[dundee] Those pesky KDE devs...just a moan

[Robert Ladyman]

> At the minute the Windows 7 kernel appears to be on par with Linux. The UI
>  is certainly not the best for power users however on the plus side it
>  doesn't have any extra bloat added after the initial release - there is
>  nothing worse than running a few updates to find something like Akonadi
>  installed/required or suddenly having KMS enabled wasting hours upon hours
>  trying to stop xorg crashing.
> 
> I really like KDE4, but much like Robert I do not want some silly rubbish
>  installed because the controlling 1% (figure pulled out of thin air) of
>  the community thought it'd be useful to them.
> 
> I want something minimal yet functional, easy to use and most importantly
>  setup and forget: I have work to do. Perhaps its time I switch to
>  Ubuntu................
> 
> Regards,
> Sean McRobbie
> 
> 

Hear, hear....well, not the Ubuntu bit, obviously. 

I'm thinking of writing a few packages for KDE4:

* akonadie - removes akonadi and anything like it, replacing it with a tiny 
stub
* neposux - kills nepomux and all its little friends, replacing it with a stub
* distemper - does the same for beagle.
* strigil - cleans out strigi

Replacing them with stubs means that kde would remain useful without all the 
sh*te that keeps getting added.

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