Plasma anyone?

[Clay Weber]

On Monday, March 30, 2015 06:25:28 AM O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 29/03/2015 20:57, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > I finally got 15.04 loaded and it seems to run fine with one MAJOR
> > problem for me.
> > 
> > It uses the plasma 5 desktop, which I wouldn't mind, except that my
> > entire desktop settings (icons, widgets, etc) are gone.   Now I'm all
> > for change, but making me start over with a desktop is not going to set
> > well with a lot of people I think.
 
> > 
> > Am I missing something here?  It's probably something stupid like
> > opening some secret window where all the settings will be...  but for
> > the moment it looks like I am a new user, without anything on the desktop.

The settings are in relatively the same places they always have been, and 
accessed the same ways; this is not like the drastic KDE3 to KDE4 move. 

> > 
> > Not a happy camper.
> 
> I am very reluctant to leave 14.10 for this reason. As I understand it
> Plasma5 is far from production ready

This is quite debatable, actually, especially in recent months. Plasma 5 is 
quite stable and even in early Kubuntu alpha and betas has gotten good press 
and praise, It is the still-pre-release Ubuntu side of things, where things 
like video drivers and the like can still poke people. 

> and I would not want to find that I
> can't use certain plasmoids, software etc because they are "not yet
> compatible". 

Your *software* will be compatible, some of the *plasma widgets*, yes, may not 
be available (especially third-party ones), but that list is shrinking as we 
get to plasma 5.3 soon. 

> Have a feeling that waiting for 15.10 could be a better option
.....for some people, sure. No problem with that ;)

-- 
Clay Weber