KDE suggestions for Fedora 8 and beyond
Christopher David Desjardins
cddesjardins at gmail.com
Sat Jun 23 19:34:43 UTC 2007
Hi I'd like to throw a couple of my thoughts about KDE in Fedora and how it
could be improved.
1. QT-Frontend for YUM
There are lots of good GTK frontends for yum (pirut, yumex) but there aren't
really any good QT frontends for yum. There is kyum but it's certainly
lacking in comparison to yumex. I think a QT version of yumex could be real
nice and it could cut down on GTK dependencies in KDE, maybe? Another
suggestions would be to port Adept from Kubuntu or Debian.
2. KDE Update Notifier
Maybe a frontend for pup in QT or adept-updater?
3. Selecting KDE meta-package on the dvd brings in KDE only apps (except
maybe GIMP and Firefox).
I noticed when I selected KDE and deselected GNOME that it still wanted to
install rhythmbox, soundjuicer, totem, pidgin, and other GNOME apps. This is
not only adding to bloat from a KDE users stand point but it's also a bit
annoying. I am sure GNOME users don't want a lot of KDE apps stinking of
their desktops unless they select them.
4. Nice windeco and style
The inclusion of KDE4 and oxygen might obsolete this thought.
5. A KDE irc channel
Something like #fedora-kde on irc.freenode.net would be a nice place for
those interested in KDE to discuss KDE on fedora, packaging, KDE4, and other
related issues. This would not be for support and this would of course be
specified in the topic. This could provide a place for the KDE developers
and those interested in packaging, art, and helping out to discuss relevant
issues. I know that opensuse, debian, and kubuntu all have channels similar
to this.
Cheers,
Chris
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