Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma 5 moved to stable

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Monday 11 Apr 2016 13:17:05 J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Monday, April 11, 2016 11:34:03 AM Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 April 2016 11:12:51 Mick wrote:
> > > I noticed today that Plasma 5 is now stable, which means I will soon
> > > have
> > > to deal with it.
> > 
> > I saw that too, and it cast a gloom over the rest of my day. I intend to
> > stick with KDE-4 until some more sensible themes become available in
> > Plasma
> > 5, so I hope someone will be keeping an archive of KDE-4 somewhere, as in
> > the earlier case of KDE 3 -> 4.
> > 
> > Last time I searched for Plasma 5 themes (or design methods, in case I
> > might be able to create my own) I came up empty handed. My objection to
> > the available one is that it's just ugly: acres of wasted space
> > everywhere, and great blocks of solid colour, some of which are actually
> > buttons without looking like them. Nothing subtle or sophisticated about
> > it at all.
> > 
> > If anyone can point me to a better theme I'll be grateful.
> 
> You could try the following:
> http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/ocd-plasma5-theme?content=175772
> 
> I am not fully convinced, but then again, I quite like "Breeze Dark" with
> "Air" so far. But still looking for a really nice one. (My design skills are
> non-existent)
> 
> --
> Joost

It's all a bit flat and boring, at least for a desktop.  However, I wouldn't 
be surprised if the target audience is MSWindows users with Surface tablets.  
What other reason would KDE devs have to imitate the aesthetic shift from 
Windows 7 to Windows 10? 

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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