Having come to dsl4+ ridiculously late I just wanted to say (I know many have already said it):
A really GREAT job. This really makes dsl very much more accessible to the great unwashed and un-*nixed, and to quite a few Ubuntu, SuSE, Linspire etc users I'd wager. Drag 'n' drop ... who'd have thought it - and a file manager that's intelligible to said target audience. And still under 50MB!
Thanks Robert for all the work, & John. I know it's easy to feel overworked and under siege, but the effort is appreciated by those of us (such as me) who use dsl on a daily basis.
And thanks also to all those in the RC threads who have done much testing and bug squishing.Thanks, I needed that, I do feel overworked and currently under siege. But I do like and personally use the results. 4.0 is a dot oh (first release). 4.1 will be nicer with many more infrastructure changes. But then I always think my next release will be nicer I do not want to be unpolite, but I do not like the last issue of DSL (4.0) because I have lost the ability to start applications from the desktop icons and because I cannot start the menu with righclick and because it does not recognize some 'my' extensions. (The message I see ask me to mount the media where is the extension, but the media -a CD, or also a USB pendrive- where already mounted).
May be a small bug, but muy experience with this desktop is poor.
Conclussion: I keep using v3.4.5 that, for my purpose, is the best ever. Is going v 3.xx to be maintained?
Sorry but someone has to say it.
Regards.
*JT.If you look carefully, it is quite easy to revert to your previous desktop setup... but since it seems there seems to be many similar posts, I'll answer here.
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because I have lost the ability to start applications from the desktop icons
It's now customized through drag and drop (use ctrl+left click)
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because I cannot start the menu with righclick
If you're used to fluxbox, you can switch it with the wm switcher in the Exit menu or boot with desktop=fluxbox. You can change dfm's desktop menu in its desktop options if you prefer the wm's menu (if not already changed).
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because it does not recognize some 'my' extensions.
Not sure what you mean by 'my', but extensions should still be working - although you might have to re-download yours to get DSL 4.0 compatible icons.DSL v3.4.x going forward will be bug fix only, no further new development.
DSL v4.1 I have made the window manager the default right click menu.
DSL v4.x uses alot less sudo, especially when it comes to using extensions. I know some would rather run everything as root or sudo. I do not! If issues occur with your extensions then be sure you have proper permissions set for dsl.staff and that the filesystem being used to host the extensions can support unix file permissions.
I am not offended by your remarks, I have been through this before. I recall, that v0.5.3.1 was the last good release of DSL! The same occured with v1.0 and then again with 2.0. Some will stay behind for awhile.
Also, as I pointed out 4.0 is a "dot oh" release. In 4.1 I am already responding to user feedback, issues, and experiences, e.g. wallpapers and right click menu. Don't judge a major revision of an OS by the dot oh version.
However, some may always prefer menu, application based systems.
Others prefer folder/icon/drag and drop, click on data not on the application. Let the data know which app, not force the user to know which app.Next Page...
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