KDE Plasma desktop: A failure that just won’t go away

“I have used nearly every Linux desktop available. From the bare
minimum to the plain gaudy, I have seen and tried it all. And
I’ve always been a proud cheerleader for the fact that Linux
is, unlike any other operating system, about choice. No matter what
technology you are looking at, if there is something about Linux
you do not like, you can easily change it or find a different tool
for the task. If you don’t like the lack of integration that
Fluxbox offers, bump it up to GNOME. If Compiz’s eye candy is
torturing your system, turn it off or switch to Enlightenment for
less CPU-intensive eye candy.

“But where it all comes to a grinding halt is KDE. KDE used to
be a rock-solid desktop that resembled Windows 2000 (in many ways)
and allowed Windows users a fairly straight-forward path to
migration from the Windows desktop to the Linux desktop. But then
the KDE developers decided to toss everything out the window and
start all over again. The resulting wreckage is KDE 4.x. KDE 4.x
wanted to be something special, but it has failed. The damage is
done and it’s time to either re-re-invent the wheel or scrap
it all together. Personally, I would like to see KDE head back to
the drawing board and re-re-re-invent themselves as a whole and
attempt to re-define the desktop.”

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