Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Stroller
On 13 Apr 2009, at 23:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... Something about KDE-4 and Qt4 grabbed my attention - maybe it's just the scope and possibilities of it all, and the sheer size of brass balls it takes to be the first to go that route with a mainstream product. I admire guts and vision

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 14:50:37 Stroller wrote: I find Exposé immensely useful on my Mac and I love the genie effect when maximising minimising windows; I can imagine a cool animation when using virtual desktops on Linux. But clearly you're talking about something more than that,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few keywords to start a search with - nepomuk, sematic desktop Maybe I just don't get it but all of the descriptions of this stuff flies way over my head. Admittedly, as soon as I see the word social being

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 14 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few keywords to start a search with - nepomuk, sematic desktop Maybe I just don't get it but all of the descriptions of this stuff flies way over my head.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Dienstag 14 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few keywords to start a search with - nepomuk, sematic desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 19:09:38 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Dienstag 14 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 14 April 2009 19:09:38 Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: On Dienstag 14 April 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:41:49 Paul Hartman wrote: Okay, that makes sense and if it were able to gather all of that metadata without me having to enter it maybe it could even be useful... as long as it never queries the internet for that metadata. My post got too long and I subconsciously

[gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Philip Webb wrote: I also didn't mention that Kmahjongg 4.2.1 doesn't allow you to edit the layout its traditional tiles are ugly. You can use the old version. Nor is Okular a match for Kpdf 3.5.10. Okular is actually regarded as far better by almost everyone. I tried (re)moving

[gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Philip Webb wrote: I'm quite willing to try new things, but KDE 4.2.1 is definitely a beta. But a very good one, at least for me. It has some features I want that KDE 3 simply lacks (mainly plasmids, Vista-like desktop effects and vastly better font rendering.) I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 13 April 2009 19:23:16 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Philip Webb wrote: I'm quite willing to try new things, but KDE 4.2.1 is definitely a beta. But a very good one, at least for me. It has some features I want that KDE 3 simply lacks (mainly plasmids,

[gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: It's more than that. It's an experimental approach to a new way of thinking about desktops. Amen. Brah.. What I'm looking to do, is focus on voice interfaces to the desktop. Most of my followers just want linux (naturarrly this means

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 13 April 2009 22:36:19 James wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: It's more than that. It's an experimental approach to a new way of thinking about desktops. Amen. Brah.. What I'm looking to do, is focus on voice interfaces to the desktop. I'd like to see

[gentoo-user] Re: KDE 4.2.1 : beta is as beta does

2009-04-13 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: I'm thinking aircraft and BMW HUDs... how cool would that be? Or thin, flexible, transparent displays as the middle layer in my helmet visor hooked up to a rearward facing lipstick camera so I can see the twit behind me in his SUV when