Re: [opensuse]KDE4 - What people like/dislike about it

On Mon June 30 2008 12:01:14 am Larry Stotler wrote:
Since everyone seems to be just bashing KDE4(which I am guilty of) or
raving about it, I thought I would post what I don't like about KDE4:

1. It's SLOW! - KDE4 is "supposed" to be faster and require less
resources than KDE3.x. WRONG! I am running KDE v3.5.9 on this
Thinkpad 390X(P3/500 Neomagic 256 w/ 2.5MB VRAM) and it was VERY SLOW.
I also have it on my Celeron DC system(E1200 OC'd to 3.2Ghz) with an
ATI X300(PCIe) and it's definately slower on that system than KDE3.
Do I need some new video card to make this faster statement true? And
if so, WHY?

2. It's too Vista-like! - If I wanted Vista, I would run it. Having
icons "jump" at me and do strange things isn't what I expect out of
KDE. I've used KDE since SuSE v5.3, and this "change" is in the wrong
direction, IMHO.

3. It's not Complete - People continue to point this out. If it's
not complete, then WHY is it that there is only a KDE4 liveCD? That
makes no sense.

4. The KDE4 versions of a lot of stuff are way too different. - As an
example, look at how different even the games like Mahjongg look.

I stand by what I have experienced - KDE4 is just not good enough
right now, and I really don't understand this huge push to make it
work. Anyone who disagrees, please feel free to show me the error of
my ways. But, so long as it runs slower on my CHOICE of hardware,
then I see no benefit to using it. Faster and less resources were
promised. What happened?
Hello,

Firstly, I am not a power user and mostly use linux as a hobbyist, so my view
is probably different.

Secondly, I found KDE4 to be quite fast, smooth, and the perfect desktop for
my Toshiba A135-S4427. Even the "unfinishwed" kde4pim runs well enough for me.
I find it to run as fast as, if not faster than, kde 3.5.9.

Obviously, YMMV

--Keith

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