KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by lordpenguin » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 1:24 PM UTC

KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu
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Re: KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by udp » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 3:00 PM UTC

It's funny - GNOME 3 looks great but doesn't do what you want it to do, while KDE 4.x looks god awful yet is the most full featured of any of the desktops.

I wonder when they'll realize that those intrusive glow effects are just not cool and come up with a sensible default configuration.

Re: KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by jonathansizz » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 3:09 PM UTC

udp wrote: post #2

It's funny - GNOME 3 looks great but doesn't do what you want it to do, while KDE 4.x looks god awful yet is the most full featured of any of the desktops. I wonder when they'll realize that those intrusive glow effects are just not cool and come up with a sensible default configuration.

I agree that the default theme and the glow effect are unpleasant, but once I've switched from Air to Oxygen (Workspace Appearance -> Desktop Theme -> Oxygen) and removed the glow (Workspace Appearance -> Window Decorations -> Configure Decoration -> Shadows tab -> uncheck 'Active Window Glow' box), things suddenly look a lot nicer.

Re: KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by emilsedgh » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 3:47 PM UTC

udp wrote: post #2

It's funny - GNOME 3 looks great but doesn't do what you want it to do, while KDE 4.x looks god awful yet is the most full featured of any of the desktops. I wonder when they'll realize that those intrusive glow effects are just not cool and come up with a sensible default configuration.

KDE, even using default configuration and themes, looks much better than the screenshot in the announcement. The screenshot is taken with compositing turned off and a bad resolution.

Disclaimer: Im a KDE contributor.

Re: KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by sho_hn » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 3:52 PM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #4

udp wrote: post #2

It's funny - GNOME 3 looks great but doesn't do what you want it to do, while KDE 4.x looks god awful yet is the most full featured of any of the desktops. I wonder when they'll realize that those intrusive glow effects are just not cool and come up with a sensible default configuration.

KDE, even using default configuration and themes, looks much better than the screenshot in the announcement. The screenshot is taken with compositing turned off and a bad resolution. Disclaimer: Im a KDE contributor.

Sorry Emil, but that shot does have compositing enabled.

Re: KDE 4.9 already available for Ubuntu

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Post by mhd » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #4

udp wrote: post #2

It's funny - GNOME 3 looks great but doesn't do what you want it to do, while KDE 4.x looks god awful yet is the most full featured of any of the desktops. I wonder when they'll realize that those intrusive glow effects are just not cool and come up with a sensible default configuration.

KDE, even using default configuration and themes, looks much better than the screenshot in the announcement. The screenshot is taken with compositing turned off and a bad resolution. Disclaimer: Im a KDE contributor.

I'd say it's not the compositing/effects, it's the spacing and general layout. KDE apps tend to look quite cluttered and claustrophobic, at least when I compare them to e.g. OS X and some better GNOME apps. A bit more whitespace wouldn't hurt, you can't fix that with gradients and transparency.