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chrispop99 wrote:I would expect that the majority on Linux users, myself included, were perhaps more concerned with functionality however.

Chris

And that is there as well in KDE4. But one cannot discount ease of use and user experience.

mepnoob2005 wrote:I love kde 4 just for all the new packages. K3b is one example....it's more advanced looking and feeling than any previous version...as all the new package versions look now

Good point, that I do not believe has been mentioned here before.

drg, Well yes and no. They are based on the KDE 4.3.4 implemented in Mepis 8.5, but the features are standard KDE 4 features that I was referring to and not the added Mepis tools which are completely different. Of course separating the feel of Mepis and KDE 4 is as it is so well integrated is not ea...

I may be one of the few around here who has never even SEEN KDE 4. My desktop is still running SM 7 flawlessly and does everything I throw at it. My only wish is that WINE would work better for the two or three Windows programs I occasionally use. My laptop is happily running SM 8 and is quite snap...

I still prefer 8.015, kde 3.5x. Why? For now it offers more choices and features, takes fewer resources, less memory, better speed as a gui, doesn't hang up the mouse, stable I'd say. I am not questioning your experience, but mine is the opposite on all points re choices and features, resources, me...

beckwith wrote:Check release numbers. 8.5 does not ship with 4.4KDE, it's
4.3 with 8000+ bugs. If you push it a little it breaks. OK
if you are happy with what is shipped, but don't try and
configure it.

????????? Push it how? It runs everything I need, why must one push it? Configures OK for me.

I am very happy with MEPIS 8.5 and KDE 4.4. I was skeptical when KDE4 was first released. In fact I disliked it. As more releases came out I became a convert. And Warren has done a great job integrating KDE4 with stable Debian, not an easy task. I am looking forward with great anticipation to Mepis ...