tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post5928684763492334084..comments2024-01-16T14:13:50.160+01:00Comments on all mine!: a week with KDE on WindowsJos Poortvliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-53487687987078058932009-05-28T16:48:14.705+02:002009-05-28T16:48:14.705+02:00KOffice character spacing looks really bustedKOffice character spacing looks really bustedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-61235256512528668622009-05-27T22:26:20.959+02:002009-05-27T22:26:20.959+02:00Suspend/resume works fine on openSUSE 11.1 as long...Suspend/resume works fine on openSUSE 11.1 as long as you first unload the webcam driver, at least for my TZ21 model. Only the integrated cardreader doesn't have any kernel driver at all so far.<br /><br />As for the fingerprint reader: I strongly discourage using it, irrespective of whether it works or not. Fingerprints are easy to copy (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M8D4wWYgsc ) and you cannot get a new finger once a copy has been made (remember that you already leave one on every object you touch).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-58887361242207172532009-05-27T17:33:33.982+02:002009-05-27T17:33:33.982+02:00@last anonymous: does the fingerprint reader work?...@last anonymous: does the fingerprint reader work? How about the other hardware, suspend etc?<br /><br />(I'm unsure about how long I'll be keeping vista on this thing...)Jos Poortvliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-69303275991604966392009-05-27T17:16:49.118+02:002009-05-27T17:16:49.118+02:00Vaio notebook keyboards are simply the best you ca...Vaio notebook keyboards are simply the best you can find (on a PC platform) by far and wide. In regard to the TZ, I consider it at the very top of in terms of build quality and mobility.<br />And good luck with highlighting what needs to be improved with KDE on Windows. There is definitely a need for it (even though I run Linux on my TZ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-78348307776581718242009-05-27T15:03:57.033+02:002009-05-27T15:03:57.033+02:00@anonymous: yes, it sometimes pops up a thing for ...@anonymous: yes, it sometimes pops up a thing for some KDE component I don't remember which exactly. Very annoying indeed...Jos Poortvliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-12801351236449832202009-05-27T13:57:29.695+02:002009-05-27T13:57:29.695+02:00Does it still require administrator's privileges t...Does it still require administrator's privileges to run KDE applications? Last time I tried KDE on Windows, I was rewarded with plenty of UAC popups that KDE's settings daemon (or whatever was it called) requires them to run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-37897896227505515452009-05-27T13:02:33.452+02:002009-05-27T13:02:33.452+02:00@Niels: I'm really not going to find and install a...@Niels: I'm really not going to find and install all kinds of software on that thing, it only ever got me trouble. You have to maintain it all by hand, be sure it has no bugs, virusses and other issues -no thank you. Chrome is the one exception I want on there, besides KDE stuff of course.<br /><br />@Brandon: Well, I pretty much only use KDE apps besides Chrome so finding only them is perfectly fine. And I'll be on the lookout for new stuff then.Jos Poortvliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-92065685757693290602009-05-27T12:54:20.514+02:002009-05-27T12:54:20.514+02:00I'm not sure if krunner is packaged, but it mostly...I'm not sure if krunner is packaged, but it mostly works on windows, even if it's not really useful since it can find only kde apps<br /><br />koffice beta 3 is really old, it has been removed from 4.2.3, the latest koffice requires qt 4.5 and we still have 4.4 for kde 4.2Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00686272117174755413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-60903935679243240762009-05-27T12:06:02.699+02:002009-05-27T12:06:02.699+02:00If you really miss KRunner that much, give Launcy ...If you really miss KRunner that much, give Launcy a try. It seems to do more or less the same as KRunner. You can find it at http://launchy.net/Niels Slotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-21522149255375524982009-05-27T12:04:30.347+02:002009-05-27T12:04:30.347+02:00Startup time of KDE on Windows applications is too...Startup time of KDE on Windows applications is tooo looong. Otherwise really good job all kdewin devs!KDE user from Polandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-7426519994855622802009-05-27T10:00:59.821+02:002009-05-27T10:00:59.821+02:00Good to see KDE on Windows, sadly with my internet...Good to see KDE on Windows, sadly with my internet connection it would take days to download :(<br />Good to see someone else using Chromium though :)<br />Best browser on Windows in my opinion.TheFuzzballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-46608830183974505192009-05-27T09:47:14.149+02:002009-05-27T09:47:14.149+02:00> As soon as MS fixes the windowmanagement (or ...> As soon as MS fixes the windowmanagement (or lack thereof) <br />> I would probably consider Vista 'ready for casual use'<br /><br />This is my single biggest complaint about Windows. :)<br />And one of the things that pushed me over the edge (again) to KDE on Linux. The others were little things that slowly built up frustration over two years of using Vista.<br /><br />And indeed Okular beats many other PDF readers. That was probably my most often used KDE app in Windows.<br /><br />I just find a full KDE + Linux environment allows me to get my work done faster and easier. I don't know how people develop software without a full-featured terminal (admittedly, I didn't use MS Visual Studio - only open source tools, so that may have something to do with it).Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316514506296593648noreply@blogger.com