Part three of this series, and I am writing this from Linux Mint 9 KDE4. Already I am feeling very at home with it, and already after working heavily with quite a few KDE distros in a short timeframe I begin to realise some things that I find wrong with them are KDE specific.
Is Linux Mint 9 the KDE nirvana I am looking for?
Okay, I have spent more than a week with openSUSE 11.3 KDE4. Right now I am downloading Linux Mint 9 KDE. I have not decided on my perfect KDE4 distro, but openSUSE 11.3 is a really strong contender. In this short writeup I will explore some reasons why I might NOT switch to it as my default OS.
On the final day of my series on using KDE4 for seven days I made the bold statement that I would switch from being a Gnome user to KDE4 if I could only find myself the perfect KDE4 distro. (Begin reading with the first day HERE)
Today I start that quest with openSUSE 11.3
This is not a review, my openSUSE review will come soon, but more an impressions and “does it fill my needs” writeup
Read on for more continue reading…
(If you are new to this series you are invited to start reading from DAY ONE)
The final day has arrived. I am considering switching from Gnome. There, I said it. Throughout this series I have maintained Gnomes superiority in some key areas, among them Ease of Use and Simplicity, and some Applications that are better than their KDE Counterparts – Evolution is one.
Right now I have to ask myself – am I ready for the power of KDE? Do I need a simple easy desktop, or can I finally take the plunge and fiddle until KDE4 is ready for me.
Read on for more on this, and VIDEO CLIPS!!! Yes I took screencasts for you guys. continue reading…
(If you are new to this series you are invited to start reading from DAY ONE)
Day 6 is done. Today I wanted to customise my desktop a bit, but I will do that tomorrow. I had a non KDE related issue that I want to share – it’s Mandriva related, and then there are some comments on Kmail, Konsole and keyboard shortcuts in KDE vs Compiz – specifically switching desktops. continue reading…
(If you are new to this series you are invited to start reading from DAY ONE)
Day 5 – Apologies for not doing the periodic updates thing, today was one of those very busy days. I am feeling really at home with KDE4 right now, and am beginning to really like my new “office.”
I will make some comments on the bottom panel for now, with a roundup of my day later tonight. continue reading…
(If you are new to this series you are invited to start reading from DAY ONE)
Day 4 of this series, and I am beginning to feel at home in my new environment. There are a few niggles that I will want to address today, among them my Atheros WiFi card not coming out of sleep, and a networking issue that I have when I am on wireless at the office…
(If you are new to this seven day challenge, start reading at DAY ONE)
Day Three. I am at work, sitting at my desk waiting for a vehicle before I go out. I thought I’d take the time to comment on some things I have noticed with KDE4 so far.
(New to this series? Read from DAY ONE)
Right, day two of this seven day series.
It is fortuitous that I started this series on Saturday instead of my normal Monday start. This gave me a chance to set up all my necessary programs and stuff like SSH keys etc before starting work Monday. Previously I would start Monday at the deep end with a new interface and wing it from there.
Being Sunday I did not do much else, so today will be a short writeup. continue reading…
It is a bit later than I envisioned, but here it is. Day one of using KDE4 of a seven day series on the Desktop Environment.
If you are new to my Seven Day Challenges, you can also read through my Gnome Shell or Windows 7 Seven Day series.
Back to this one then. continue reading…
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