Staying with Hardy

[Knapp]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 19:07 +0200, Knapp wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> > David Kuntadi wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com> wrote:
>> >>> I use kubuntu Hardy, which is just about 18 months old now. The new
>> >>> version, Karmic, is due out soon. Since I have Hardy tweaked exactly how
>> >>> I want it I plan to stay with it. For example, I want to stay with
>> >>> konqueror not dolphin. I have java and flash running just fine. It can
>> >>> take ages to get a new version ready for me. And updates would probably
>> >>> not work.
>> >>>
>> >>> Up to how I have had regular updates, including some today. What are the
>> >>> implications of staying put with Hardy please? Will I still get some
>> >>> updates or not? Is it a good idea to stay put?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thoughts anyone?
>> >>
>> >> You could stay with Hardy (LTS) for 3 years:
>> >>
>> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
>> >
>> > Except Kubuntu wasn't an LTS, and the KDE packages reach end-of-life at 18
>> > months.
>> > --
>> > derek
>>
>> 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.
>
> With Karmic I just set the Desktop to use the old style menu and it
> operates pretty much like KDE3. I have no beef with it now ...other than
> the old saw about pulseaudio and phoron all heaped between me and alsa.
> I just unloaded the packages that wouldn't rip out the rest of my
> install and I'm happy as a clam. Ric

I don't mean to thread jack but what packages are those? I might need
to know in a month.

Why don't you like Pulseaudio and Phoron (whatever that is)?

Just goggled Phonon, maybe that is why 8.10 can't play my DVDs but 8.04 can?

Last time I tried to set KDE4 to use KDE 3 menus it was still short,
as in did not go from the top to the bottom of my screen. Is it still
that way?



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Douglas E Knapp

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