Why in the world, after so many years, did KDE switch from Konqueror to Dolphin for file management? This goes well beyond the realm of comprehension as far as I am concerned. But overall, in the realm of performance, I am impressed. Granted, you will need at least a mid-level graphics card to play around with some of the better bells and whistles. That's pretty incredible considering how early it is in its life. In fact I would say it performs, as far as snappiness is concerned, much better than 3.x. And why not? It's where OS X is heading and KDE has become, of all things, a follower not a leader. When Superkaramba came around I knew that the widget would be the way of the future of the KDE desktop. How about Panel properties? In KDE 3.x you could change just about everything with regards to the panel. KDE CARD READER WRITER UTILITY PROGRAM HOW TOIt doesn't take much to open up the OS X-like system settings tool and change the theme (although I couldn't find how to change the desktop background anywhere in the system settings tool - eventually right-clicking the deskop allowed me to open up the Configure Desktop window where I could change wallpaper). Why try to physically emulate that? Wouldn't the users think, "Oh no, not Vista again!"? This, of course, is the new Oxygen theme. Sure it may look clean and fresh, but it's performance and track record are horrible. But Vista? To my knowledge, the vast majority of people are very unhappy with Vista. Yes, this is very smart thinking on the part of KDE. KDE CARD READER WRITER UTILITY PROGRAM WINDOWSActually it very simply says what I have felt all along with KDE - they are simply following along the Windows path to ensure the users have a feeling of familiarity with their desktop. It seems to me some of the KDE 4 developers found the Windows Vista desktop pleasing enough to copy it. This has to be the ugliest default desktop since the days of Fvwm95. So, without further adieu, here is my take on KDE 4. I wanted to have some critical feedback for my Techrepublic brethren so that a solid, enlightened, educated discussion could proceed. But in the sake of spirit, I am writing this blog outside of my usual Enlightenment E17 desktop and in KDE 4.
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