Comments on: I’m with Linus: KDE 4 sucks! http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:14:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Marc http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-7652 Marc Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:14:52 +0000 http://marcfearby.com/?p=54#comment-7652 I think they threw the whole baby out with the bath water with 3.x and the new 4.x baby is still a bit too premature, sadly. I'm not worried now because I couldn't be more happy with Ubuntu and GNOME. I think they threw the whole baby out with the bath water with 3.x and the new 4.x baby is still a bit too premature, sadly. I’m not worried now because I couldn’t be more happy with Ubuntu and GNOME.

]]> By: garth http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-7651 garth Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:43:52 +0000 http://marcfearby.com/?p=54#comment-7651 I can't use KDE4 because it simply can't print on two sides of the paper. I've got two HP printers that worked fine in KDE3, but won't duplex on KDE4. My god ... how hard is to command a printer to duplex? Wouldn't they have worked it out by NOW? I can’t use KDE4 because it simply can’t print on two sides of the paper. I’ve got two HP printers that worked fine in KDE3, but won’t duplex on KDE4.

My god … how hard is to command a printer to duplex? Wouldn’t they have worked it out by NOW?

]]> By: Darrell Smith http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-7648 Darrell Smith Sun, 30 May 2010 11:31:14 +0000 http://marcfearby.com/?p=54#comment-7648 It has been a year since I posted my change from KDE to Gnome. I have come to appreciate Gnome and the plugins available for Firefox (like Vimperator). I am glad I switched. I can now concentrate on getting work done instead of messing with system inadequacies. Gnome is good. It has been a year since I posted my change from KDE to Gnome. I have come to appreciate Gnome and the plugins available for Firefox (like Vimperator). I am glad I switched. I can now concentrate on getting work done instead of messing with system inadequacies. Gnome is good.

]]> By: Marc http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-7643 Marc Sun, 16 May 2010 12:40:53 +0000 http://marcfearby.com/?p=54#comment-7643 I wondered what KDE would be like the other day. You've saved me some time. I'm 95% happy with Ubuntu. Screen saver is still prone to failure, Evolution has a few major annoyances, and Open Office Base is a joke (not Ubuntu's fault), but apart from these, it's perfect. I'd much rather tolerate these known issues than go back to Windows which is a cesspool of diseased software that pimps its users to criminals across the globe. I wondered what KDE would be like the other day. You’ve saved me some time. I’m 95% happy with Ubuntu. Screen saver is still prone to failure, Evolution has a few major annoyances, and Open Office Base is a joke (not Ubuntu’s fault), but apart from these, it’s perfect. I’d much rather tolerate these known issues than go back to Windows which is a cesspool of diseased software that pimps its users to criminals across the globe.

]]> By: Mr.Goose http://marcfearby.com/blowhole/im-with-linus-kde-4-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-7642 Mr.Goose Sun, 16 May 2010 12:27:27 +0000 http://marcfearby.com/?p=54#comment-7642 A year down the track, KDE 4.4 is out and it's still very poor indeed. OK it looks nice, when it works. But so many of its features still don't work properly. And its attempt at power management is a sick joke! Once the machine wakes up, lots of applications remain in "disk sleep" mode and don't respond to kill -9. Consequently the system has to be restarted. Like many others, I have given up on KDE4. I tried and tried to use it, and put up with all the bugs. But it's rubbish! And utterly unusable for anyone who uses their machine in any sort or business environment. Seems its developers have spent too much time messing about with stupid widgets and have ignored the most important thing with a Linux system: stability. Very sad. A year down the track, KDE 4.4 is out and it’s still very poor indeed. OK it looks nice, when it works. But so many of its features still don’t work properly. And its attempt at power management is a sick joke! Once the machine wakes up, lots of applications remain in “disk sleep” mode and don’t respond to kill -9. Consequently the system has to be restarted.

Like many others, I have given up on KDE4. I tried and tried to use it, and put up with all the bugs. But it’s rubbish! And utterly unusable for anyone who uses their machine in any sort or business environment. Seems its developers have spent too much time messing about with stupid widgets and have ignored the most important thing with a Linux system: stability.

Very sad.

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