Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

On 12 November 2011 14:27, Glenn Enright <[email protected]> wrote:

> >
> > This is good advise, thanks.  Not sure if/when i'll actually get around
> > to trying it... probably whenever it is that my Ubuntu box acts as a
> > barrier for something i'm trying to achieve (or perhaps when 10.10 goes
> > out of support).
> >
> > Mark.
>
> Keep in mind that kubuntu has a somewhat customised and and dare I say
> it 'dumbed down' version of kde as well. I wish they didn't do that.
> IT does affect how people perceive it, upstream kde4 is a lot nicer
> now than kde3 ever was. Its easy enough to use a ppa version that is
> based on upstream builds though.
>

KDE kind of needed dumbing down. The sheer amount of options in KDE 3 were
oft times confusing and ridiculous. I'm of the opinion that if you need
THAT much control of your desktop, you're spending way too much time on the
desktop. It is, after all, just a productivity tool to help you access
other more important things.

I really should give KDE 4 a go at some point. It, at the very least, looks
pretty.

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/
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