Thoughts on KDE 4.4
KDE 4.4 released! It makes a few good improvements, but still has a bit of way to go.
Making /tmp your own
When I wrote about keeping /tmp contents survive reboots, I really wanted to make *my* stuff survive reboots. TMPDIR to the rescue – adding “export TMPDIR=~/tmp” to the envfile gives me a private tmp dir, and programs like okular with temporary documents will now be able to open that tmp-doc after a reboot.
KDE 4.2 released!
When Linus jumps ship and switches to gnome, I start using it. The first version that is usable by normal people just got released. For a good review of the new things I recommend KDE 4.2 Review From Inside Out. Part 1 and Part 2. And here’s a good overview of the new desktop effects. [...]
KDE vs Gnome – who cares
So apparently Linus doesn’t like KDE anymore and here we go again. Apparently for people who LOVE KDE 3.5 the only choice if they don’t like KDE4 (yet anyway) is to switch to gnome. I’m writing this post on a KDE 3.5 installation and a big WTF floats in my head. If KDE4 doesn’t suit [...]