KDE 4.2.4 Released 153
An anonymous reader writes "KDE 4.2.4 has been released. See the release announcement for details." Barring a "security issue or another grave bug," this is the end of the KDE 4.2 line, which means for distros based on long-term support, it might be the thing to get used to for a while.
Re:BSD? (Score:1, Informative)
KDE is a powerful Open Source graphical desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like workstations.
http://freebsd.kde.org/ [kde.org]
Re:BSD? (Score:3, Informative)
lol, I wasn't questioning whether KDE could *run* on *BSD! I was referring to putting this story in the BSD category on Slashdot.
Re:BSD? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:KDE 4 looks promising (Score:2, Informative)
This looks like it has what you are looking for. There are even instructions on how to upgrade from 8.04 to 9.04 and keep KDE 3.
Re:I just tried KDE 4.1 (Score:5, Informative)
4.1 isn't even close to 4.2. You might as well compare a beta to a release version (think of it this way - 4.0 was the tech preview, incomplete and buggy but with APIs in place. 4.1 is the beta - many of the features but not all, and still buggy. 4.2 is release, with bugs fixed and features in place).
You'd think that talking about 4.1 in an article about 4.2.4 would be obviously absurd, but apparently not...
Re:KDE 4 looks promising (Score:4, Informative)
KDE 4.2 is perfectly usable. It's what 4 (in general) should ahve been from the start. Don't even bother looking at 4.1 or 4.0, and if you do, don't expect 4.2 to be the same. It's not. The older ones are broken, yes, but don't assume taht means that 4.x is *ALL* broken.
Re:BSD? (Score:2, Informative)
a) You might not agree with the reasoning in b), but I'm probably not going to spend any more time responding ;)
b) Slashdot has sectional stories for stories we'd like to post but (as with this, a point-release of software other than, say, the Linux kernel), and there's a slightly messy overlap between sections, topics and tags, in that a given story can be assigned to multiple sections, tagged with various terms including ones that are covered by topics or section names, and labeled with any of the 100+ topics (some of which are also named sections).
There's not a perfect single section for "cross-platform desktop environment," so this one I set to both Linux and BSD sections, because KDE is frequently used in OSes of both varieties. It's also set to the topics KDE and GUI. In a parallel universe, it might be set to the KDE *section* (Slashdot just isn't set up to have one), and tagged workswithbsd, or something like that. Or given a list of "reasons" / topics in descending order, and set to an "intensity" level lower than that of stories that appear on the front page.
As David Weinberger says, Everything is Miscellaneous [everything...aneous.com]; indexing's a pain.
timothy
Re:KDE 4 looks promising (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I'll switch to KDE 4.x when Debian stable has i (Score:3, Informative)
By 4.2, nearly all KDE utilities and applications have been ported, and as of 4.2.3 nearly all the noticeable bugs were worked out (it worked better than 3.5.9, the last 3.x I used). Don't assume anything about 4.2 based on 4.1 or 4.0; both of those were released before they should have been,a dn should have been considered more like a tech/API preview (4.0) and early beta of a finished version (4.1). Frankly, they both sucked, and it has cost KDE a lot of reputation, but 4.2 is solid. It's what 4.x should have been from the beginning.
In other words, give 4.2 (or later) a try; they finally lived up to the promise of the earlier versions, plus the apps you're used to have all been ported now.
Re:The same old question applies ... (Score:3, Informative)
I would say stability is a step up; KDE itself I've never had crash, but I get fewer application crashes in 4.2.x (4.2.3 on my current system, I'll upgrade shortly) than I did in 3.5.9 (didn't try .10).
Features are a little harder, but I'd call that an improvement too. The desktop is nicer but... different. Tinker with it a little and I think you'll like it better, but it has changed. Most applicaitons have been ported across pretty straight, with the same features as before, but a few have had significant changes (Amarok), a few have only been developed on 4.x for a while now and have significantly newer versions there (though only incremental changes), and a few might not be fully ported yet.
Mostly trivial, but my favorite new 4.2 feature, small though it is: Konqueror now has an option to close a tab when you middle-click it (like EVER OTHER TABBED BROWSER IN EXISTENCE) which fixes one of what I found to be its biggest usablity quirks.
Re:Still f*cked Up (Score:3, Informative)
Sorry KDE Guys.
After 3 try (4.0. 4.1 4.2) I still not be able to work with dual monitors.
How is that KDE's fault? Try getting a better supported (ie intel, sadly) graphics card. Then multi monitor setups work beautifully.