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[Richard]

Hey Uncle,
Here's something to consider if you have a spare partition
on your desktop harddisk or in a VBox.
http://tutorialforlinux.com/2013/11/13/ ... fce-linux/
I think I'll give it a try also. I still have an empty partition.

I used KDE3 for many years but didn't adapt well to KDE4.
I still use Krusader on Xfce4 with all the stuff it needs.
In my mind, there just isn't anything else as complete.
Krusader was the app that made switching to Linux
much easier. And I've tried. I like & use Thunar also.

KDE was really a complete package then and I imagine
it still is. I met and translated for Aaron Seigo a few
years back at a FLOSS event in Venezuela.
The KDE team do admirable work.

[lucky9]

At this point in time it makes no difference to me what I install as my Daily Driver. It will be 64 bit. It will be based on debian Stable. I'll take a look at Testing releases like kubuntu 14.04.x. But their upgrade schedule is way too frantic for me. SolydK BE, KWheezy, even antiX 64 bit built to my spec.... or any similar OS is fine. For me the OS is a tool so I want it to work, first time and every time. There are plenty of people who like testing software, or don't mind things not working quite right all the time. Not me.

With the tools available nowadays 64 bit will run whatever comes along. And I like the additional speed when transcoding, etc. There's still a place for 32 bit for sure. Many Personal Computers require 32 bit. I have one.

[richb]

Kubuntu 14.04 is an LTS release, meaning Long Term Support. It is not a test release as far as I know.

[lucky9]

Thought it was based on Jessie. My mistake.

[Danum]

Kubuntu 14.04 is an LTS release, meaning Long Term Support. It is not a test release as far as I know.

The test release is Kubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/

For me the OS is a tool so I want it to work, first time and every time. There are plenty of people who like testing software, or don't mind things not working quite right all the time. Not me.

Call for help from Debian KDE Team :lipsrsealed:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2 ... 00008.html

In particular, there are bugs affecting the version in wheezy,

[joany]

For quite a while now the KDE team has been severely understaffed. We maintain
a lot of packages, with many different kinds of bugs, but we don't have enough
people to do all the work that needs to be done ... In particular, there are bugs affecting the version in wheezy ...

Oh, dear! Not good.

[NGIB]

That's a reason I've never been a fan of KDE, to big, to complicated and to many moving parts. I read the threads about how pieces break and I'm glad I never got involved with it...

[richb]

That's a reason I've never been a fan of KDE, to big, to complicated and to many moving parts. I read the threads about how pieces break and I'm glad I never got involved with it...

Not that complicated and rarely if ever breaks. Too big? I really do not care with 500 Gig hard drive and 12 Gig of ram, size is immaterial.

[lucky9]

Features comes (usually) with size. The size of an OS is just barely material. For the complexity that KDE has it comes out pretty good with stability. I rarely have anything happen that requires a restart. Every once in a while I'll have to restart the xserver. (I've had more trouble trying to post on our forum, because I forget to hit Submit before closing a Tab.) PEBKAC

[DBeckett]

That's a reason I've never been a fan of KDE, to big, to complicated and to many moving parts. I read the threads about how pieces break and I'm glad I never got involved with it...

Not that complicated and rarely if ever breaks. Too big? I really do not care with 500 Gig hard drive and 12 Gig of ram, size is immaterial.

Agreed.

KDE can become ponderous and quirky on old and seriously underpowered equipment, but blaming the software is a bit shortsighted.