No more Konqueror in Kubuntu 10.10

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Friday, May 21, 2010 10:24 PM, Michael Haney wrote:
>>> The default browser in Kubuntu 10.10 will be replaced by a new
>>> browser called Rekonq.
> 
>> What is this blooming tendency in Ubuntu devs to make new stuff
>> DEFAULT instead of just offering them alongside current stable
>> stuff?
> 
> Rekonq is offered in the repo already. But probably nobody uses the new 
> stuff unless it is default. It worked with Dolphin, why shouldn't it 
> work with Reconq? The version of Reconq coming with 10.04 seems to be as 
> "good" as a browser, as Dolphin was as a file manager when it was made 
> the Kubuntu default. As long as Konqueror is still available, I don't 
> really care which is the default.

Yes, brilliant. Let's have another round of KDE 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 like they
did in Inteprid, Jaunty and Karmic. Okay, this is not as bad but hello,
what replacement is there for kiosktool in KDE 3.5 on Hardy in Lucid,
the new LTS release?


> 
>> All this is making Ubuntu/Kubuntu distros for the devs.
> 
> I don't think so. Making Reconq the default for 10.10 is OK, IMHO. Then 
> there is enough time to let it grow up before the next LTS version.
> 

Glad that worked for KDE side of things...not unless you are a dev or geek.