I take exception to this
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| tracyanne May 23, 2009 12:06 AM EDT |
Quoting:Likewise the KDE developers got into trouble with users when they prematurely released a radically revised version of KDE, although it was made plain that KDE 4.0 was a transition and not the final release. The predilection of Linux users to jump in and try everything early ensured a backlash against the KDE developers who had had the temerity to explore beyond the traditional desktop metaphors. I did not jump in to try something early. I wanted to wait until KDE was good and ready, and it still isn't. Instead I was presented with KDE4 in such a way that not using it and going back to KDE 3 was next to impossible, if I wanted a stable desktop. This bloke really doesn't get it, most Linux users were confronted with KDE 4 as a take it or leave it option by the Distribution they chose to use. It had nothing to do with try it early then complain that it was broke. |
| TxtEdMacs May 23, 2009 8:46 AM EDT |
tracyanne, You are correct*, moreover, I remember too well at the wails because KUbuntu stuck with 3.5 and 4.0 was offered as an option. "It was Ready!"** was what I read in the lwn.net comments at the time. So I was shocked when later 4.0 became the default and was met by a noisy, disdain by a minority of users. I guess that latter group had staying power, because all those distressed posters months before attesting to the new KDE's quality could not have been wrong. Could they? Just asking since I am not a KDE user. YBT * However, we need to rewrite history more often, facts are confusing and no fun. ** Approximate rendition |
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