Comments on: KDE 4.4 could include custom netbook interface

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By: eruaran

eruaran — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:33:05 +0000

Even if its a total failure, there is always merit in people trying to innovate and experiment. Remember, this project is still very much in the experimental phase and may change significantly. But I think it has the potential to prove popular on small screens since that is what they have in mind and broad feedback so far has been positive.

By: eruaran

eruaran — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:27:04 +0000

Obviously you haven't seen the demo of KDE's Plasma netbook desktop. It hasn't even reached the alpha stage yet and people are already raving about its enormous potential. And its not about limiting the user at all, such thinking is the antithesis of KDE. Its about flexibility, and Plasma has the flexibility and power to deliver any type of interface for any situation. Windows in its current form is literally years behind KDE in that respect and would require a fundamental and radical redesign to compete with KDE's Plasma shell on various devices.

By: eruaran

eruaran — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:05 +0000

By: eruaran

eruaran — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:27:04 +0000

By: Pantallazos : Un lugar en el mundo…

Pantallazos : Un lugar en el mundo… — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:36:51 +0000

[...] menos de un par de meses que empezamos a oír hablar de que KDE 4.4 proporcionaría un entorno específico para netbooks basado en el proyecto Plasma-MID y ahora ya podemos ver algún pantallazo de los resultados como [...]

By: jospoortvliet

jospoortvliet — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:49:41 +0000

And here is the first result of 2 weeks of work by 3 volunteers:.

http://www.notmart.org/index.php/Software/Plasm...

By: KDE is working on a Netbook specific version | OS Attack

KDE is working on a Netbook specific version | OS Attack — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:22:54 +0000

[...] It Out> aseigo via Netbook news and Liliputing, Ubuntu Netbook [...]

By: lnm

lnm — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:36:46 +0000

I haven't read much of the link, but I run Kubuntu 8.10 (with KDE4) on my acer aspire one and my desktop and it works great (except for the screen being to short for the bottom of some windows to fit on the screen. Errrrr) I ran KDE 3.5 before and I think KDE 4.2 is a real improvement, although it's still a little rough around the edges (kind of like OS X 10.1). KDE 4.0 (and even 4.1) weren't ready for prime time, but I think it's getting there now.

By: oddone

oddone — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:21:01 +0000

I'm not going to pass judgment until I at least see some kind of mock up. I do like that someone is taking as many chances with desktop design as KDE is, though. Between it and some of the ideas for Windows 7, it'll be good for the experimenters among us.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:32:41 +0000

You point out one of the major differences between nearly all *nix (X11) window managers
and Windows – - all except the simplest support more than one desktop.

This old (3.5) version of KDE shows that it supports 20 desktops (I am using 6 now).
I don't have a copy of XFCE booted at the moment, but even it supports multiple desktops.

By: zima

zima — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:57:16 +0000

I believe Aaron Seigo, when saying “one at a time”, actually thinks about one particular app/task taking whole focus (screen area) when used; with other tasks hidden nicely in the background (you actually can't do much more when it comes to “single taskness” on KDE, with how much it is doing…)

Seems like a convoluted way to describe what most users do already? Well, yes and no…people used to *nix OSes (not only KDE, not even only Linux…also other BSDs, even OSX) are used to managing windows of apps in a different way than Windows users (and actually…Windows users mostly just maximise the app; since their OS offers hardly any window management…); opting often to more “multi window” workflow…also made possible by more advanced (and extremely diverse) window managers.

I suspect Seigo wants to do something geared specifically for convenient “fullscreen” usage of apps.

By: Mikez

Mikez — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:07:13 +0000

Probably more of a subjective question than a technical one - - YMMV *a lot*

For people (like myself) that considers these NetBook things to be a
convenience item - give me something like xPUD that starts about as fast
as a light bulb, gives me access to my most frequently used 4 applications
plus a button to boot a full distribution . . .

That is my usage model for these little machines.
(And I have used KDE since the days it was called K-crash.)

By: acurrie

acurrie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:35:12 +0000

No disrespect meant to KDE users here, but wondering... Is there any merit to this?

By: Pixel Qi fan in waiting

Pixel Qi fan in waiting — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:03:37 +0000

KDE 4x is using a whole bunch of resources (not that thin). Crunchbang and other simpler LINUX is wonderful because of low ram use and how fast it is on netbooks.

KDE 4.x is still a work in progress and not really fun to use on computers with low end resources (maybe they can do a few things to make a netbook version a bit better)?

Can't wait for ARM and Pixel Qi, with touchscreen on a 10 inch netbook. Only months away from maybe finding out if any major netbook maker is working with Pixel Qi.