Let me be (perhaps) the first one to say that I am slightly concerned about the upcoming KDE release (4.0).  The applications are running very well on Beta 3.  I’m impressed with the amazing speed and response of applications, the new application launcher, the interface, etc.

Nevertheless, I am concerned about one thing: Plasma.  It looks cool, no doubt, but here we are at Beta 3 and the thing is still broken.  Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I still can’t get a kmenu, and half of the time, the little applets, widgets, whatever you want to call them don’t work.  They slide all over the place with no apparent way to lock them.

I don’t think the KDE developers will release it if it doesn’t work by the time December comes around.  But the question is, if it’s not ready does KDE 4.0 ship without it, or do they delay it yet again?  Am I overreacting?  Is it all going to fall into place within the next month when the release candidates start rolling out?  I don’t know.  Maybe all of the problems I’m having are related to only a few bugs that need fixing.  I really don’t know.  I’m just concerned.

Meanwhile, KDE 3.5.8 was just released and is smoother and more stable than ever.  So many questions, so little time.

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