KMail2, the most recent incarnation of a mail client software KMail, is slow on pretty current hardware that consists of Quad Core 2.66 and 8 GB RAM. I have to wait longer to see an email then with single core 1250 MHz Athlon on 1.5 GB RAM.
I can see my Inbox filling up while mail filters struggle to deal with incoming emails and deliver them to respective folders. That never happened in old KMail, in other words serious step back.
Transition is not completed as all mails are not imported. I guess that my mix of mailbox and maildirs was too much for simple mind of KMail migration tools. I landed with mix because on old computer mailbox storage was far faster then maildir, so all large folders were converted to mailbox.
For instance migrating Thunderbird based mail system is just a bit longer then plain move of its directory from one installation to the other.
Apper, the latest rewrite of PackageKit frontend for KDE, managed to annoy me more then any previous. With its default settings and bugs, it was more distraction then help.
In normal circumstances YaST Software Management, or zypper, when they spot that package management is locked, they will:
- give you warning that is locked
- ask you if you want them to ask another process to quit
- if you want, they will send appropriate signal to process
- another process quits and releases lock
When you attempt to stop it manually with:
ps x | grep apper ## to get apper PID
kill <apperPID> ## to stop it
it will be restarted by KDE service manager and start scanning for updates extending package management lock. In this case PID is changing, as previous Apper instance actually exits, but new is started almost instantly, preventing you to use YaST Online Updates (YOU) needed to actually run updates that Apper was unable to do. To end daily wrangling I removed Apper from installation. In a recent email is mentioned that it can be disabled using configuration utility Configure Desktop, which in email is called systemsettings. Also, I took time to explain this in a wiki page http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Apper_troubleshooting .
To be clear, I'm not opposing to refresh package management with design that is easier for new users. My problem is that new software must have very easy to find Quit button, not some option buried in depth of System Settings, that even experienced users have trouble to find.
PS. Apper is back on my computer, although it is not used right now, not even as notification daemon.
I see some improvements in the interface, like list of repositories, which is very cute, but also usability glitch with configuration hidden behind wrench, with no text, while other settings have text :)
