KDE vs KDEmod

Joxy · 2008-02-20 14:54:34

Like the subject says I want to hear from users, pros and cons of both DE's. I'm XFCE and IceWM user, but I bought new computer and dont have to think about computer resources any more, so I'm in DE hopping mood (no distro hopping anymore, I found Arch ). I used GNOME before but never liked it, so the choise is KDE or KDEmod. What are main differences between these two? Is KDEmod realy jewel of Arch? I presume you tried them both. I did try both but never used it as main DE, did use Kubuntu for school purposes but it was slow and eat 500 megs of RAM. Is KDEmod realy faster than KDE? OK Archers I'm listening and learning

zyghom · 2008-02-20 15:41:19

http://www.kdemod.ath.cx/about.html

Joxy · 2008-02-20 16:00:37

Ok I've been there, but like I sad want to hear from users, what they think about KDE/KDEmod, why they use one of them or any related info, why they switched to KDEmod or stayed with KDE, because I never used any of them (except Kubuntu but that was for short time) as my main DE.

Susu · 2008-02-20 16:05:37

If you want a lean kde desktop, you'll end up with kdemod. I never liked the meta packages of KDE because of the bloat. Too much programs I'd never use. kdemod looks good and is working well, so I would recommend to give it a try...

Zibi1981 · 2008-02-20 17:43:47

I agree with Susu At the moment I have three operating systems installed on my computer: Windows XP, Mandriva 2008.0 with default DE - KDE (which I upgraded myself to 3.5.8) and Arch with KDEmod and E17 (the second one isn't working after the last update ). I'm using vanilla KDE at least for a year now, KDEmod for only few days, but I have to say that the second one offers me more. Those two fellows, who are developing KDEmod, are doing a very good job with sniffing around the web for patches, that not only make their mod look better than original, but AFAIK is also more secure. I think I will stay with KDEmod on my Arch install at least till I will see a stable E17 release But remember, the only way to be sure if this DE is for you is to give it a try. Good luck

alex_anthony · 2008-02-20 17:44:12

This is something I´m wondering about too. I normally use GNOME but I´m going to try KDE
But which to use... The new KDE4, with new features or the unusual KDEmod?
any ideas? Is KDE4 too new to be worth using?

signor_rossi · 2008-02-20 18:14:43

KDE4 is not feature complete atm (compared to kde3), but is quite usable already. And some KDE4 applications really shine compared to their KDE3 counterparts, and I like the general look & feel too. Just don't expect to have all features already and also expect some more bugs than 'normal'. I would say wait for KDE-4.0.2 and try that, on the Kdemod forum in the Kdemod announcements subforum you can find an install howto for KDE4 packages provided by the Kdemod devs.

Bye, signor_rossi.

ruhar · 2008-02-20 18:26:41

I haven't used KDE in a few months since switching to Arch from Slackware. But after looking at the KDEMod website, I'm very interested in giving it a try. It looks like a really good alternative to a vanilla KDE install and has re-sparked my interest in KDE

whompus · 2008-02-20 18:33:46

I'm using XFCE at the moment but am looking at kde4mod when they change the install folder to /usr which I believe is 4.0.2, currently playing around with tardo's kde4 repo.

Joxy · 2008-02-20 18:40:30

I find this voting pool

http://n8schicht.de.vu/2008/01/06/umfra … rch-linux/

I instaled KDE 5 days ago and used it for 3 days, then I switched to KDEmod but I didn't feel "extraordinary" effect (dont know should I) with speed and response, it is slightly faster but then again never used it in daily computing (probably took time to seee difference).

alex_anthony · 2008-02-20 19:28:46

signor_rossi wrote:

KDE4 is not feature complete atm (compared to kde3), but is quite usable already. And some KDE4 applications really shine compared to their KDE3 counterparts, and I like the general look & feel too. Just don't expect to have all features already and also expect some more bugs than 'normal'. I would say wait for KDE-4.0.2 and try that, on the Kdemod forum in the Kdemod announcements subforum you can find an install howto for KDE4 packages provided by the Kdemod devs.
Bye, signor_rossi.

So I going to try KDEmod for now, then KDE4 (or KDEmod4) when 4.02 comes out. Should be quite nice by then...

Zibi1981 · 2008-02-21 10:40:01

I won't probably move to KDE4 until most (or all) apps I'm using will have their stable releases for KDE4, and until KDE4 itself will be more stable and feature-rich. This will probably take some time, maybe a year or so, but I don't mind, as KDE3-series is very flexible, stable and complete

Arkane · 2008-02-21 12:36:34

As a detail, I'll add that the Compiz-Fusion Workarounds plugin doesn't seem to work very well with KDEMod, things like menu are sometimes reported the right type, sometimes not. So the vanilla KDE is probably better if you plan to use it with Compiz-Fusion.

Susu · 2008-02-21 15:47:34

[compiz-fusion]
Server = http://compiz.dreamz-box.de/i686

Try this repo. Compiz git runs smooth with kdemod...

May-C · 2008-02-21 17:14:23

You can have kdemod and kdemod4 installed at the same time. I don't think kdemod is faster than vanilla kde but it has a few patches which make kde looke nicer and you can install single apps. For example it is possible to install only quanta. If you want to do the same thing in vanilla kde you have to install kdewebdev which contains different apps (of course including quanta). I really tried a lot of distros and always with kde and have to say kdemod is just great!

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freakcode · 2008-02-22 01:00:52

KDEmod is a modularized KDE package distribution, with less inter-dependencies, together with patches and tweaks that big distros apply to minor fixes or to add features. I would say KDEmod is the "best of breed", an awesome job if you take in account it's made by a team of 2 guys.

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