Dale wrote: > You say they dropped support. I call it dropping the ball. Same thing.
Sorry for "butting in"... As I understand it, KDE development is mostly driven by volunteers (like most OSS projects). Yes, some are probably paid/employed by interested parties but this doesn't really change the fact that there are limited resources that might be better to concentrate on the latest (and "greatest"). Not trying to be flame-baiting but, as with all OSS projects, if you don't like something, you can sharpen your hacking skills and contribute/fork/whatever to get what you want. Besides, comparing KDE with Microsoft is a bit unfair, don't you think? MS products is payed and supported through the sale of their software. KDE is free, unless you pay for support... Perhaps it's time to look around for something that suits you better? For me I like simplicity/minimalism and I've settled for xfce4. For the record I used to run K3b with a minimal kde-support environment (kdelibs, qt etc.), still under xfce4 of course, but I stopped using/removed it when KDE4 was enforced. Not that I have anything against qt4/KDE4 but it mandated installation of "accessibility" libs/utilities + "the kitchen sink" (why that would be required is beyond me; I thought accessibility was the exception and not the norm)... Again, just my opinion, not meaning to upset you, Dale, or anyone else... Best regards Peter K
