Comments on: Making DesktopBSD ready for KDE 4 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/ Everything about DesktopBSD development Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:03:52 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: giovanni http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-722 giovanni Mon, 25 May 2009 15:26:38 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-722 Has DesktopBSD been dismissed? It would be such an unhappy thing... Has DesktopBSD been dismissed?
It would be such an unhappy thing…

]]> By: Mikael http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Mikael Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:20:55 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-715 Hopfully they are just preparing the code for KDE4, and will release 1.7 with KDE 3.x since 4.x feels like a beta. Ive tryed KDE4 on FreeBSD and it NOT a happy trip.. Hopfully they are just preparing the code for KDE4, and will release 1.7 with KDE 3.x since 4.x feels like a beta. Ive tryed KDE4 on FreeBSD and it NOT a happy trip..

]]> By: DaveMurray-3- http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-709 DaveMurray-3- Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:57:15 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-709 Guys, the project is dead? what is going on with the kde4 and desktopbsd....? why so long? why not inform users about the progress...? Guys, the project is dead?

what is going on with the kde4 and desktopbsd….? why so long? why not inform users about the progress…?

]]> By: Justin http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Justin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:19 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-695 There is a tool called qt3to4 that should help in converting all that code from Qt3/KDE3 to Qt4/KDE4. There's a guide for porting to KDE4 as well on KDE's website: http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/KDE4_Porting_Guide Perhaps that could help ease the pain of the transition. There is a tool called qt3to4 that should help in converting all that code from Qt3/KDE3 to Qt4/KDE4. There’s a guide for porting to KDE4 as well on KDE’s website:

http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/KDE4_Porting_Guide

Perhaps that could help ease the pain of the transition.

]]> By: Wally http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Wally Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:15:29 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-692 Well I think you should just bite the bullet and switch to qt 4. You're gonna have to sooner or later. I have tested KDE 4 on a live CD and am looking forward to using it on freebsd. Currently Desktop BSD is my OS of choice but I really want KDE 4 It sounds like you are writing a lot of code to avoid writing a lot of code that you're gonna have to write anyway :-) wally Well I think you should just bite the bullet and switch to qt 4. You’re gonna have to sooner or later. I have tested KDE 4 on a live CD and am looking forward to using it on freebsd. Currently Desktop BSD is my OS of choice but I really want KDE 4

It sounds like you are writing a lot of code to avoid writing a lot of code that you’re gonna have to write anyway :-)

wally

]]> By: Matt D. Harris http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Matt D. Harris Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:44:00 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-690 KDE4 is downright sexy. It's definitely worth getting support in for. There are a few relatively minor bugs. The most severe is actually an nvidia binary drivers bug, when using OpenGL "desktop effects" in KDE4 (which is a really cool and impressive-looking feature) you can end up suffering from the "black windows bug". This isn't specific to KDE4 or even BSD, but it does occur here. Another is some minor screen garbling, but I've only had it happen under certain circumstances, and it doesn't happen in a way that is "in the way", so I haven't found it cause to dump KDE4. I've been using it for about a month now, and am overall very happy. KDE4 is downright sexy. It’s definitely worth getting support in for. There are a few relatively minor bugs. The most severe is actually an nvidia binary drivers bug, when using OpenGL “desktop effects” in KDE4 (which is a really cool and impressive-looking feature) you can end up suffering from the “black windows bug”. This isn’t specific to KDE4 or even BSD, but it does occur here. Another is some minor screen garbling, but I’ve only had it happen under certain circumstances, and it doesn’t happen in a way that is “in the way”, so I haven’t found it cause to dump KDE4.

I’ve been using it for about a month now, and am overall very happy.

]]> By: ph http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-689 ph Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:32:10 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-689 A-Style, at this point, it's more a matter of getting DesktopBSD ready for KDE4 so we can easily switch later. The next release of DesktopBSD (1.7) will still come with KDE 3, but afterwards it shouldn't be required to still have KDE 3 installed in order to use DesktopBSD with KDE 4. A-Style,

at this point, it’s more a matter of getting DesktopBSD ready for KDE4 so we can easily switch later. The next release of DesktopBSD (1.7) will still come with KDE 3, but afterwards it shouldn’t be required to still have KDE 3 installed in order to use DesktopBSD with KDE 4.

]]> By: A-Style http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-688 A-Style Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:11:26 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-688 Why not simply install kde3 and kde4 under their own directories, refer to them as $kde3_dir, $kde4_dir, don't allow them to interact at all (at the cost of some bloat and redundancy, of course), and let the user decide? When kde4 was still in beta stage, this is the approach most distros took to encourage users to try kde4 and post feedback. I feel that kde4 is not feature-complete at all, and would prefer to have kde3 available as an option. Mandriva 2009 did mess their packaging up and kde3/4 distinction is not clear in the install, some packages are missing, replaced by incompatible versions. I'm hoping that mistake won't be repeated around here. Why not simply install kde3 and kde4 under their own directories, refer to them as $kde3_dir, $kde4_dir, don’t allow them to interact at all (at the cost of some bloat and redundancy, of course), and let the user decide? When kde4 was still in beta stage, this is the approach most distros took to encourage users to try kde4 and post feedback. I feel that kde4 is not feature-complete at all, and would prefer to have kde3 available as an option. Mandriva 2009 did mess their packaging up and kde3/4 distinction is not clear in the install, some packages are missing, replaced by incompatible versions. I’m hoping that mistake won’t be repeated around here.

]]> By: ph http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-687 ph Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:38:09 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-687 Everyone who wants to help is welcome. Write me a mail at ph@desktopbsd.net and I'll be glad to provide you with an account for our SVN repository and get you started with our code base. Everyone who wants to help is welcome. Write me a mail at ph@desktopbsd.net and I’ll be glad to provide you with an account for our SVN repository and get you started with our code base.

]]> By: Jeremy Huang http://desktopbsd.net/blog/index.php/making-desktopbsd-ready-for-kde-4/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Jeremy Huang Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:30:04 +0000 http://desktopbsd.net/blog/?p=43#comment-686 This seems like a big project to be carrying on as a single developer. Is it possible to get more people involved with the porting? This seems like a big project to be carrying on as a single developer. Is it possible to get more people involved with the porting?

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