[opensuse] Is an update to KDE 3.5.10 OK?
Listmates, Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update? -- 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
On Wednesday 12 November 2008 09.48:28, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
Hi David, Just a few days ago I used Yast to update everything on my system (OpenSuse 10.3) where an update was possible, not only but including KDE. There was a dependency problem for Kaffeine and something else I don't remember. I clicked "keep this, do not update" for those two apps and then let Yast download the rest, approx. 1 GB. I now have KDE 3.5.10 "release 28.3". No problems at all - here ;-) regards Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com erotic art photos: http://www.bauer-nudes.com Madagascar special: http://www.fotograf-basel.ch/madagascar/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed November 12 2008 3:48:28 am David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
David, I recently did an upgrade on one of my systems in preparation for doing a similar upgrade on a customer's machine. I had the same question. In her case, she would be upgrading from 3.5.7 to 3.6.10. In my case from 3.6.9 to 3.5.10. For the most part, it went smoothly with the exception of the calander program, part of the PIM. Everything I tried after the upgrade seemed to work EXCEPT the calander/scheduler part of the PIM. That is part of the same program file as contains KMail, which I and my customer both use. KMail worked, the calendar did not. So, I upgraded her to 3.5.9 and regressed mine back to 3.5.9 and regained full functionality. Both systems were under 10.3, FWIW. I then upgraded my 10.3 machine to 11.0 and retried the upgrade to 3.6.10 and under 11.0, everything worked. So, I upgraded my customer to 11.0 as well and her 3.5.9 files were absorbed with NO problems. There are some MINOR problems with settings and preferences in KDE and I did have to reset minor cosmetic prefeerences, but functionally, I can recommend 3.5.10. FWIW, I also have a machine with the current KDE 4.1.3 on it as well as 3.5.10 (for testing and evaluation) and when I really need to get work done, I login with 3.5.10. When I want frustration and incompatibility with my existing KMail and other data, I use and try to appreciate KDE 4.1.3 (and higher as it is released). KDE4.x just isn't ready yet although it is getting better, it is too much like work trying to figure out how to make it do things (especially configuration issues) that are so intuitive in 3.5.10. Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Richard wrote:
On Wed November 12 2008 3:48:28 am David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
David, I recently did an upgrade on one of my systems in preparation for doing a similar upgrade on a customer's machine. I had the same question. In her case, she would be upgrading from 3.5.7 to 3.6.10. In my case from 3.6.9 to 3.5.10. For the most part, it went smoothly with the exception of the calander program, part of the PIM. Everything I tried after the upgrade seemed to work EXCEPT the calander/scheduler part of the PIM. That is part of the same program file as contains KMail, which I and my customer both use. KMail worked, the calendar did not. So, I upgraded her to 3.5.9 and regressed mine back to 3.5.9 and regained full functionality. Both systems were under 10.3, FWIW. I then upgraded my 10.3 machine to 11.0 and retried the upgrade to 3.6.10 and under 11.0, everything worked. So, I upgraded my customer to 11.0 as well and her 3.5.9 files were absorbed with NO problems.
There are some MINOR problems with settings and preferences in KDE and I did have to reset minor cosmetic prefeerences, but functionally, I can recommend 3.5.10.
FWIW, I also have a machine with the current KDE 4.1.3 on it as well as 3.5.10 (for testing and evaluation) and when I really need to get work done, I login with 3.5.10. When I want frustration and incompatibility with my existing KMail and other data, I use and try to appreciate KDE 4.1.3 (and higher as it is released). KDE4.x just isn't ready yet although it is getting better, it is too much like work trying to figure out how to make it do things (especially configuration issues) that are so intuitive in 3.5.10.
Richard
Danny, Richard, Thank you both for the insight. That's exactly what I was looking for. I can handle the run of the mill issues, I just wanted to make sure continued alt+backspace excitement wasn't in my immediate future. Thanks again. -- 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
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
No problem so far. Fred -- "Politicians and diapers need to be changed regularly -- and for the same reason." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Fred A. Miller wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
No problem so far.
Fred
Thanks Fred: To all KDE 3.5 users, KDE 3.5.10 installs and works like a dream. Compiz works like a champ on it. The following repositories were added: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_11.0/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_11.0/ Updated via yast by "Search" kde, then package -> All packages in list -> update if newer version available, 580M later KDE 3.5.10 was running perfectly (the download size is much less than the install size, probably ~200M. It was a 28 minute download with a 1M down connection. (cheap ass U.S. broadband providers... you guys across the pond with 20M connections have it goooood!) -- 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
On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:55 PM, "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com
wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
Before I regret it, has anybody had any bad experience with an update to KDE 3.5.10. I seem to recall a week or so ago, there was a complaint about 3.5.10, but there was very little follow up. That leads me to believe all is safe. But getting older, I have learned to look before I leap. So anybody have any information on the update?
No problem so far.
Fred
Thanks Fred:
To all KDE 3.5 users, KDE 3.5.10 installs and works like a dream. Compiz works like a champ on it. The following repositories were added:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE3/openSUSE_11.0/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/ openSUSE_11.0/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/ openSUSE_11.0/
Updated via yast by "Search" kde, then package -> All packages in list -> update if newer version available,
580M later KDE 3.5.10 was running perfectly (the download size is much less than the install size, probably ~200M. It was a 28 minute download with a 1M down connection. (cheap ass U.S. broadband providers... you guys across the pond with 20M connections have it goooood!)
-- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
David: 1M down no longer qualifies as broadband. Also I pretty much lost the use of my bluetooth mouse under 3.5.10. The whole Bluetooth stack is in disaray and pairing under KDE is broken. Similar reports from other distros so I am about to abandon Bluetooth mice for a while. JSA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John Andersen wrote:
580M later KDE 3.5.10 was running perfectly (the download size is much less than the install size, probably ~200M. It was a 28 minute download with a 1M down connection. (cheap ass U.S. broadband providers... you guys across the pond with 20M connections have it goooood!)
-- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
David: 1M down no longer qualifies as broadband.
I have 10 Mb down and 1 Mb up. I live in Canada. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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