A few words about the Quality of KDE 4.2

[Kevin Krammer]

On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Brendan wrote:
> On Sunday 22 March 2009, Rajko M. wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 March 2009 08:49:30 pm Jerry Houston wrote:
> > > I love the ideas behind Linux, and particularly KDE on Linux, but out
> > > of frustration I find myself returning to professionally-produced
> > > operating systems for the most part.
> > >
> > > It may not be the answer for everyone, but it helps keep my blood
> > > pressure under control.
> >
> > There are things that are easy in windows, and for some reason, they are
> > complicated in Linux, like file sharing. Problem is that KDE can do only
> > what underlaying system allows. For instance Samba, even today I got to
> > fiddle with config files, add users etc, while in other OS, just mark
> > folder as shared.
>
> Apples/Oranges.
>
> Two Windows systems: file sharing is fairly simple (SMB).
>
> Two Unix boxes: file sharing is fairly simple. (NFS)

I haven't setup ether for quite some time now, but I think it is still true 
that system services are a bit slow when it comes to adopting runtime 
configuration options.

CUPS is a notable exception having a configuration socket+protocol, but it 
would still help to have something like a D-Bus interface for common tasks.

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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