KDE 4.2 Beta 1 availble for Intrepid

[Larry Hartman]

On Friday 05 December 2008 02:20:49 pm Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> Instructions on how to upgrade here:
>   http://www.kubuntu.org/node/58
>
> Warning! unlike neon this will update your current KDE install - there is
> no backing out.
>
> Having said that I *really* like it, KDE 4.2 is going to be awesome. Actual
> New and improved features in KMail!

Quicky features in kmail immediately after installation.  When I restarted the 
system nearly all of the quirckiness went away.  Akregator still has random 
column widths--left over from 4.1.3.  Can not seem to redefine.  Screensaver 
does not produce a dialog box to enter a password in; however, it did let me 
back into the system when I typed the password without a displayed box.
>
> However it is quirky, I had a lot of problems getting kmail running. The
> Akonadi server was broken to start off with and eventually I had to disable
> akonadi altogether.

I deinstalled KDE 4.1 completely, then installed 4.2 by installing package 
KDE.  Three packages had difficulties during install.  Kalzium and kalgebra 
shared a file, kmail and oxygen shared a file, and kmouth and oxygen shared a 
file.   Took me a little while to overcome this.  I think meta packages kde, 
kdepim, and another meta package was held back.

> The problem with columns loosing their settings and getting random widths
> is worse than ever.
>
> If you have custom plasma applets they will probably be broken.
> Installation from source can fix this if you'r game :)

The widget for the Home directory on KDE 4.1.3 was nice...I was able to 
navigate to a directory of choice inside the widget, then I could open in 
Dolphin if I needed to.  I can not duplicate this widget in 4.2

> Right click spelling suggestions inline with Konqueror!
>
> Heaps of UI tweaks which I quite like on the whole. Definitely a big step
> forward, like from 4.0 to 4.1

+1

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