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090810 Tomáš Chvátal wrote: |
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> Hello guys, |
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Hopefully, there are 1 or 2 gals using Gentoo desktops too (smile). |
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> With this e-mail I hope to convince a few of you to step up and help us |
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> maintain kde3 packages. But first things first, current state: |
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-- current state well described, but snipped -- |
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I was using KDE 3.5.x happily, but one look at 4.2.1 was enough: |
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I'm not interested in bling, rotating cubes, widgets or the rest of it. |
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What was I to do ? Assuming KDE 3 will disappear sometime in 2010 , |
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what could I use instead ? |
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First, I updated Fluxbox to 1.1.1 & found it does everything I want |
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& is on balance slightly better than KDE 3.5.10 , let alone KDE 4 . |
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Then I dropped Kjots in favor of a simple text file, |
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which is much easier to edit (with Gvim) & back up. |
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Then I found that Xfce's Thunar is an excellent file manager, |
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less powerful than Krusader, but far better than Dolphin 4.2.1 |
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(I prefer the CLI for everyday file management, but sometimes need more). |
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Also, I discovered Xfce's Terminal (by the same hardnosed developer), |
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which is an adequate replacement for Konsole for simple use: |
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it doesn't yet have session management, but hopefully will soon, |
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while it does offer a much wider choice of fonts (incl Luxi Mono ! ). |
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So that leaves Kmahjongg, whose 4.2.1 version lacked user-edited layouts; |
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Konqueror, which is sometimes a useful alternative to Firefox; |
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Kpdf, which is much better (3.5.10) than was Ocular 4.2.1 . |
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Gwenview & Krusader are independently developed & sb usable with Qt 4 . |
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So realistically, KDE 3 devotees have to accept it's going to disappear |
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unless someone does a fork, of which there is no sign, |
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& have to find alternatives, which seem to be available or almost. |
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I do plan to have a look at 4.3.1 in October or so |
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& can only hope Konqueror, Ocular & Kmahjongg will pass muster, |
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but I am very unlikely to change my view of the new desktop. |
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As usual, my thanks for the dedicated volunteer labor of all the KDE devs. |
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