Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWho needs stable, feature-rich desktops anywaydiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1710arrow-down1imageWho needs stable, feature-rich desktops anywaydiscuss.tchncs.deNatanox@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square247fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·4 days agoI’m pretty sure that the vast majority of hate for KDE back in the day was because Qt started out with a non-Free Software license, not because it was bad in terms of quality.
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 days agoKDE Plasma 4 was also really buggy when it first launched
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThat was it for me. I was actually a KDE user way back in the KDE 2 and 3 days. I found KDE 4 unusable. KDE 5 never won me over. But I have been using Plasma 6 on Wayland and am perfectly happy with it.
minus-squareBullishUtensil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoYep, that’s what brought me over to XFCE for several years. Back at KDE again, though
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days agoI personally hated KDE because it was a buggy, unstable mess for a long time.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAre you referring to the fact that a lot of distributions shipped KDE 4 pre release code?
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYep. the Qt wars were real. And one needed to be careful about reveling your KDE use because you would get flamed with hatred.
I’m pretty sure that the vast majority of hate for KDE back in the day was because Qt started out with a non-Free Software license, not because it was bad in terms of quality.
KDE Plasma 4 was also really buggy when it first launched
That was it for me. I was actually a KDE user way back in the KDE 2 and 3 days. I found KDE 4 unusable. KDE 5 never won me over. But I have been using Plasma 6 on Wayland and am perfectly happy with it.
Yep, that’s what brought me over to XFCE for several years. Back at KDE again, though
I personally hated KDE because it was a buggy, unstable mess for a long time.
Are you referring to the fact that a lot of distributions shipped KDE 4 pre release code?
Yep. the Qt wars were real. And one needed to be careful about reveling your KDE use because you would get flamed with hatred.