Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 18:31:48 +0200 From: Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com> To: Jim Pingle <lists@pingle.org> Cc: Ports FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kde3 ports expired today Message-ID: <CA%2Bt49PKr7aV6ms3Mx8zA1-mow3ANJ-m2Yw5_bp%2Bb-cJ8iP67Hw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51D2F7DE.2090307@pingle.org> References: <CADL2u4jkwV6Qt3%2BDKoSLN6d-AU-hZ2eLfmpzBXCCk6SvnKkeGA@mail.gmail.com> <20130701082022.GA2348@La-Habana> <20130701093830.GC77709@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51D1E5E5.80801@intersonic.se> <20130701204058.GA1076@tiny.Sisis.de> <1372734337.76461.YahooMailNeo@web164004.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20130702051017.GA1693@La-Habana> <51D2EF17.3050101@netfence.it> <51D2F7DE.2090307@pingle.org>
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On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Jim Pingle <lists@pingle.org> wrote: > On 07/02/13 07:10, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> El d=EDa Monday, July 01, 2013 a las 08:05:37PM -0700, Jeffrey Bouquet >> escribi=F3: >> >>> bsdstats.org > ports stats would have that information probably >> >> http://bsdstats.org/ports.php?category=3D91 >> >> says in column 'times in use': >> >> x11/kde3: 534 >> x11/kde4: 86 > > I feel as though I'm in the happy minority who use and enjoy KDE4. My > FreeBSD desktop/workstation is running it well but it does not have > limited resource requirements (i7-750, 8G of RAM, Radeon HD 4650). > > Since Amarok and K3B outgrew their KDE3 dependencies, I've managed to > keep my system KDE3/QT3-free for a while now, though that wasn't always > easy in the past. > > The only real hiccup I've had was the recent KDE4 bump that made me have > to reconfigure some things, but it ended up working better than ever in > the end. The only current complaint I have is about the atrocities they > have committed to KMail. > > Resource usage and philosophical reasons aside, some people who have > been burned by KDE4 in the past may want to revisit it now, it's matured > a lot from its early days. > > Personally I won't miss KDE3 at all, and I really haven't missed it for > several years now. > > Jim I was about to write something similar. My work machine has been on KDE4 for years, and though it was quite rocky in the earlier versions it has kind of quietly disappeared into the background (in a good way) now - while I can understand the gnome2 revival projects, I don't quite see the point of e.g. Trinity. -- Daniel Nebdal
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