[Kubuntu] About Kde Integration

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sun Feb 25 02:31:17 UTC 2007


Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen a écrit :
>> Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
>>> Ouattara Oumar Aziz a écrit :
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I have tried kubuntu this afternoon, and I got pretty upset, so upset 
>>>> that I downloaded Mandriva 2007 to see the difference and ... There is a 
>>>> big gap between the two kde integration. After I finish installing that 
>>>> Mandriva on a VM I'll try to make a video and post it here.
>>>>
>>>> So my point is, When I look at Gnome on Ubuntu, I can *Feel the 
>>>> Desktop*, designed to be clean an easy to see and use. When I look at 
>>>> KDE on kubuntu, I feel like they just installed KDE and a bunch of 
>>>> software and *basta* . So I first thought " Geez, how did I used KDE for 
>>>> a so long time when I was on Mandriva ? Did kde changes that much ?". So 
>>>> to check my impression out I retried Mandriva, and I can realize now, it 
>>>> 's a problem of integration.
>>>>
>>>> So now I come to you, and just want to know what are your impression 
>>>> about this integration thing.
>>>>
>>>> PS: Maybe it was because I tried with Feisty which is still in 
>>>> development. I'm downloading Edgy to check.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, here goes some videos
>>>
>>> KDE on Kubuntu
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sYD2ZOrOcQ
>>>
>>> I focused on the menu (that I find messy) . Also,( maybe that's a bug or 
>>>   isn't activated) The system doesn't remember the password.
>> What do you mean?
>>
> 
> Well, my first problem was all the parenthesis in the menu. they make it 
> heavy (i think) . If they could make just like in Ubuntu, choose a set 
> of software and not put the name of the software before its function.
> 
> Secondly, under each category, there are softwares that I can understand 
>   are related to that category but still ... There shouldn't be 
> configuration/Administration tools mixed with desktop software.
> 
> The system setting panel should be used to clean up the desktop menu 
> from administrative tools.

Thanks, but I really meant about the password.
> LOL, I can swear I didn't make it on purpose :) .

Okay, but that's classic marketing. :)

In fact I hate Mandriva
> (not the distribution itself but the spirit of the developers team) I 
> won't explain why exactly :)

I'm actually using gnewsense-kde (http://www.gnewsense.org/), which is
Ubuntu without unfree software, for similar reasons.

Matthew Flaschen

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