KDE 4.4: Does It Work Yet?
I used to love KDE way back in the KDE 1.x and KDE 2.x days of yore. I migrated away from KDE during the early 3.x days in favor of GNOME. I’m stepping back into KDE from a GNOME user’s viewpoint with a single question in my mind: “Does it work yet?” I’m giving KDE 4.x a second chance with this new 4.4.x version.
KDE Startup
I no longer have to wait for all of KDE’s features to start up as I nod off watching the little icons appear one by one until I’m finally presented with a usable interface. The new KDE surprised me with its snappy and much anticipated startup speed. I had forgotten that this was one of KDE’s improvements over previous versions but it’s always refreshing to see it in action. I rebooted a couple of times just to make sure that what I was seeing was real.
It was and I’m glad. To the KDE team, I say “Good work” on the startup speed. If that were your only improvement in this release, it would be noteworthy by itself.
Semantic Desktop
I’m not sure why someone didn’t think of this sooner but the semantic desktop idea is intriguing. Simply put: It’s all about metadata. Metadata is data about data.
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