Hi,<br><br>I've been using and following KDE for a long time and as far as I'm concerned it's the only DE system that competes with OSX. In many aspects KDE is even far beyond OSX.<br><br>I've been looking forward to Plasma Active and I believe that KDE's approach to multi-formfactor is the only one that will work. Same UX on all formfactors simply doesn't cut it - Win 8 demonstrates that. (Gnome and Unity has opted for a similar approach and will suffer from the same problem). Apple seems to work towards merging iOS and OSX to a certain extent too - but they have apparently not figured it out yet.<br>
<br>KDE's approach will in my humble opinion work.<br><br>My only concern is that Plasma Active UX/UI is a bit to close to desktop UX. I therefore hope that Plasma Active makes a more distinct break with KDE desktop interface wrt graphical presentation and so on. I believe that's a must to get acceptance beyond the KDE userbase. Early days still though - I fully understand that :) <br>
<br>One thing I really miss is an overview over pads and tablet pc's that is capable of running Plasma Active. The same goes for suggestions wrt distributions with good implementation. A general (not KDE) problem is that a significant part of the HSDPA/3G modems in use are branded Gobi. Drivers are available, but the implementation i less than poor in virtually every distro. <br>
<br>Dell, Lenovo and HP are using Gobi in their combo machines such as e.g Thinkpad X220 Tablet which also has mulittouch as option. I believe the Gobi issue is a real showstopper that also will influence the willingness to experiment with KDE Plasma Active on such machine. <br>
<br>I have a Gobi machine myself, and it is a real issue that prevent me from KDE only usage. I know it's a kernel/driver/implementation problem - but I don't have the knowledge to sort it out myself. Therefore I hope that you could push some buttons to get attraction to the issue. It will increase the potential installation base for KDE and Plasma Active.<br>
<br>I would love to replace my laptop with a gobi-working KDE Thinkpad X220 Tablet.<br><br>You guys are doing a fantastic job. Thanks a lot! ;))<br><br>Omaha<br>