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Re: [opensuse] KDE3 on 11.3 ??
- From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:17:18 -0500
- Message-id: <4C4682DE.3060908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 07/20/2010 11:09 PM, Bob S wrote:
The devs did us all a favor and we have a KDE3 repo for 11.3 and kde3 is working well. (actually, I don't think they did anyone in particular a favor, I think there are still a handful of critical apps that don't work well on kde4 like Quanta+, etc...)
I've updated to the current KDE3 packages from the 11.3 repo and KDE3 is looking S W E E T! It is still in fabulous friendly shape as always. Also, the kcm_gtk handling in 11.3 is back to normal. Somebody really "screwed the pooch" on gtk handling in kde3 on 11.0 right before end of life, but your gimp, firefox, thunderbird and compiz settings manager all look fine in 11.3 regardless of the gtk theme you choose. 11.3 is looking good so far. As picky as I am, that's saying a lot :p
I'm sure I'll be throwing rocks at it in a couple of days when I turn over a few more stones and find the ugly stuff, but after a full day and after going through kde3, kde4 and gnome desktops, I'm happy with the release so far. (We all needed a clean release after the last two...)
The only issue I have is getting compiz started in kde3 right now. Works fine in gnome and kde3. It was working in kde3 when I updated 11.2 -> 11.3, but then my general update pulled in compiz-kde4 and I think that gives compiz problems in kde3. I'll get it going again over the next few days and give you the rundown. (it's on a spare laptop, so it will be a day or two)
As someone else in the 'less than impressed with k4' camp, I really suggest you take a look at gnome. After using it for the better part of a year, I've been hooked... Even in the ancient 2.20 release that came with 11.0 it was really good. With the improvements to gedit, etc. in 2.30+ it would give kde3 a run for it's money in cleanness, usefulness and efficiency (you have to wade into it a while before the efficiency part starts to sink in) The best part -- it's not slated to go away anytime soon.... and, if the KDE devs were smart, neither would KDE3, less there be many more gnome users in the future :p
kudus to the opensuse devs for keeping .../repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.3
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Hello SuSE people,
Planning to install 11.3 soon. (upgrade from 11.2) I want to install KDE3
also. Sorry guys I just don't like KDE4. (sacrilegious I know) but what can I
tell you. Tried it in 11.1 - blew it away. Tried it in 11.2, all the way up
to 4.4. better, but still no cigar. Kept reverting to my comfortable and
reliable11.0 with KDE3 Will try again in 11.3, hoping it will finally reach
the maturity of KDE3, but, I still want my fallback to my comfortable and
reliable KDE3.
I've seen on the list that at least one of our members ( Dave Rankin) has
installed KDE 3 on 11.3. Any tips on the procedure, sources, etc, on how I go
about doing this? (Wiki?) (docs?)
Bob S
The devs did us all a favor and we have a KDE3 repo for 11.3 and kde3 is working well. (actually, I don't think they did anyone in particular a favor, I think there are still a handful of critical apps that don't work well on kde4 like Quanta+, etc...)
I've updated to the current KDE3 packages from the 11.3 repo and KDE3 is looking S W E E T! It is still in fabulous friendly shape as always. Also, the kcm_gtk handling in 11.3 is back to normal. Somebody really "screwed the pooch" on gtk handling in kde3 on 11.0 right before end of life, but your gimp, firefox, thunderbird and compiz settings manager all look fine in 11.3 regardless of the gtk theme you choose. 11.3 is looking good so far. As picky as I am, that's saying a lot :p
I'm sure I'll be throwing rocks at it in a couple of days when I turn over a few more stones and find the ugly stuff, but after a full day and after going through kde3, kde4 and gnome desktops, I'm happy with the release so far. (We all needed a clean release after the last two...)
The only issue I have is getting compiz started in kde3 right now. Works fine in gnome and kde3. It was working in kde3 when I updated 11.2 -> 11.3, but then my general update pulled in compiz-kde4 and I think that gives compiz problems in kde3. I'll get it going again over the next few days and give you the rundown. (it's on a spare laptop, so it will be a day or two)
As someone else in the 'less than impressed with k4' camp, I really suggest you take a look at gnome. After using it for the better part of a year, I've been hooked... Even in the ancient 2.20 release that came with 11.0 it was really good. With the improvements to gedit, etc. in 2.30+ it would give kde3 a run for it's money in cleanness, usefulness and efficiency (you have to wade into it a while before the efficiency part starts to sink in) The best part -- it's not slated to go away anytime soon.... and, if the KDE devs were smart, neither would KDE3, less there be many more gnome users in the future :p
kudus to the opensuse devs for keeping .../repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.3
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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
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