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Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop

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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 <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> 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

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[CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-06-16 14:08 +0000
  Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-06-16 13:57 -0700
    Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-06-17 08:58 +0300
      Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-06-17 05:42 -0700
        Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-18 13:46 +0200
          Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "J.B.Treadstone" <jbt@dev.nul> - 2015-06-18 13:29 +0100
            Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-18 21:07 +0200
              Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "J.B.Treadstone" <jbt@dev.nul> - 2015-06-18 23:37 +0100
                Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-20 21:23 +0200
          Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-06-18 06:17 -0700
            Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-06-18 16:34 +0000
              Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-06-18 13:43 -0400
            Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-06-18 21:12 +0200
              Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Jon Danniken <jonSPAMdanniken@yaSMPAhoo.com> - 2015-06-18 13:47 -0700
                Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-18 14:46 -0700
          Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-19 11:20 +0100
        Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2015-06-18 23:14 +0000
          Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-06-18 16:42 -0700
          Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-19 11:52 +0100
      Re: [CM] Favorable review of Cinnamon desktop Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-06-18 13:56 +0300

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