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Comment Operating System and Applications (Score 2, Interesting) 571

I remember when I first began Engineering at my local university, many of the kids did indeed have laptops. But they're (by and large) laptops running WinXP or some Apple OS. When we began our C course, not one of them knew what gcc was, or how to use XEmacs (which is what the course instructors asked us to use). Even those with laptops used the computer labs throughout the entire term.

Personally, my laptop (running Ubuntu at the time) suffered a hard drive failure during the semester and I'm eternally thankful I had access to the computer labs during that time.

Comment Re:KDE 4 is a downgrade (Score 1) 869

I agree fully.

I'm still using KDE 4.2 RC1 right now, and I'll be sure to install the 'real' release in three days. I'm not switching to GNOME like some people, instead I'm reporting issues that I find. It's the only way KDE is going to get better, and I want a good KDE.

Comment KDE 4 is a downgrade (Score 5, Informative) 869

I used to use KDE 3 (Kubuntu) and I, somewhat recently, installed the latest version of Kubuntu with KDE 4. To be as clear as possible: KDE 4 is a trainwreck. At first I took it in stride and figured that a brand new release might be a little buggy, no harm. I'm using KDE 4.2 RC1 now and it's still horrible.

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