Is there a howto on essentials.

[RW]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:20 -0600
Billie Erin Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:


> Drac, don't take any of this personal.

I imagine he wont since personal isn't an adverb.

> It's kind of a cumulative 
> assessment of what I, as a relative newbie, see on many lists and
> threads.

Hmm, go on, I'm intrigued.

> Most of the people I see grousing the most are those that have been 
> around the longest. They have gotten "set" in their ways.

I doubt that could be any more patronising without the use of
"old-timer".

> KDE4 is,
> from my limited time with KDE3, a major change. Some things from
> before work and many won't because of the fundamental change behind
> them.

Does it not occur to you that long term users of KDE3 were best placed
to understand KDE3's strengths and weaknesses. They're also more
likely to be full-time KDE users.

> Some things from
> before work and many won't because of the fundamental change behind
> them. As I understand it it's the foundation that KDE stands on that
> made the change completely necessary.

Nonsense, very little was mandated by qt4.

> I think the biggest problem is that no one wants change. 

No, many of us wanted change, there's huge scope for improvement in
KDE3, we just wanted change that enhanced productivity. I doubt many
people sat around thinking: this is far too fast and useful, I want
wobbly windows, cubes and enough bloat and poor ergonomics  to slow me
down to a more leisurely pace.
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