Reflection: KDE 4.5
I've been using KDE 4.5 for the last 2 weeks (since I reviewed it), and though I generally like what I see, I think my first experiences with Linux (i.e. with a GNOME desktop) have already biased me against fully accepting KDE 4.5. I think it also has to do with the fact that I'm using KDE on top of GNOME instead of just KDE, as would be the case if I used Linux Mint 9 "Isadora" KDE (or something similar). I've already gone through what the KDE developers have gotten right, so while I may touch on these things a little bit through this post, I will end up talking mostly about why I don't think this can replace Linux Mint's implementation of GNOME (and remember, part of this has to do with what I started using first and how I have installed KDE).
As you can see, I have changed the theme to a dark theme, as I really liked this dark style in the early days of KDE 4.X. The wallpaper is "Lightning" instead of the default "Ethais". The Folder View across all of my virtual desktops shows my home folder. The Plasma panel, widgets, and Lancelot Launcher menu (whose behavior I have modified slightly to better mimic MintMenu's behavior) use the Oxygen style instead of the Air style that has become the default since KDE 4.3 (I think). I also changed the window style to "Obsidian Coast", so that all the title bars and window regions are dark, but things like buttons and text boxes are white.
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