KDE4

[Gary Wilson]

David A. Bandel wrote:
> Folks,
>
> OK, I don't know about you all, but I'm annoyed.  Just WTFO is wrong
> with all the world's programmers?  Does something have to be different
> to be better/improved?  And even if they think it's better, why is it
> rammed down a user's throat with a firehose?
>
>   
You missed the news earlier this year: Linus Torvalds ditches KDE 4 for 
GNOME

In an interview with Computer World, Torvalds said:

I used to be a KDE user 
<http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2009/01/linus-torvalds-ditches-kde-4-for-gnome.html#>. 
I thought KDE 4.0 was such a disaster I switched to GNOME. I hate the 
fact that my right button doesn't do what I want it to do. But the whole 
"break everything" model is painful for users and they can choose to use 
something else.

I realise the reason for the 4.0 release, but I think they did it badly. 
They did so may changes it was a half-baked release. It may turn out to 
be the right decision in the end and I will re-try KDE, but I suspect 
I'm not the only person they lost.

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2009/01/linus-torvalds-ditches-kde-4-for-gnome.html