My KDE 4.1.2 desktop

It’s out! KDE 4.1.2 was released yesterday (my time) and I eagerly updated my KDE 4.1.1. No visual difference from 4.1.1 as 4.1.2 is merely a load of bug fixes.

I’m not entirely sure what they fixed, but many of the plasmoids still crash my plasma (KDE Twitter being one of the culprits).

In my opinon THIS (4.1.2) is what should have been released as KDE 4. As this release is FAR more stable, friendly and usable. I use KDE 4 every day at home and since 4.1 it has been a joy to use. 4.0 was nice, but not a joy. KDE 4 is still missing a LOT of things that make life that bit more easy, like right clicking on files and having them open in a suitable app. Speaking of apps, some are still a bit rought – Ark being the one I missed most. I had to install FileRoller as Ark was just impossible to use.

Lancelot (the menu) in action

The KDE 4 ’slab’ menu, or whatever it’s called now a days , is OK but a bit unweildy, Lancelot (above) on the other hand, while being similar, is much nicer to use. It’s only fault (which is apparently being fixed as I type) is that when there’s a long list of apps (eg: under the Internet menu) you have to use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move through the apps, there’s no visible scroll bar. So getting to an app at the end of a long list is a bit of a pain.

KDE 4.1.2 is recommended as a necessary update say the developers so go do it!