will become KDE4.
I've spent several weeks reviewing various Distros and have settled for KDE4.x as the preferred Desktop UI.
To Mint's (All hail Clem) credit, they have done a 'superb' job of putting together the moving parts and 11 is truly a beautiful thing with 2.32 Gnome.
Yet, the extensions in 12 just don't cut it for me. The whole Gnome 3 shell is not workable, so, I am pinning my hope on the prospect that Clem will maintain a fork of Gnome 2.32 (Mate) for future's sake, Humanity and World Peace.
Otherwise, the formers using Gnome 2.32 now faced with Gnome Shell 3.x are at their limits and need to be pulled back from the ledge.
To their rescue comes KDE 4.x.
Today, I took Linux Mint 11 and did:
$sudo apt-get install kde-standard
It was absolutely perfect. Well, of course, I went on to tweak it a bit (Glassified Theme, switched kicker to classic), but was then immediately taken back to the days of KDE 3.5.x and began feeling great using it.
It wasn't hard to figure out, replete with compiz eye candy, and rich configurability, the way I remember 3.5.x only with Plasma's Oxygen driving the screen paints.
So, Folks, don't jump. Don't lose hope. KDE-standard.
Give it a spin.
Peace. Out.
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