On 21 December 2006 04:32, Jeff Rollin wrote: > Hi all > > A discussion on the staff blogs over at OSNews about the Linux desktop > got me thinking. Thom and Eugenia seem to think that "the linux > desktop peaked in 2001-2004", but I don't remember the hype around > Ubuntu starting till well after that. Their argument seemed to be that > because GNOME is running into problems and because KDE is behind > schedule, the Linux desktop is dead.
What is this? First, Gentoo is thought to be unhealthy and now the whole Linux desktop is dead! Are people getting frustrated with the festive season and make up news about imminent catastrophes? I can not and will not comment on GNOME. Why is KDE behind schedule? Its next release, 3.5.6, is in feature, documentation and message freeze. It will be tagged in SVN on 15.01.2007. Sounds on schedule to me. Or is it about KDE4? AFAIK, there isn't even a complete road map to version 4 yet. No complete schedule means it can not be behind schedule. KDE's libraries have been ported to Qt4. Some apps are ported to the new libraries. Others will follow. A second developer snapshot was released in November. All the new technologies like Plasma, Solid, Decibel, Phonon and what not are on their way. So? Even if KDE were behind, how does that kill the Linux desktop? We just had to wait a wee bit longer before we could get our hands on those new technologies. KDE4 will happen in 2007, probably in its first half. Does it really matter whether it is released in March of June? Or even in September? I don't get it. Uwe -- A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
