Well, Windows offers the Blue Screen Of Death, so KDE attempting to out candy Apple or Microsoft wants to offer Linux users (and according to KDE execs Microsoft users will soon “benefit” as well) The White Screen Of Nothingness.
Putting KDE 4 Plasma through its paces strains its plasticity and reliability to the point of, well, Nothing. When Plasma becomes strained it simple dumps the beautiful candy, or figuratively hides itself under a white sheet. That’s right, your desktop suddenly becomes nothing but a sheet of white with no control except Control-Alt-Delete or the power button. No error message — not even a cryptic MS style error code.
Previous iterations of KDE 4 alpha-beta-gamma-release candidate have dumped in similar ways. The funny (ironic) part is, it seems to be the Candy Widgets that strain the interface the most.
As I’ve said before, I don’t have anything against a good looking desktop. My KDE 3.5 desktop is very pretty with this and that and that and the other thing. But, I, we, must be able to USE the desktop. Reading various KDE exec’s statements, one can see they have become covetous of Apple’s and Microsoft latest candy offerings (Vista and Leopard) without considering that those desktop environments are broken. They are broken because those entities wanted to shove candy quickly into users mouths instead of feeding them the healthy foods they needed — SOLID CORE FUNCTIONS.
Again, is KDE 4 a Release Candidate or even a first beta? NO!
