KDE 4 Released/Preview : The future GUI ? - Page 2

amitava82 · 17-01-2008, 11:23 AM

I just downloaded Kubuntu Live cd with KDE 4. It does not have any application, not even web browser. Total useless. I'll just wait for the final full functional release.

FilledVoid · 17-01-2008, 12:12 PM

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I just downloaded Kubuntu Live cd with KDE 4. It does not have any application, not even web browser. Total useless. I'll just wait for the final full functional release.

The second release candidate of KDE 4 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 7.10.

If you want to test KDE 4 without installing packages download the live CD (466MB). This CD includes a preview of the Konqueror Webkit engine.

Source: http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/kde4-rc2.php

praka123 · 17-01-2008, 01:36 PM

^well i am trying the kde4 Open suse livecd(much better!)

ray|raven · 17-01-2008, 02:59 PM

Could someone post the memory usage?
Is KDE 4 more resposive than KDE 3?

Regards,
ray

infra_red_dude · 17-01-2008, 03:20 PM

^^^ Yeah, me too wanna know!

Dark Star · 17-01-2008, 04:02 PM

On my system its taking an average of 300-400 Mb while total physical memory is 768 Mb. So I guess its pretty heavy

Note: the usage are noted while Desktop effects were On

infra_red_dude · 17-01-2008, 04:07 PM

Thats heavy!

ray|raven · 17-01-2008, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Star

On my system its taking an average of 300-400 Mb while total physical memory is 768 Mb. So I guess its pretty heavy

Note: the usage are noted while Desktop effects were On

Is that just for the DE?
In that case its very heavy.
Compare that with xfce, which uses ~40megs in idle state on my system

Regards,
ray

Pat · 18-01-2008, 12:51 AM

I hope you guys are aware of the interesting things happening around the new KDE release:

Just a gist:

1:> Thom from OSNews posts a mini-review of KDE 4 which supposedly doesnt go down well with a KDE Developer

Link to review on OSNews:
http://www.osnews.com/story/19159/KD...t_Follows_Sour

2:> The "angry" developer responds to the criticism

http://www.osnews.com/story/19161/No...ng_the_Release

Dont forget to read the comments on OSNews..There are lots of comments by both the original reviewer and the developer as they both try to put their point across.Interesting read!!

Bottomline: KDE 4.0 is *still* just a developer release or more of a preview and hence should not be considered as a stable,mature desktop environment!