Re: KDE 4 and the future of the KDE 3 series

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Jerry McBride wrote:

Are you SURE you've actually seen KDE4? It's a major step forward and will
quickly replace KDE3. KDE4 screenshots have been breath taking and makes
KDE3 quite pale in comparison.

I've ran Kubuntu's KDE4 RC2 live CD. It's underlying technology may be a
step forward but, as anyone who in fact gave it a try can tell you, it is
lagging too much in terms of UI polish. The fonts look blurry,there are
quite a few problems regarding "real estate management"
(huge,disproportional UI elements, vast unused "real estate" cluttering
windows, etc..) and there are quite a few bugs (which is expected from a
complete rewrite).

On the other hand, if you claim such out of touch claims as KDE4
being "breath taking" and that it makes "KDE3 quite pale in comparison"
while confessing that you make those far fetched claims based
on "screenshots" alone then I'm forced to ask you this: do you really
believe you know anything about the state of KDE4?


Before you go around asking stupid questions, you really should do some
serious research. What you just presented above, is pretty much baseless
and quite possibly a poor attempt at trolling....

So you read a comment claiming that KDE4, in it's current state and which
has it's kinks, isn't as polished or as stable as KDE3, which currently
benefits from years of intensive development. Then you have the nerve to
accuse someone else of being stupid and a troll? Are you off your
medication? Either case, please medicate yourself and at least try to
communicate in a civilised manner.


Rui Maciel
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