Comments for A Conservative Techie http://jjesse.wordpress.com Thoughts from a Conservative point of view in regards to technology Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on I Love KDE4 by metamatic http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-212 metamatic Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:04:14 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-212 Well, I've done my best to explain why <a href="http://meta.ath0.com/2008/01/18/kde-4-ui-critique/" rel="nofollow">my first experience with KDE 4 was an intensely negative one</a>. Some of the UI issues have been fixed in 4.1, but most remain. Well, I’ve done my best to explain why my first experience with KDE 4 was an intensely negative one. Some of the UI issues have been fixed in 4.1, but most remain.

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by superpowa http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-211 superpowa Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:50:15 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-211 Wolfger excuse me, but ... the default image viewer and the default ebook reader are 2 of the first 10 things i look for when I'm testing a new DE. Akonadi is not a program ... is a sort of "integration Layer" for kdepim. Nepomuk ... well ... is one of the biggest pieces in kde4 ... and it also makes Dolphin work better. Yep ... I see improvements in the user experience ... and I see a DE able to be improved (excuse my BAD english ... this sentence is not so bad in italian, I swear) quickly and continuosly (plasma). Kde3 is beautiful, but it has limits ... and many apps were getting exausted trying to grow ... I would say that in 2008 kde3 is not friendly for improvements anymore. I think we will have a more complete horizon with the new release of Koffice (the bigger lack at this moment). Wolfger excuse me, but … the default image viewer and the default ebook reader are 2 of the first 10 things i look for when I’m testing a new DE.
Akonadi is not a program … is a sort of “integration Layer” for kdepim.
Nepomuk … well … is one of the biggest pieces in kde4 … and it also makes Dolphin work better.

Yep … I see improvements in the user experience … and I see a DE able to be improved (excuse my BAD english … this sentence is not so bad in italian, I swear) quickly and continuosly (plasma).

Kde3 is beautiful, but it has limits … and many apps were getting exausted trying to grow … I would say that in 2008 kde3 is not friendly for improvements anymore.
I think we will have a more complete horizon with the new release of Koffice (the bigger lack at this moment).

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by wolfger http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-210 wolfger Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:29:26 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-210 I think I'm understanding a bit better now. You love KDE4 because you see improvements. Coincidentally, I use none of the apps you list... Akonadi, Nepomuk, Gwenview, Okular... Konqueror4 may be a better browser than Konqueror3, but I only use Konqueror for file management (and now Dolphin is used for that). Okay, Dolphin4 > Dolphin3. That is an improvement I tend to overlook. Next time I boot up 4, I'll check out the apps you've mentioned here. I think I’m understanding a bit better now. You love KDE4 because you see improvements. Coincidentally, I use none of the apps you list… Akonadi, Nepomuk, Gwenview, Okular… Konqueror4 may be a better browser than Konqueror3, but I only use Konqueror for file management (and now Dolphin is used for that). Okay, Dolphin4 > Dolphin3. That is an improvement I tend to overlook. Next time I boot up 4, I’ll check out the apps you’ve mentioned here.

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by superpowa http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-209 superpowa Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:44:37 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-209 Wolfger ... let me think: Kde4 is lighter than kde3 ... and faster. Akonadi, Nepomuk Gwenview and so on ... make kde4 a much more integrated environment than kde3 ... (well, not only kde3) Okular is much more powerful than any other similar viewer and resolves a very pressing feature request: COMMENTS on pdf an chm. Konqueror on Kde4 si a better web browser than on Kde3. MANY qt4 ports of apps on kde4 are better than the qt3 versions (Semantik for example). excuse me, but I had onlyfew seconds ... and I think it's not a complete list ... but I think that it's enough to start looking at kde4 as a solution and not as a problem Wolfger … let me think:
Kde4 is lighter than kde3 … and faster.
Akonadi, Nepomuk Gwenview and so on … make kde4 a much more integrated environment than kde3 … (well, not only kde3)
Okular is much more powerful than any other similar viewer and resolves a very pressing feature request: COMMENTS on pdf an chm.
Konqueror on Kde4 si a better web browser than on Kde3.
MANY qt4 ports of apps on kde4 are better than the qt3 versions (Semantik for example).

excuse me, but I had onlyfew seconds … and I think it’s not a complete list … but I think that it’s enough to start looking at kde4 as a solution and not as a problem

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by wolfger http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-208 wolfger Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:08:07 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-208 So how, exactly, do you think KDE4 is better than KDE3? I mean, aside from being prettier to look at. I've <a href="http://wolfger.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/when-35-40/" rel="nofollow">listed</a> the ways in which it is inferior, but I've seen no similar list of what makes KDE4 worth using, and I haven't been able to find anything that makes it worth using on my own. So how, exactly, do you think KDE4 is better than KDE3? I mean, aside from being prettier to look at. I’ve listed the ways in which it is inferior, but I’ve seen no similar list of what makes KDE4 worth using, and I haven’t been able to find anything that makes it worth using on my own.

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by Jonathan http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-207 Jonathan Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:44:36 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-207 Hopefully not in the same way.... I guess what I was trying to argue was that like Vista, KDE 4 takes some while to get used to and that I don't want to use KDE 4 jus tlike I don't want to use XP. I feel less productive in both. Hopefully not in the same way…. I guess what I was trying to argue was that like Vista, KDE 4 takes some while to get used to and that I don’t want to use KDE 4 jus tlike I don’t want to use XP. I feel less productive in both.

]]> Comment on I Love KDE4 by dburanen http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-206 dburanen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:36:12 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/i-love-kde4/#comment-206 You're arguing that people should use KDE because it's like Vista?!?!? I'm just thankful KDE4 keeps the old menu plasmoid as an option. You’re arguing that people should use KDE because it’s like Vista?!?!?

I’m just thankful KDE4 keeps the old menu plasmoid as an option.

]]> Comment on Looking for a way to manage my Music Library by Jonathan http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-204 Jonathan Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:09:46 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-204 wow thanks for the great comments. I noticed that sometimes on my Windows/Mac boxes I can see other iTune shares and other times I can't. Also some great ideas. Will tak a look at them. Thanks wow thanks for the great comments. I noticed that sometimes on my Windows/Mac boxes I can see other iTune shares and other times I can’t.

Also some great ideas. Will tak a look at them.

Thanks

]]> Comment on Looking for a way to manage my Music Library by mgalvin http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-202 mgalvin Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:32:25 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-202 Of course you could use iTunes on the Mac and Win boxes and just use iTunes music sharing. Although of course your options are limited to listening only on the Win boxes. Then just have Linux (Rhythmbox) watch the share. Of course you could use iTunes on the Mac and Win boxes and just use iTunes music sharing. Although of course your options are limited to listening only on the Win boxes. Then just have Linux (Rhythmbox) watch the share.

]]> Comment on Looking for a way to manage my Music Library by lunarcloud http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-201 lunarcloud Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:31:07 +0000 http://jjesse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-for-a-way-to-manage-my-music-library/#comment-201 Amarok 2.0 is going to be released for windows linux and mac osx in a month or two. Then you could use the same media player and manage them like that. You could either use the external hard drive AS the music library or sync your music collection on all three computers with amarok (the former a simpler solution). Amarok 2.0 is going to be released for windows linux and mac osx in a month or two. Then you could use the same media player and manage them like that. You could either use the external hard drive AS the music library or sync your music collection on all three computers with amarok (the former a simpler solution).

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