Once i've worked out a last few bugs for Quanta on = Gentoo (atm, its just sftp support, which i'm hoping comes down to the = version of openssl that's currently installed is too up-to-date; and qu= anta doesn't generate a shortcut into the KDE 4 menu), i'll try and= write a guide on how to install it from source onto a debian machine.

Note, my current installation doesn't include all t= he add-ons, like cvs, etc. but they are mentioned in the document linked ab= ove, i've just not got round to installing them, so i'm hoping i ca= n achieve a fully loaded/working quanta on KDE4 on gentoo, but we'll ha= ve to see; the document author certainly says its do-able.

I don't think it'll be as straight forward as j= ust finding all the quanta and kde dependancies sources and compiling them,= because i think QT3 support will need to be compiled into QT4.. also gento= o kde-sunset sources install applications into /usr/kde/3.5, instead of ins= talling them into their original locations, to avoid conflicts with current= KDE software, so these tweaks, and probably loads i haven't noticed, w= ill also need to be considered and documented.

For anyone who wants to try gentoo, best to start here = with the handbook:=A0htt= p://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/

and then carry onto here = for KDE 4

h= ttp://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml

<= /div>

The guide is very helpful and userfriendly, but its worth noting = that you will be in the terminal for the first couple of days, so i'd r= ecommend setting up a side-by-side installation, otherwise you'll be wi= thout a computer until you get to the stage of installing KDE.

Ubuntu users:

i'd recommend trying gentoo= out on an old computer (it'll run on old hardware really well, i'm= using P4 2.8Ghz 1GB RAM), or a new hard-drive, at the very least make sure= you have researched fdisk before hand and understand basic hard drive part= itioning, because the handbook assumes you want to install gentoo onto a co= mputer as the only operating system. Alternatively you can ask me for help,= or even better, ask for help from the gentoo channel, mentioned at the end= of this email.

Note, it is several days work, more likely a week to ge= t gentoo running, because everything is compiled from source, so you have t= he time it takes to work through the guide and learn about gentoo, but also= the time it takes to actually compile the software.

For while you're compiling (emerging) KDE4 and KDE3= /Quanta, it'd be worth considering setting the kdeenablefinal useflag, = this thread (http://nixfor= ums.org/about27008.html) indicates that there are large compilation tim= e savings, however, if during future upgrades/compilations of KDE you notic= e heavy resource usage, as indicated in the same thread, it'd be worth = unsetting the kdeenablefinal. useflags are a gentoo/portage specfic feature= , and are covered in the handbook above, and in more depth here:=A0http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3D2&= chap=3D1

I hope this is of interest/help to people :)

Feel free to ask me any questions, though i'm no expert,= or ask for help at the gentoo channel on freenode, here=A0http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=3Dgentoo= &uio=3DMT11bmRlZmluZWQb1

Thanks,

Ma= tthew Millar

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:32= PM, marbux <marbu= x@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1= 0:05 AM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh@s= wbell.net> wrote:
> =A0From my point of view if Quanta4 could just have all the functional= ity
> of Quanta3 I would be a VERY happy camper.

+1

Best regards,

Paul

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