KDE4

[Kurt Wall]

On 05/19/2009 05:01:09 PM, Gary Wilson wrote:
> 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
 
> 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.

They lost me. Not that I was a rabid KDE fan, but I preferred KDE to
GNOME. KDE4 has some nice features and it's easy on the eyes, but it 
was a bigger bite all at once than I was willing to chew.