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Originally Posted by WFT View Post
... but not one ready for everyday use or users. So my question is simple: is it possible and will it ever happen that KDE (or another like Fedora) will ever be tweaked to run specifically as an IT program or is the future always going to be one of work arounds and glitches to adjust it life on an IT?
I must say that completely agree with Sungrove! With a bit of effort KDE can be made ready for everyday use (especially on the N810). I personally haven't used Maemo at all in over a month. I use KDE exclusively as my desktop environment. I did have to grab a few scripts and set up some keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys but it's all been well worth the effort. I still use some Maemo apps but they are all launched from KDE. I even use KPackage instead of the Maemo Application Manager - it's waay superior, kinda like running apt-get from the command line but with a better GUI.

It funny, I read the forums and see people complaining about lack of document support, lack of PIM support, lack of offline browing, poor chat software, lack customization, lack of easy button mapping - every single time I want to say "KDE will give you what you want" (I used to actually post this but people seemed disinterested so I gave up).

Any "workarounds" (eg: using a script mapped to a button for right click or moving windows) that I may have to employ are NOTHING compared to what I gain by using KDE.

As Sungrove pointed out there are quite a few posts on suggestions for optimizing KDE. Also Penquinbait has made a v2 that is being tested by dual boot users right now that has quite a few improvements (.deb installers will need to wait a bit longer).

All this said - I totally understand not wanting to mess around with tweaking KDE to your liking, but want to encourage you to give it a try before you write it off and not good for everyday use.
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