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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o1sm23192589wjm.11.2016.04.11.13.52.42 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:52:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Plasma 5 moved to stable Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:52:30 +0100 Message-ID: <5989101.UGf5eGTJXe@dell_xps> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.1.15-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.14.16; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <570C0A3C.4040402@gmail.com> References: <7092103.CoiRbtlI63@dell_xps> <3315384.Vhq8PzLc1V@dell_xps> <570C0A3C.4040402@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart20287266.Ey2FiVYtX7"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: c7e3ba44-1bf4-4dac-bed2-68fc13ae9c09 X-Archives-Hash: a1753a368386617795b59e88f6dd6aae --nextPart20287266.Ey2FiVYtX7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On Monday 11 Apr 2016 22:34:04 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 11/04/2016 20:15, Mick wrote: > > 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. > >>>=20 > >>> I saw that too, and it cast a gloom over the rest of my day. I in= tend 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 somewher= e, as > >>> in > >>> the earlier case of KDE 3 -> 4. > >>>=20 > >>> Last time I searched for Plasma 5 themes (or design methods, in c= ase I > >>> might be able to create my own) I came up empty handed. My object= ion 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 a= ctually > >>> buttons without looking like them. Nothing subtle or sophisticate= d about > >>> it at all. > >>>=20 > >>> If anyone can point me to a better theme I'll be grateful. > >>=20 > >> You could try the following: > >> http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/ocd-plasma5-theme?content=3D1= 75772 > >>=20 > >> I am not fully convinced, but then again, I quite like "Breeze Dar= k" with > >> "Air" so far. But still looking for a really nice one. (My design = skills > >> are non-existent) > >>=20 > >> -- > >> Joost > >=20 > > 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 wit= h > > Surface tablets. What other reason would KDE devs have to imitate t= he > > aesthetic shift from Windows 7 to Windows 10? >=20 > Or maybe it's just fashion, like garments and shoes. Yes! I noticed that soon after KDE4 started having a blue shade on its= window=20 borders, so did e17. Perhaps coding and innovation in creative design = don't=20 go hand in hand. :p =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart20287266.Ey2FiVYtX7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJXDA6ZAAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye9BkH/jokdj7MPcckS1yocT376Jm5 mh1zs9Bws+pFmFaNWJEOhiNwdDgiZTN0JNB+rH8LlMv12JjqgGboavEHTOGGAWIw 1rE/iJ6Lg+uKDOt9BC0kIHSxa7bQNMCD3iHVyGVH8bCp+L9ziVGZ4wDPmfqTp5lb N1zFF2cICTpZUMoqexbIEcq9qH281BlU7Q9eisHSgOfCBa9PKBWJtwNSsMQ67q8z c48LqJqdYiTJ3DaQLwa8l0nhuvSuWDDTEMm1QpG+j9agZkoFsxttwnPFUqYIEY96 jCowb5HEHHgyE9NrwcVzKePxM+pI8qaJyzlUWCpXAFohDJuOlqYhffjY257Wbc4= =FHmB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart20287266.Ey2FiVYtX7--