[mdlug] KDE 4

[Aaron Kulkis]

Jim Broughton wrote:
> Progress just for the sake of progress is not progressive. :-)
> It is KDE 4.4.3. Or was. It's gone now. The KDE team will
> have to polish this turd a bit more before I will find it useful.
> I have been a KDE user since version 1.1. Ages ago.
> 
> Now that I have messed with things a bit. I have found that I could
> install the 3.5.10 version of KDE from the Slackware 12.2 version disks on a
> 13.1 install. Provided you delete all of qt4 and kde 4.4.3. Yes it runs
> just beautifully thank you very much. I have not tested all the apps under
> it just the ones I used and they all function as intended.
> HOWEVER this is on a 32bit system with a pentium 4 processor.
>  The 64 bit version of the Slackware 13.1 install I have in testing on my
> Desktop machine will require a rather lengthy compile session with
> the KDE 3.5.10 source code plus a few libraries that KDE4 does not use.
> There is of course a companion 64 Slack alike system made by a separate
> developer maybe his 12.2 64 bit version will install on 13.1.
> Might have to give that a try.
> 

Please keep us informed of the results.

> Jim
> 
> 
> Michael Rudas wrote:
>>  --- Jim Broughton wrote:
>>
>>> I just recently installed Slackware 13.1 and have my second look at
>>> the KDE 4 series desktop. I am appalled at what I see.
>>  What rev level of KDE 4?  Current is 4.4.3 -- earlier versions are
>>  not as polished -- but, frankly, I like KDE 4 just fine and prefer it
>>  over GNOME.  I use it every day, just as I have used every version of
>>  KDE 3 from v3.0 forward.
>>
>>  Is it perfect? No, but I am learning to tweak it to suit my needs.
>>  Progress IS progress, after all.
>>
>>  ~~ Michael Rudas My home page: http://MRudas.2Ya.com My Protopage
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