manager called konqueror, I've been pushed to try Gnome
> again and I'm swapping to it. I used to hate Nautilus, but it has actually
> become much more useful for me, despite it still not having a split view,
> but there are other Gnome file managers which can provide that when 
>needed.

Sometimes we all get the idea in our head that the grass is greener on the 
other side. Only way to find out is to check, but very rarely it is.
>
> I'm saddened to leave KDE, I started to learn about Linux using KDE and its
> similarities to Windows were a blessing, but now, to release software that
> is barely functional but looks pretty, that is way too much like Windows!
> Discovering that the developers are working on a windows kde version don't
> help either!

I am running KDE 4.2.3 and I have yet run into an app that partially worked.

Blessings,
David M.
http://www.dmcentral.net