Staying with Hardy

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Knapp wrote:
> I have been sticking with 8.04 because I don't like kde 4 much.
> Problem is that most of 8.04, the under parts (libs), are getting old
> and don't work well with really up to date software like from an SVN.
> Things are moving. KDE 3 -> KDE 4, Python 2 to Python 3, Ext 3 to Ext
> 4, Grub 1 to Grub 2, VLC to VLC 1.? and LOTS of others like; Blender
> 3d 2.5, Inkscape  .47 (will this be in 9.10) and more. Thus, I think I
> will at last be forced to upgrade.
> 

I've been running XFCE as an alternative to KDE4.   Works like a charm.