upgrade 8.04 -> 9.04+kde3: how?

[Joel Oliver]

Derek Broughton wrote:
>  Dexter Filmore wrote:
>
> > Am Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2009 22:10:04 schrieb Muzer:
> >> Dexter Filmore wrote:
> >>> I need to upgrade a Kubuntu 8.04 machine to 9.04 but with kde3.
> >>> How can I do that?
> >> With difficulty
> >>
> > Now *really*!
> > Maybe it's time to move to a distro again with a lesser moron part in the
> > community.
>
>  Maybe.  It's a perfectly valid answer though.  It can be done, but it
>  certainly won't be simple.

I don't think the sarcasm was needed.  It was a straight-forward 
question.... He didn't go off on a kde4 bashing rant.

Unfortunately kubuntu put the nail in kde3's coffin way to early IMO.  
Hardy is still supported so why would you need to upgrade?   If you have 
a legit reason such as a new Atheros wifi card in a laptop running 
x86_64 and need a later kernel than....


Well anyway... If you NEED a new system and Kde3 I would recommend 
dumping Kubuntu for straight Debian.  Debian 5.0 Lenny comes with KDE3xx 
and with Debians slow release cycle, security updates will be around for 
a LONG time.   Security updates hit Debian even before Kubuntu most if 
not all of the time.

 
Joel.