KDE Responds To Misconceptions About KDE 4 279
Jiilik Oiolosse writes "PJ at Groklaw speaks with a member of the KDE team about some of the common myths circulating about KDE 4. 'There has been a bit of a dustup about KDE 4.0. A lot of opinions have been expressed, but I thought you might like to hear from KDE. So I wrote to them and asked if they'd be willing to explain their choices and answer the main complaints. They graciously agreed.' Among the topics discussed are: 'Releasing KDE 4.0 was a mistake,' 'I cannot put files on my desktop,' and 'KDE should just have ported KDE 3.5 to Qt 4 and not add all that other experimental stuff right away.'"
Re:Everybody RTFA? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Everybody RTFA? (Score:1, Funny)
Who reads the article? Thats so last decade.
Re:Everybody RTFA? (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, 7 minutes after the article was posted, and STILL no postings! Could this be my first FP? COULD IT???
You're entering a realm which is, unusual, the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location.......
Re:Everybody RTFA? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm in Europe, you insensitive clod!
Re:Just in time for K Pride Week... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah? Well the G in GNOME stands for Goatse!
Re:Just in time for K Pride Week... (Score:3, Funny)
Vista (Score:3, Funny)
by the time I'm considering Vista it'll be lying in a shallow grave
Not too shallow, I hope - it already stinks.
Re:Just in time for K Pride Week... (Score:5, Funny)
No, the O in gnome stands for goatse !
I will never be able to look at the word GNOME again.
Re:Happy to wait (Score:5, Funny)
...by the time I'm considering Vista it'll be lying in a shallow grave from the sound of things.
Then you could probably install it by now.
Re:Happy to wait (Score:4, Funny)
I'm still waiting for the KDE User Network Tool...
Ah, the language barrier... (Score:5, Funny)
Please extend some tolerance to these people - they're clearly making a credible effort to emulate the commercial software sector by communicating in marketing bullspeak (which is especially difficult for native speakers of Ancient Geek) - so the occasional misunderstanding is inevitable.
E.g. when the TFA says:
Many of the official release announcements posted on kde.org contained the following text: "The aim of the KDE project for the 4.0 release is to put the foundations in place for future innovations on the Free Desktop. The many newly introduced technologies incorporated in the KDE libraries will make it easier for developers to add rich functionality to their applications, combining and connecting different components in any way they want."
What they are trying to say is "KDE 4.0 doesn't have all the user features in it yet - we're only releasing it so that developers can start working with the new libraries - users should stick with 3.5 for a while yet".
However, due to their inexperience with the subtleties of Bullspeak they've inadvertently used the "future speculative masturbatory" tense (by conjoining the word "innovation" with hyperbolic capitalization of "Free Desktop") thus indicating that the entire paragraph is intended to be glossed over and treated as a general endorsement - so its unsurprising that people have gone ahead and used 4.0 in user-facing systems.
The KDE developers should be praised for their attempt to attain synergy with the wider enterprise by leveraging the didactic techniques of content-neutral intercourse, and the community should exhibit greater empathy when this initiative leads to non-positive communication outcomes.
It IS informative! (Score:3, Funny)
He's informing us of what he heard.
Re:Everybody RTFA? (Score:3, Funny)
"Many of the problems in KDE 4.0 can and will be fixed by the KDE hackers."
It's nice to see when organizations view hacking in a positive light. Its like the old gun control argument. Hackers don't hose your system, script kiddies do.
Re:Just in time for K Pride Week... (Score:2, Funny)
No, the O in gnome stands for goatse !
I will never be able to look at the word GNOME again.
But man, that would make a really cool logo.