Does KDE4 still allow Konqueror to be used as the file manager? Dolphin is weak. Jeremy On Sunday 23 November 2008 10:16:59 pm Venkat Chandra wrote: > I had a similar experience. I have been a fan of KDE for a very long time > and have my tweaks, shortcuts and tricks all documented meticulously for my > own use when I set up a new machine or start over or upgrade. And then one > day I upgraded from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9. KDE4 was a nightmare. I couldn't > find one thing that I liked about it over KDE3.5. Simple things like > changing the size of the icons or changing the size of the taskbar or even > locking/unlocking the taskbar screwed it up. I just couldn't stand it! I > promptly pulled out my Fedora 8 DVD and reinstalled it. I don't think I > want to upgrade to Fedora 9 nor do I want to use Gnome. Unfortunately, once > Fedora 10 comes out, there won't be any updates available for Fedora 8 and > I don't know what I will do then. :( > - Vee > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:17 PM, <auditodd at comcast.net> wrote: > > I've been a fan of KDE since Mandrake v9. > > Coming from a Unix command line and Windows environment KDE just seemed > > to make more "sense" to me. > > > > So I have been playing with Kubuntu 8.10 and Ubuntu 8.10 on a slightly > > older computer. I had read an article that one former KDE fan moved to > > Gnome so I was intrigued. > > > > An HP Pavilion 541c with a GeForce2 video card. > > This is an AMD 1.67GHz processor with 1GB of ram, so it's not a bad > > computer (OK, the video card isn't that great). > > > > First problem... > > The computer is on a KVM so the auto discovery of the monitor did not > > work. > > > > Kubuntu with KDE4. > > This desktop environment makes no sense any more, plus they took out the > > option to specify the type of monitor I'm using. So I dig around on > > Google and find the proper configuration for xorg.conf and presto I have > > the resolution I like. I'll grant you the video card isn't great, but KDE > > 3.5 didn't have a problem showing new menus or windows. Every time I > > tried to open the main menu, it freaks out for a few seconds and then > > shows me the menu. Processor and system load.... Don't even go there. > > KDE4 is worse than Windows on this machine and that is quite the "kiss of > > death" in my mind. > > > > Wipe hard drive and start over. > > > > Ubuntu 8.10 > > This is Gnome? Did I step into an alternate universe where KDE and Gnome > > are switched? The menus actually make sense to me. I can add/remove > > buttons from the menu bars without even having to think about it. It > > still didn't auto discover my monitor, but that was to be expected. Grab > > the same xorg.conf file from before and all is well. No weirdness opening > > menu items and the processor and system load isn't half bad either. > > > > Additional tidbit... > > Ubuntu 8.10 also runs well on a duo 400MHz processor system with 512MB of > > RAM with some ancient AGP video card. I would not even try Kubuntu 8.10 > > on that machine after it's poor performance on the AMD. > > > > Guess the guy with the "black tower" in the article I read isn't the only > > one to decide that KDE4 just isn't the answer any more. Hello Gnome, > > goodbye KDE. > > > > -- > > ========== > > Todd Young > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list