KDE No Longer Competitive? Developer Calls It Quits

[VeganProvolone]

the same is true for KDE per se, somehow KDE in kubuntu is really buggy and is very crashyish but when you switch to sabayon/gentoo/arch/opensuse it rarely fails(at least for me), so it seems that ubuntu variants distro just care about of gnome when they ninja crappy patch/nerf many packages and just leave KDE in the air(kde network manager in kubuntu how much white hair you gived me?)

kde 4.8 on kubuntu 12.04 has probably never ever crashed for me.
Maybe i'm lucky!

[Larian]

kde 4.8 on kubuntu 12.04 has probably never ever crashed for me.
Maybe i'm lucky!

I've managed to crash a pocket calculator. You're lucky.

[birdie]

From Linux problems:

Money: I predicted years ago that FOSS developers would start drifting away from the platform as FOSS is no longer a playground, it requires substantial efforts and time, i.e. the fun is over, developers want real money to get the really hard work done. FOSS development, which lacks financial backing, shows its fatigue and disillusionment. The FOSS platform after all requires financially motivated developers as underfunded projects start to wane.

[Alex Sarmiento]

I think, as peter points out, nowadays applications had become really bloated behind the scenes with no major usability improvements.

[Del_]

There are still annoying bugs and regressions in KDE. I love it just as much anyway. The kde-pim suite has had a rough ride, but is shaping up nicely. Last critical regression I have seen there should be gone with 4.9 (autocompletion of address book entries). Of course, support for various groupware protocols have taken it's time, but even that seems to shape up now (will probably need another release cycle for proprietary offerings). On the positive side, there really is too much to cover in a forum post. KDE has everything, and then some. I will continue contributing to KDE.

[elanthis]

From Linux problems:

Yeah, that sums it up. Why do something for free in a shitty online environment filled with whiny self-entitled Linux users when you can get paid six figures to do stuff in an awesome office environment with a user-insulating QA department?

[lucas_]

A few distributions have abandoned KDE lately

May I ask which distributions?

[kraftman]

From Linux problems:

Rather from moron problems.

[kraftman]

Yeah, that sums it up. Why do something for free in a shitty online environment filled with whiny self-entitled Linux users when you can get paid six figures to do stuff in an awesome office environment with a user-insulating QA department?

It sums up your idiotic bullshit. There's even stated "it's not Linux to Windows comparison", but morons tend to ignore this. Why do something in a shitty expensive environment filled with whiny masochistic winblows morons when you can get much better out of the box experience for free by using the awesome Linux operating system? There's full of MS shit in your head. Thankfully this dos crap with 3D layer is going to end when Linux get games and software. It's illogical and moronic to use and pay for full of security holes virus ware crap.

[birdie]

Rather from moron problems.

Luckily you are on my ignore list. Your words clearly indicate the level (not the lowest, just missing entirely) of argumentation you can provide.