[ale] Goodbye KDE 4!

Jim Philips philips_jim at bellsouth.net
Sun Jan 25 14:09:44 EST 2009


As a loyal KDE fan since the 2.0 days, it was hard for me to migrate to
Gnome. But two things drove me crazy:

1. The database, Akonadi, for storing contacts and other PIM data, is
just riddled with annoying bugs. I got authentication dialogs every time
I opened Kontact. Even though the dialog boxes had a "Remember Password"
button, it never served its purpose. There is an open bug on the way
Akonadi handles IMAP settings, but I don't know when it will be fixed.
Several times, my IMAP settings simply disappeared and had to be
re-entered.

2. KDE 4 doesn't work well with newer nVidia cards. I have seen the
reports on this and it really is more nVidia's fault than KDE's. But I
got a little tired of my whole system slowing down every time I loaded a
new Web page. There are some tweaks that will mitigate the performance
problems, but Gnome positively flies on comparison with KDE in carrying
out the same tasks. 

Anyway, if you're running KDE 4, watch out for these two things. Many
people are irritated by other issues with KDE 4, but I was prepared to
live with it until recently.



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