| Matthew Rosewarne on 2 Jul 2008 15:00:54 -0700 |
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On Wednesday 02 July 2008, Eric wrote: > I just helped a associate through an install and configuration of opensuse > 11 and I'll note that "largely horrible" is faint condemnation compared to > the things that we had to say about it! It's no secret that I'm somewhat partial both to KDE and understatement, but calling that release "4.0" was a massive mistake in my view. > Do you know that you cannot right-click and add a shortcut to the desktop? > Only "Widgets" can be added this way. They appear to be applets - not > simple shortcuts. You cannot have different wallpapers for different > desktops!! There were so many things that were missing or "broken" that > frankly we were disgusted. I'm hoping - no, PRAYING - that 4.1 is a > quantum leap BACK to 3.x features and functionality. It is quite true that there are plenty of features missing due to the massive overhaul of the entire codebase. The Plasma desktop in particular was not at all ready in 4.0, and the panel still will not have the immense flexibility of kicker in 4.1. However, unless you have a particularly zany kicker setup, you'll be at very least satisfied with the 4.1 panel. There will *not*, however, be a return to the "old ways" of making the desktop an icon dumping ground. Instead, that type of functionality has been replaced with the "folder view" widget. Give it a fair try and it should convince you how much of a better approach it provides over kdesktop's. Attachment:
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