[MaarteOS]

After a couple of days of time with 4.0.x, I removed the pattern from installation. Repeatedly booting to a black screen, having the taskbar fail to appear, or be able to do simple things such as minimise or close a window were mildly frustrating to say the least. For the forseeable future, I shall remain with 3.5.9.

My only hope is that it remains an option for installation in openSUSE 11.1 and further.

While I'm sure 4.x.x will improve and mature over time, it's far from something I can afford to have fail on me while working. 3.5.9 is tried and tested. It surprises me a little that the KDE 4 option wasn't more clearly noted as being anything other than "less mature" at the installation screen. With the greatest respect to the developers who are no doubt working so hard on 4.x.x. "less mature" is something of an understatement.

Yes, KDE 4.x.x is improving in leaps and bounds, but in my eyes, it should have been made more clear than 4.x.x was quite possibly only for those who enjoyed the bleeding edge. Bluntness over ambiguity is sometimes needed. For the installation choice, bluntness should have won over.

openSUSE 11.0 with 3.5.9 is an absolute joy and wonder to use. I wonder how many would have missed out on this experience after having chosen 4.0.x.