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List:       quanta
Subject:    Re: [Quanta] Quanta about to leave Debian unstable /-:
From:       James Ellis <james.ellis () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-05-15 0:16:09
Message-ID: 200905151016.09714.je () customr ! net
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Hi 

I read through the original thread on that one and some of the follow-ups. 
From my position using Kubuntu 9.04, I don't see any of the problems listed 
(albeit I only use Konquerer for browser testing sites I know will have a 
strong linux audience). Every point release of Kubuntu/KDE pushes out little 
improvements that improve the desktop experience. Sure there are some bugs but 
the bug level for me is pretty much the same as KDE3.5 - and when I do find one 
it goes on to Launchpad for the Kubuntu team to look at.

To keep it on-topic with Quanta - I don't see any of the problems that have 
been mentioned here regarding Quanta and KDE4. I've hardly seen it crash on 
KDE4, in fact it crashes less than it did on KDE3 and uses less  resources 
than it did on KDE3.
Quanta is also the last major KDE application I use that hasn't made the port 
to KDE4 -- so we can't blame all the issues on KDE4 (yes, I understand the 
reasons why this has happened).

So  I guess some answers for KDE4 / Quanta 3 users could be, based on some of 
the threads here and elsewhere:
* are you using the latest KDE4 version for your distro (4.2.3 in Kubuntu) ?
* do you have all the available qt3 libraries installed for your distro ?
* is your distro actively supporting KDE as a core desktop environment? 
(kubuntu and suse seem to be the two main distros in that regard). If not, run 
up a livecd and test one of those two out to see if things are better. I don't 
know - is Debian really suited to desktop work ?
* if you are really having troubles using a Quanta feature can you use another 
method (e.g uploads to a remote server - I use Bazaar version control for all 
that)
* register descriptive, reusable bug reports for your distro and/or KDE - one 
useful way to get bugs fixed! I doubt the KDE developers are going to scan 
mailing lists and say "oh! there's a bug that could be fixed".
* if all else fails stick with KDE3.5 - it's there just not being maintained.

Whatever happens, KDE 4 is the future of KDE.

HTH
James


On Fri, 15 May 2009 05:36:35 am Arthur Marsh wrote:
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