KDE 4.2 is teh 0wnage!

It certainly is pretty neat. :-)

I hope with the Qt LGPL announcement there will be even more technology sharing in the back-end between KDE and GNOME. Plasma seems to be such a candidate for GNOME 3.0.

I stuck with KDE 4.0, and upgraded to 4.1, then 4.2 Beta 2. There has been some amazing work going on, especially if you read PlanetKDE. I'm already impatient to see what KDE 4.3 will bring... :)

I, as a GNOME user, would like to see plasma-library being reused in GNOME3. You really can write GTK apps on top of plasma's data engines so why not to use it?

As long-time KDE user, I have too agree with your post ;) . But I also wanted to praise GNOME, which I tried recently: Wow, it's a nice DE! Polished and it just works. Kudos!

Go, Free software!!!

Best wishes, Neil

I think with the KDE 4 series, KDE has really come to its own. I've used KDE for years and love it, but I still recommend and install Gnome for the less experienced (not saying that Gnome is too simple, but it works better out of the box for people that don't care about computers). KDE 4.2 is almost at the point where I can recommend it to the average user.. A few minor annoyances persist, but I think by 4.3 I can be fully confident. Of course who knows where Gnome will be by then :)

Rock on free desktops!

It's quite fraking awesome how far it has come in just a year and it's already wwaaay ahead of that "stalled" gnome.

Btw the new revised oxygen (oxyglass if you want transparent "plasma borders") theme and the new notification system is beautiful. Plasma rocks hard! Dolphin rocks! Kde-edu apps are just stunning (Marble is awesome!) Kate rocks! Everything just rocks and everything is configurable...Everything is just like it use to be except for being quite a lot prettier and frankly quite a lot more functional...ROCK ON! :D

k3b is only "kde 3" software i still use (don't mind really because i don't use it like everyday). Quassel replaces konversation just fine ;)...

Good work. When I first saw KDE 4.0 I thought it as a big disaster.Now they showed the way.Great work!!!!!!!

I must agree - I was a Gnome user until fairly recently. I tried KDE 4.1 because it sorta looked nice, and I haven't stayed back with Gnome. The UI polish is great and things work really well; quite trouble-free!

Gnome does currently have a better level of functionality, (for instance burning CDs from the desktop) but I'm sure the KDE folks are working on this. Better lift your game and give us some of that lovely composited eye-candy!

Using KDE 4.2, I can certify: the audiocd:// KIOSlave works like KDE 3.5.

I tried the 4.2 RC1 version on Ubuntu just recently but did not care for it. KDE, for me, just seems to make some baroque and intrusive interface decisions at times, and the whole experience just isn't as smooth as it has been for me with GNOME.

I also did not find most of the "K" programs nearly as intuitive as GTK based programs were when I first used them. Odd placement/naming of options, interface choices and so-forth. And, is it even possible to get a 12-hour display on the panel clock or no? I certainly couldn't figure this out through the usual, logical means.

Additionally, I was still experiencing a number of glitches on my setup, but I may be in the minority. It is amazing what they've accomplished and a bold move to "break" so strongly with KDE3.5. For me, however the KDE philosophy and design choices just don't suit me as well as GNOME's do....

It really is great to see this kind of feedback. Down with the artificial desktop wars and antagonism! We're techies and nerds and we can appreciate cool technologies wherever they pop up!

I haven't tried KDE, but I just want to say I'm loving the positivism around here :)

Realy thanks alot on your comments.
Gnome is also an excellent DE

I've always used Gnome, and still I am.
But, since Qt libraries are going so well I wonder if anyone will ever be so brave to propose to develop Gnome 3.o on Qt.
This would rocks.

Hail to KDE developers.

KDE rocks. Gnome rocks.

You rock.