KDE 4.1 Released : Don't Look Back

[mehulved]

I hope KWin-Composite can match Compiz Fusion.

I haven't explored for all the features but it's going good till now. there's a good amount of animations around but haven't tried them all yet.

 

[hellknight]

i'm still not able to get KDE 4.1 from openSUSE 11.. all the repositories which are added during the installation of Multimedia Codecs are there and are automatically refreshed.. do i need to add more repositories?? if yes then please explain..

 

[QwertyManiac]

Arch sure is fast. Am building the RC version right now, god knows when the maintainers pull in the final one into portage [Gentoo]. But I've waited long enough, can wait no more.

 

[saqib_khan]

Hey, i've got a question.

Can i install this on my hardy heron???

Can ne1 explain what this is actually? In simple words this is a theme, like in win XP, am i right???

 

[hellknight]

no .. it is a different desktop environment like you've GNOME on your hardy heron.. you can install it too.. but you'll need a broadband for that

 

[saqib_khan]

@hellknight

I have broadband(64 kbps unlimited..don't laugh ) So, what shud i do to install this?

Or give me any link which explains how to install this & from where to install this.

I have seen this link which dark star gave :*www.kde.org/download/ , but i'm confused ,from where to download?

 

[FilledVoid]

Hey, i've got a question.

Can i install this on my hardy heron???

Can ne1 explain what this is actually? In simple words this is a theme, like in win XP, am i right???

*news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-KDE-4-1-On-Ubuntu-8-04-91034.shtml

 

[saqib_khan]

@FilledVoid

A million thanx for u for that link, i will try out tomorrow .

 

[contactpraven2001]

i want it for mt pclinuxos how can i install it .........

 

[humanbeing]

^kde4 svn will be available for ur distro.search their support/forums.

 

[nitish_mythology]

Wish I could give it a try on the ages olf pc of mine

 

[Faun]

that overly greay look sucks, I never looked forward to it

*img362.imageshack.us/img362/2453/sysusagebu7.th.jpg

use flash man ! its so dark

 

[mehulved]

I prefer dark terminals

 

[subratabera]

Its really amazing. KDE 4.1 improved a lot since its earlier release. Its very much usable now and fun to use. Its beautiful, very fast and awesome. I love it. Currently using the OpenSuSE live cd. Here are some screenshots...

 

[MetalheadGautham]

KDEmod 4.1

Its simply too beautiful, fast and responsive. The Desktop Effects rock.

But negative things I noted:

1. Some features missing.
2. Old KDE Control Center was better!
3. What happened to GTK intergration ?
4. More desktop effects would be welcome.

 

[QwertyManiac]

GTK apps look so bad on this. Ugh, I'm installing Firefox 2 over 3 just for getting it to show well. Even Opera's menus go ugly.

 

[mehulved]

Have you people tried gtk-qt engine?
I am not having any problems with opera and after I installed opera-qt4 it's even better.
But, it gets all weird while using NVu but once I close it, it's all fine.

 

[Garbage]

This is most amusing...

Cross Platform Support :
OpenSolaris support in KDE is currently straightened out. KDE mostly works on OSOL, although there are some showstopper bugs left.
Windows developers are able to download previews of KDE applications for their platform. The libraries are relatively stable already, although not all features of kdelibs are available on Windows yet. Some applications already run quite well on Windows, others might not.
Mac OSX is another new platform KDE is entering. KDE on Mac is not yet ready for production use. While Multimedia support through Phonon is already available, hardware and search integration is not finished yet.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Have you people tried gtk-qt engine?
I am not having any problems with opera and after I installed opera-qt4 it's even better.
But, it gets all weird while using NVu but once I close it, it's all fine.

tried KompoZer ?

I prefer dark terminals

but they can bad for your eyes.

This is most amusing...

I seriously doubt macboys will be intrested in kde.
Besides, they hate non-cocoa apps.


but at the end of the day, I feel somewhat sad that kde is trying mingle with propiatary platforms like win and mac. Its exclusiveness to foss will be lost.

@hellknight

I have broadband(64 kbps unlimited..don't laugh ) So, what shud i do to install this?

Or give me any link which explains how to install this & from where to install this.

I have seen this link which dark star gave :*www.kde.org/download/ , but i'm confused ,from where to download?

where do you stay ? whats the cost per month ? how is the browsing speed ?

 

[mehulved]

kompozer isn't available in arch. I tried for that before nvu.