it's late, eyelids r heavy, n my fingers wanna reply. :D<br><br><br><i>Robert: "
I think I shall go no further with KDE4 - requiring a per-user full-blown<br>
mysql installation that is used merely for caching has a WTF-rating that goes<br>
off the scale.<br>"gordon: " I take it he is running Win7 and is future-proofing it until Win8 comes along , compared to this KDE 4.4 is still a saint."<br></i><br>on the scale (or off, as the case may be), if KDE4 is a mountain, the windozes are the planet.<br>
i wonder if there's some causality to the correlation between user base sizes and bloatware sizes. clearly, if u want a one size fit's all, the dumb logic seems to point to bigger being the only way to fit all (everyone).<br>
<br><br><br><br><i><br>sean: "32GB"</i><br><br>:O i could run my virtual machine host os and it's clients from that much ram. mmm copy2ram. i love it when a distro comes with copy2ram option.<br><br><br>
<i><br>sean: "even just firefox" ... "ajax" "flash"<br><br></i>yep. i've taken to calling it fatfox. even after installing <b>swiftfox</b>, and addons: <b>betterprivacy, ghostery, noscript, adblock & flashblock</b>, it still manages to chew up the biggest chunk of my ram most of the time.<br>
^ i recommend that procedure to improve firefox, both for speed and security. more essential than even a lightweight compact theme, compact menu, firebug, video download helper, and illimitux! (though they're worthy too)<br>
<br><br>sorry if there's any kde4 fans here. ... not for what i'm about to say. i'm just sorry there's kde4 fans here. ;p<br>but kde4, seriously... it's like... if it aint broke dont fix it, n once it's broke, go use the one that isnt broke<br>
<br>(saying broke alot is funny).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/10 Robert Ladyman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:it@file-away.co.uk">it@file-away.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im"><br>
> At the minute the Windows 7 kernel appears to be on par with Linux. The UI<br>
> is certainly not the best for power users however on the plus side it<br>
> doesn't have any extra bloat added after the initial release - there is<br>
> nothing worse than running a few updates to find something like Akonadi<br>
> installed/required or suddenly having KMS enabled wasting hours upon hours<br>
> trying to stop xorg crashing.<br>
><br>
> I really like KDE4, but much like Robert I do not want some silly rubbish<br>
> installed because the controlling 1% (figure pulled out of thin air) of<br>
> the community thought it'd be useful to them.<br>
><br>
> I want something minimal yet functional, easy to use and most importantly<br>
> setup and forget: I have work to do. Perhaps its time I switch to<br>
> Ubuntu................<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Sean McRobbie<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Hear, hear....well, not the Ubuntu bit, obviously.<br>
<br>
I'm thinking of writing a few packages for KDE4:<br>
<br>
* akonadie - removes akonadi and anything like it, replacing it with a tiny<br>
stub<br>
* neposux - kills nepomux and all its little friends, replacing it with a stub<br>
* distemper - does the same for beagle.<br>
* strigil - cleans out strigi<br>
<br>
Replacing them with stubs means that kde would remain useful without all the<br>
sh*te that keeps getting added.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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