{"id":11309,"date":"2008-06-24T10:27:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T07:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11309"},"modified":"2008-06-24T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T07:27:05","slug":"there-is-hope-for-kde-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/24\/there-is-hope-for-kde-4\/","title":{"rendered":"There is hope for KDE 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/dot.kde.org\/1214151537\/\">story about openSUSE 11 with KDE 4.0.4<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/dot.kde.org\">KDE.news<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you want to know what I thought was so special about it?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll tell you.\u00a0 It features screenshots of the KDE desktop with some icons.\u00a0 Yes, this is the first bunch of KDE 4 screenshots with desktop icons that I saw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/24\/there-is-hope-for-kde-4\/kde4-desktop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop.jpg?fit=1279%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1279,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kde4 desktop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop.jpg?fit=660%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11310 aligncenter\" title=\"kde4 desktop\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop-300x240.jpg?resize=300%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kde4-desktop.jpg?w=1279&amp;ssl=1 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sounds surprising?\u00a0 Well&#8230; imagine <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/19\/fedora-9-before-and-after\/\">how surprised I was<\/a>, when after seeing dozens upon dozens of KDE 4 screen shots and then trying it out myself I realized that one part of it that was totally unusable was the desktop and its icons.\u00a0 After I tried it, I was trying to remember any screenshots that had icons on the desktop, and I could not.\u00a0 There was everything from the &#8220;amazing&#8221; new menu and lighter file browser to configuration tools and updated tools.\u00a0 But there were no desktop icons.\u00a0 And now they are there.\u00a0 So, I guess, there is still hope for KDE 4.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here is the story about openSUSE 11 with KDE 4.0.4 in KDE.news.\u00a0 Do you want to know what I thought was so special about it?\u00a0 I&#8217;ll tell you.\u00a0 It features screenshots of the KDE desktop with some icons.\u00a0 Yes, this is the first bunch of KDE 4 screenshots with desktop icons that I saw. 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