On Tuesday 21 July 2009 10:01:20 am John E. Perry wrote:
Attempting to keep my kde 4.2.4 up to date, in hopes of getting a fix to two problems caused by upgrades from 10.3/kde3.5 (see preceding unanswered messages), I've been getting this error message for the past three days:
PackageKit Error dep-resolution-failed: patch:compiz-1005.noarch conflicts with compiz-kde4.i586
So far, I have been happy with my decision to "Install" kde 4.3 beta from factory and "Keep" my kde 3.5 install. However, having both kde3 and kde4 installed is mandatory. There are so many things you simply cannot do in kde4 that you have to log back in to kde3 to complete. [footnote 1] After 3 months of testing virtually everything I can think of, all I can say is kde4 is usable, but there is so much stuff broken or missing in this desktop it will blow your mind. Simple little things that are just annoying as heck, like "if you want to set a different default WM in kde control center (like compiz), you want a screenshot of your desktop say with the compiz expo plugin -- you can't, you want to insert kate snippets that have escape codes in it, now they hose the editor window because the escape codes are applied to the editor window instead of simply inserted at text, you want to browse and 'preview in' and be returned to the same file, you want to use an app that relies on fish, you want to edit the "Classic Menu" and not go into a loop, and on and on and on ...." (all things that should not have been broken to begin with) If you want to work without distraction -- stay with kde3. If you want to see the new glitz and glamor, but spend equal time working and writing bug reports, jump to kde4. If you want to "try" the latest, just "install" it along side your kde3 install, but I would recommend against wiping out your kde3 install by "upgrading" to kde4. [footnote 1] See most recent 47 bugs filed against kde4: https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=a... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org