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060214 b.n. wrote: |
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> I still can't see KDE 3.5 in the stable x86. |
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I'm always grateful for the devs' unpaid work (big smile), |
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but the KDE team does seem a bit over-cautious about stability sometimes. |
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> I don't like to rely on unstable -- crashing, misworking -- apps |
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The only problem I've had with 3.5.0 is Kpdf crashing on a 'recent document'. |
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> Does kde 3.5 pulls in a lot of ~x86 dependencies? |
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Not on this machine. |
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> I don't use KDE itself -- I'm happy with Fluxbox -- |
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> but I use KDE apps very much, Konqueror,Kwrite,Kate,K3b... |
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I have Fluxbox installed as a back-up & configure KDE to be very simple: |
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KDE has an excellent facility for restarting apps with each session |
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& I like different backgrounds for my 10 desktops. |
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3.5.1 is the current testing version, which I may install next weekend. |
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I recommend using the individual packages, not the big metabuilds. |
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