First run with KDE 4.0
Friday, 25. January 2008, 06:22:32
Yesterday I ran KDE 4.0 for the first time. My plan was to use OpenSuse 10.3, but that one failed miserably, broken packages. And Yast is horrible, the screen was flickering all the time while using it. Next stop was OpenSuse KDE 4 Live CD, and that one actually worked, and I saw something I liked with KDE 4.0 developer release. (running OpenSuse 10.3 made me realize that I do not like KDE 3.5, at least not in that distribution)
Since Ubuntu 7.10 does not run on my test machine, next stop was Debian. I installed testing, upgraded to unstable, and installed KDE 4.0 packages from experimental. It worked without any extra configuration, so now I have a test install with KDE 4.0.
I have access to Gnome applications and KDE 4.0 applications, which is good, since I am used to Gnome.
I have not experienced any big issues with KDE 4.0. I like the default look, the Dolphin file manager is really nice (it borrows the Vista-way of being able to traverse quickly in the parents directories, Vista's best feature). I do not like using Konqueror as a web browser, it hasn't borrowed enough features from Opera yet.
I still have a lot of things to explore, I haven't tried developing anything yet for KDE 4.0. I think I can use my current Debian unstable/KDE 4.0 setup for a few hours a week without feeling that I will hit the wall all the time.
Since Ubuntu 7.10 does not run on my test machine, next stop was Debian. I installed testing, upgraded to unstable, and installed KDE 4.0 packages from experimental. It worked without any extra configuration, so now I have a test install with KDE 4.0.
I have access to Gnome applications and KDE 4.0 applications, which is good, since I am used to Gnome.
I have not experienced any big issues with KDE 4.0. I like the default look, the Dolphin file manager is really nice (it borrows the Vista-way of being able to traverse quickly in the parents directories, Vista's best feature). I do not like using Konqueror as a web browser, it hasn't borrowed enough features from Opera yet.
I still have a lot of things to explore, I haven't tried developing anything yet for KDE 4.0. I think I can use my current Debian unstable/KDE 4.0 setup for a few hours a week without feeling that I will hit the wall all the time.
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