KDE 4.0.0!

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 11:33:30 am Girard Henri wrote:
> you are badly mistaken :)
> I even use cooker which is the unstable bleding edge
> But you have to set easyurpmi to get all packages ...
>
> Howard Coles Jr. a écrit :
> > On Wednesday 16 January 2008 05:56:15 am Girard Henri wrote:
> >> mandriva I think that's the easiest one :)
> >> Though i use kubuntu, mandrake has been many years my favorite distro
> >> you can get easyurpmi.org repos for enlarging your rpms
> >>
> >> Dotan Cohen a écrit :
> >>> On 16/01/2008, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> And as I have pointed out in another thread I, and many others, think
> >>>> you are doing it the wrong way round. Keep 3.5 as the base package and
> >>>> KDE4 as a bleeding-edge add-on. As it is - even according to the main
> >>>> developers "KDE 4.0.0 is not KDE4"
> >>>> http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-12-30/
> >>>
> >>> Exactly. Then you have Kubuntu as a stable, feature-rich operating
> >>> system with optional bleeding edge components.
> >>>
> >>> If Kubuntu should be a bleeding-edge distro (as is now planned) then
> >>> it is not suitable for everyday use. I replace Windows XP (usually
> >>> cracked) on about three or four machines a month for other students in
> >>> my university. As Kubuntu is their first impression of Linux, I must
> >>> ensure that it is a good impression. I'll probably stick with Feisty
> >>> until I land a new distro, though. Any suggestions for a KDE based
> >>> distro that is easy for noobs?
> >
> > The only problem there (Mandriva wise) is that you have to pay for the
> > updates.  Unless I'm badly mistaken.

Thanks for the update there, and for free.  :-D.

I haven't played with Mandriva at all, and its been a couple of years since I 
played with Mandrake.  Other than PCLinuxOS which I believe is spun off from 
Mandriva, I've basically stuck with Kubuntu.


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Howard Coles Jr.
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