firephoto
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|  What does KDE 3.5.10 have that you want or need?
I see some posts today about people wanting to stick with 3.5.10 and was curious what specifically is keeping you there.
I'd guess for some there is a general consensus of it just feeling better for daily use, but if there are specific items that are missing from the current KDE, which is versioned at 4.3.3, list those too.
Also since there is no restriction on running individual apps of any version on other desktops I'm primarily interested in those running KDE 3 sessions full time and not just using some of the applications with another desktop environment. |
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No_Strings
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SUMware
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said by firephoto  :I see some posts today about people wanting to stick with 3.5.10 and was curious what specifically is keeping you there. Not sure that I understand the question. Are you referring to changing DEs when upgrading distros?
Anyway, I'm running KDE 3.5.10 now. It's highly configurable, very stable, fully functional, and I'm not using optional visual effects.
I'm not much interested in eye candy and prefer simplicity, speed and stability. Keep reading good things about Xfce and thought that I'd try it on openSUSE 11.2 next week (KDE3 will no longer be supported). If Xfce is not to my liking I'll try KDE4, etc. So, in any case, I won't be sticking with 3.5.10. |
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Selenia
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| I use both. I like KDE4 for any machine in the past 7 or so years. XFCE for the rest. KDE is prettier and more configurable via the GUI. XFCE is about as configurable, but mostly via config file hacking. XFCE is very pretty for the hardware it can run on, if setup right. KDE4 has enough eye candy to make Windows 7 cry, but can run on a Pentium 3(very well with special effects with an outboard gfx card). I find KDE4 more pleasurable to use, but not by a landslide. XFCE is much lighter for the older boxes, which KDE can be hard on. |
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w6bi
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| I miss not having a separate wallpaper in each Desktop space. That might sound trivial, but it
a) give me a visual hint on where I'm at (besides sitting at my computer...)
b) I give talks about FOSS to PC (Windows) clubs. Windows doesn't natively have multiple desktops, and being able to flip between desktops (and see the wallpaper AND application change) looks cool and is a nice gee-whiz "sales" tool. |
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firephoto
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| said by w6bi :I miss not having a separate wallpaper in each Desktop space. That might sound trivial, but it You can do that now. You set it so each desktop is it's own activity. Gives you that 'flip from one place to the other effect in various directions depending on how many desktops you have configured. It's in the plasma settings when you 'zoom out'.
I think the whole desktops/activity thing is being made a little more practical in 4.4. Once it's setup it's ok now but the configuring is a bit tricky depending on what you want.
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tannerc
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| I am a long time user of kde and have been stuck at 3.5.10 even after trying each new release in the k4 series. Below is a list of what I consider problems for its adoption. It is a surprise that even at release 4.3.3, all of them remain unaddressed. Unfortunately, k3 is now a deadend and will become less usable. I will periodically continue to follow up on its progress but am looking beyond kde for my computer ui needs.
1) k4 is not as customizable for the average user. As an example, it is not possible to easily change the color of desktop icon text. Perhaps I am missing something. Is there a theme or style editor program?
2) Use of usb thumb drives is not intuitive. The device notifier offers very little information about newly attached devices such as its device name, size, etc. Nearly all other guis have found convenient ways to carry out this tasks; in k4, this is more easily accomplished by dropping to the shell.
3) The tooltips, mouseovers, and bubbles in k4 are simply out of control. It is not possible to move the mouse without another visual interruption. As an example, if the mouse lingers over an icon I get a duplicate icon and larger text. In k3 it was possible to quiet these types of messages. The k4 user has much less control over his/her experience in k4 in this regard.
4) K4 is a radical departure in method of use from k3, k2 and gnome for that matter. K4 may offer some very compelling new technology, but without documentation its advantages are lost on new users. The choice of language has also become a barrier. Names like plasmoid or activity sound like a topic in solid-state physics and something that children do to stay out of trouble. I am one of the people who do not get it and there is no one to explain it to me so that I can use it productively. |
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jdong
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I personally still like the KDE3 series of KDE. Same reason that people like XP over Vista or Win7.... It just "feels" more right to me. It's getting harder to put a finger on EXACTLY what is it about KDE4 that once in a while gets on my nerves, but the way things are, if I had to use KDE I'd prefer KDE3...
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I am still clinging onto 3.5 myself. I do like XFCE and run it sometimes. I hate to admit it, but while messing with the families computers(all running ubuntu) GNOME has grown on me some. I am stuck on Slackware, cause Slackware's stuck on me. 
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