[CS-FSLUG] KDE 4 and SuSE

[Nathan T.]

Timothy Butler wrote:
>
> On Apr 3, 2008, at 3:44 PM, David McGlone wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone here know what package I need to install to get KDE 4  
>> on SuSE
>> 10.2?
>>     
>
> 	Select "gnome." That will let you skip over KDE 4 to KDE 5! ;-)
>
>
> 	-Tim
>   
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Of course you know I just can't let that slip by. KDE has it's merits 
over Gnome, and I personally think that it's more consistent (for 
example with the size & resizing of desktop icons). The biggest problem 
I've had with KDE, and the reason I'm using Ubuntu now, is that the 
extensions and smaller applications would be lacking features, and often 
would outright just crash and make the whole desktop experience seem 
unprofessional. Having a lot of the applications I got hooked on in 
Windows only be available in Linux as GTK applications with that 
backward button ordering didn't help me stay with KDE either.

Gnome finally made me feel comfortable enough with the version that came 
with Ubuntu 7.10 to get me to switch away from KDE. The biggest appeal 
to Gnome is that the programs and features I want are there without the 
distributor bundling five different programs that are supposed to do the 
same thing but each lack a specific feature.

I have expressed some frustration over the level of simplification that 
Gnome has undergone before; frankly hiding usefull features for the sake 
of making it safe for Joe Can't-find-the-any-key was outright stupid. On 
the other hand, over-complication isn't the answer, and until KDE gets 
some much-needed designs changes, I'll be sticking to Gnome.

A lot of the efforts I've seen to improve on KDE have come from the 
distributors, and the changes have only been a half-hearted attempts at 
re-structuring the control panel and dropping in GTK applications to 
replace KDE applications that lacked some kind of file format support or 
feature.