{"id":792,"date":"2009-01-27T18:38:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T17:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=792"},"modified":"2009-01-27T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T17:41:30","slug":"whats-new-in-kde-42-kdepipa-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-kde-42-kdepipa-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in KDE 4.2 [kdepipa notes]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are my notes from talk by <em>Andrej Vernekar<\/em>, originally titled <em>Predstavitev <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"KDE 4\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kde.org\/\">KDE 4<\/a>(.2)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The code name of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"KDE\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kde.org\/\">KDE<\/a> 4.2 is &#8220;answer&#8221; as reference to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy\">Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:KDE_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"KDE 4 Current version: 4.1 Older versions: 4.0...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/54\/KDE_4.png\/202px-KDE_4.png\" alt=\"KDE 4 Current version: 4.1 Older versions: 4.0...\" width=\"202\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:KDE_4.png\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>KDE 4.2 can be answer to many things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>critiques to 4.0 release<\/li>\n<li>bad things in KDE 3.5<\/li>\n<li>competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Story time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What happens when you try to rewrite the thing from the scratch?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>authors \/ developers have rounded vision of the environment<\/li>\n<li>yet the community wants it&#8217;s seal of quality<\/li>\n<li>they can easily forget &#8220;release early, release often&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision for KDE 4.2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public perception of Linux Desktop is that it&#8217;s not innovative, it&#8217;s a clone, the desktop hasn&#8217;t changed much since 1984<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vision<\/strong>: <em><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Plasma (KDE)\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/plasma.kde.org\">Plasma<\/a>,\u00a0completely\u00a0new\u00a0environment, that&#8217;s not only desktop file manager<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expectations were very high!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dissapointment<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/94247573@N00\/505525953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dolphins\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/214\/505525953_02a8e749e9_m.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphins\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/94247573@N00\/505525953\">Lutz-R. Frank<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was hard to port to QT4<\/li>\n<li>KDE 4.0 had to release, if only just for developers<\/li>\n<li>Plasma had to learn KDE 3 tricks first, vision comes later<\/li>\n<li>People don&#8217;t read warnings,\u00a0especially\u00a0if they&#8217;re small<\/li>\n<li>Flood of critiques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critiques<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not finished, unstable<\/li>\n<li>Missing core applications like Mail application<\/li>\n<li>Not the way it was done in KDE 3.5<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not like .. (people don&#8217;t want to change their old habits)<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a little X feature, that I can&#8217;t live without<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vision bears its fruits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New and effective framework allow for release often, release early<\/li>\n<li>Surpass 8 years of\u00a0development\u00a0in 2 just years<\/li>\n<li>Lots of new developers due to bad press, new developers<\/li>\n<li>New interface attracts new users, even the ones that don&#8217;t usually use Linux Desktop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>So what&#8217;s new?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newer, cleaner and more powerful interface<\/li>\n<li>Improved usability easpecially with new users in mind, making the whole thing easier to use<\/li>\n<li>Dolphin is now replaced by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Konqueror\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.konqueror.org\">Konqueror<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plasma: (<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Kicker (KDE)\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kicker_%28KDE%29\">Kicker<\/a> + Desktop + Superkarmba)++ \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; desktop on steroids for non-KDE users<\/li>\n<li>New platforms: finally OS X and Windows support \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Lots of eye candy\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Dolphin-KDE4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The Dolphin KDE filemanager with NEPOMUK taggi...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Dolphin-KDE4.jpg\/202px-Dolphin-KDE4.jpg\" alt=\"The Dolphin KDE filemanager with NEPOMUK taggi...\" width=\"202\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Dolphin-KDE4.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Specific 4.2 release notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most of the 3.5.x features are now back<\/li>\n<li>Polishing of Plasma, first real new things (e.g. PowerDevil, battery management)<\/li>\n<li>Better Kwin and lots of development in existing applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semantic desktop <\/strong>(buzzwords, beta feature)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you can semantically tag things on your desktop<\/li>\n<li>Nepomuk &#8211; hidden feature that works, yet you know how to enable it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27535023@N04\/2782712104\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"linux_chick.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3225\/2782712104_fec1e96c95_m.jpg\" alt=\"linux_chick.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27535023@N04\/2782712104\">xfire78xx<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>End users may want to wait for 4.2.1 with bugfixes<\/li>\n<li>K4B &#8211; burning tool is still missing<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"KOffice\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/koffice.org\">KOffice<\/a> 2 &#8211; beta 5 is out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roadmap<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KDE 4.3 in six months<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Qt (toolkit)\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/trolltech.com\/products\/qt\/\">QT<\/a> 4.5 will be LGPL<\/li>\n<li>Amarok 2.1, new music player \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>possibly semantic desktop, depends on feedback<\/li>\n<li>profiles for portables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Extra (Slovenian status)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slovenian language is supported at the release time, no 120 day delay<\/li>\n<li>Translation of 4.2.0 is as complete as 4.1.2<\/li>\n<li>Lots of quality control work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Related articles by Zemanta<\/p>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/26\/kde4-release-party-ljubljana\/\">KDE4 Release Party Ljubljana<\/a> (jurecuhalev.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20081202-hands-on-kde-4-2-beta-1.html\">Hands-on: KDE 4.2 beta 1 brings impressive improvements<\/a> (arstechnica.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ostatic.com\/176807-blog\/dolphin-free-file-management-a-better-option-for-kde-4\">Dolphin Free File Management: A Better Option for KDE 4?<\/a> (ostatic.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetling.com\/2008\/12\/29\/windows-7-the-kde-3-5-wannabe\/\">Windows 7, the KDE 3.5 Wannabe?<\/a> (internetling.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; 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