Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "J.B.Treadstone" Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:29:18 +0100 Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <5582af91$0$2894$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net gcAAs2/tqyjofkHr8yYgNgi7t00uyWKTjgS3KpohMbuVkA/kkb Cancel-Lock: sha1:OPy4PnSQZdm+ICRze3pOLlx4hcw= User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:7956 comp.os.linux.misc:14970 On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:46:25 +0200, Dirk T. Verbeek wrote: > Op 17-06-15 om 14:42 schreef Jon Danniken: >> On 06/16/2015 10:58 PM, RS Wood wrote: >>> Jon Danniken writes: >>> >>>>> the brand new Cinnamon 2.6, just released, when delivered later >>> this year.… >>> >>>> Considering how badly KDE screwed the pooch with KDE5/Plasma5, >>> it's nice >>>> to see that Cinnamon is stepping up to fill the gap. >>>> >>>> Jon >>> >>> Is it as bad as that? I haven't tried it yet since I'm on a distro >>> where I've now got everything working the way I'd like, and I don't >>> want to upgrade and have to go through it all again. I'm used to >>> hearing how they botched the upgrade to KDE4, but I hadn't heard they'd >>> botched the upgrade to KDE5. >>> I was actually thinking, a lot of what they're promoting as new >>> features are things that KDE4 (at least) had ages ago, like the ability >>> to have multiple panels, or put the panels where you want them on the >>> screen. >> >> In the classic application launcher (AKA "kicker"), there is no way to >> disable the search field. If you previously accessed items in your >> application menu by using the first letter of the entries, you're out of >> luck because the search field always takes focus, and there is no way to >> disable it. >> > So who cares? I type an f and Firefox and FileZilla show up to pick from. > >> I gave it a try in the new Fedora22 and was thoroughly unimpressed. They >> also got rid of the Oxygen theme, leaving only a scant few themes, all >> of which use huge padding and overly large fonts. > I don't know about Fedora but Oxygen is there in Kubuntu. >> >> They basically went with the look of a smartphone instead of sticking >> with the functionality of a classic PC, destroying accessibility along >> the way. > Thanks for comparing Fedora KDE with Kubuntu. >> > Now I do agree KDE5/ Plasma5 leaves to be desired, quite a few core > applications like Gwenview, QuickLaunch and Dolphin are not yet ported to > Plasma5 giving regular compatibility problems and missing options. Also, you can't have different desktop wallpapers, like you can in KDE 4.14.x. A feature which, IMHO, helped distinguished KDE from other desktops. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341143 > So those lucky enough to still run Kubuntu 14.04 are better off to > continue using it at lest till the next release in October. > > Or do like I always do and have the latest release as a separate install, > dual or triple booting is easy and it gives you the opportunity to get > used to the newer systems and hand in bug reports without losing > usability. > >> Jon