12 Feb
2012
12 Feb
'12
7:24 p.m.
I would move to an Indian ashram and
forsake computing all together, although they probably also
have a few boxes but certainly not with enough processing
power to run KDE4.
Funny you mention that option. When I wrote my original response I considered writing
something similar. I'm at an age when I see and accept my own mortality. As much as I
enjoy tinkering with computers I realize my days are numbered and much of what we discuss
and argue about here is insignificant in certain ways. That is, simply abandoning
computers altogether is an option I won't ignore. :)
Community based projects keep the end user in mind,
and that
is what we need. This is why my preference lies with
projects such as Trinity. KDE3 was an abandoned child,
adopted by Trinity and slowly growing to be a respectable,
viable alternative to the bloated, overweight and overly
complicated (read non intuitive) standards adopted by KDE4
and other DM's hell bent on moving forward while
throwing caution (and compatability throughout linux) to the
wind.
Community indeed! In hindsight, the KDE developers could have accomplished a whopping
public relations coup had they spent a very serious three months collecting all known
patches, significantly resolving open bug reports, and releasing 3.5.11. They then could
have informed users that they polished the 3.5 series in a serious way to last several
years until they could release a usable 4.x.
They could have (and still can) accomplished another coup by redesigning the three backend
technologies to be truly optional.
Darrell