[clug-talk] KDE4 - Doesn't "remember" settings

[Gustin Johnson]

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Shawn wrote:
> 4.3 is more stable and addresses a large number of items that were known
> to cause issues.  I would suggest updating to 4.3, if possible.  One of
> those changes is more flexible panels including sizes.
> 
KDE 4.3.2 was just released a week or two ago.  If you really want to
use KDE 4 daily, I would suggest that you download and compile the
latest stable version directly from KDE.org.

> This is one of the few areas where I have a complaint with the various
> Distros.  They are inconsistent with what version of the desktop
> environments they make available.  KDE 4.3 has been out since late
> spring (for instance) - there is no reason it can't be included in the
> repositories.  Instead we see Ubuntu forcing the masses to wait until
> 9.10 is released (next week) before 4.3 is considered "standard".  Sure
> there are ways to get 4.3 sooner, but that requires knowledge of
> tweaking repositories and is prone to errors/frustrations (thinking of
> the mythical "common user" here).  But I've ranted on this before.. :)
> 
> The point is, a lot of the issues that caused problems/concerns in 4.2
> were already fixed, but the distros are slow to role out the more recent
> stable version, so we still see those problems/concerns being talked
> about.  Even though the KDE team has addressed them already.  KDE takes
> the bad rap for bugs that the distro maintainers have chosen to leave in
> place....
> 
I agree, the various distros are making things difficult for the KDE 4
team.  It has been getting a pretty unfair reputation.

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