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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    [gentoo-amd64]  Re: KDE 4.1
From:       Duncan <1i5t5.duncan () cox ! net>
Date:       2008-08-06 1:31:23
Message-ID: pan.2008.08.06.01.31.26 () cox ! net
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Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> posted 48985319.8030808@gmx.de, excerpted
below, on  Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:18:17 +0200:

> No, it doesnt really work. Effects still suck, the bar still sucks, ff3
> crashes ... --> back to 3.5.9 waiting for 4.2

I'm guessing you have an nVidia card and are using the proprietary 
driver.  That's a known issue, specifically mentioned in the release 
announcement.  A few people have reported better results with the beta 
nVidia driver, but even their new full release doesn't correct the 
problem, /only/ the beta driver, and I'm not sure it corrects it for 
everyone.

Me, being in general an eager beta tester (but a Radeon 9200 series not 
an nVidia user, I dumped nVidia upon first hardware upgrade after I 
groked that "Linux drivers" didn't necessarily mean "native freedomware 
Linux drivers"), after finding 4.0 at conference early-release tech-
preview level (WAY to early for beta), I expect 4.1 to be decent beta 
quality that I'll be happy with but wouldn't recommend to others except 
beta testers, and 4.2 to be finally looking like most .0 releases look.  
But having been burned with the .0 that was really an early tech-preview, 
I see little reason to try a beta of a beta, or 4.1 until it gets into 
the main tree, at least in masked state.  I've been checking every few 
days when I update, but until it's deemed good enough for that, I'm going 
to leave well enough alone and stick with 3.5.9 (which I now hear has its 
own update on the way, 3.5.10).

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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman


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