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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: [opensuse] Upgrading KDE4.1
From:       Martin Schlander <martin.schlander () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-09-24 9:44:38
Message-ID: 201009241144.38898.martin.schlander () gmail ! com
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Fredag den 24. september 2010 11:20:59 skrev Peter Linnell:
> On 9/23/10 4:45 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> > On 2010/09/23 14:34 (GMT) Mark Misulich composed:
> >> Mark Misulich wrote:
> >>> I have both KDE 3 and KDE 4 kde desktop environments installed on my
> >>> computer.  How may I update only the kde 4 desktop to the kde 4.5
> >>> factory release without also updating the kde 3.5 desktop to kde 4.5?
> >>> 
> >>> I am using Opensuse 11.1 operating system.
> >> 
> >> thanks for the answers to this question that I received.
> >> Unfortunately it didn't work very well, my operating system is hosed
> >> from the attempt to upgrade the kde 4.x with zypper and I will have to
> >> reinstall the operating system to fix it.
> >> 
> >> I want to try to install the 4.5 operating system instead of the
> >> default 4.1 that comes with suse 11.1 on the next go.  Hopefully that
> >> will prevent the problems that I experienced this time.  Is there a
> >> means to do this with openSuse on the 11.1 system?
> > 
> > You can use the procedure to install KDE3 instead of KDE4, and substitute
> > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.1/
> > for the KDE3 repo.
> > 
> > http://en.opensuse.org/KDE3
> > http://omgsuse.com/content/kickin-it-old-school-kde3
> > 
> > Since you're planning to reinstall, I recommend 11.2 instead, since 11.1
> > doesn't have much support life left, but is much more like 11.1 than 11.3
> > is, with less beta software in the base OS.
> 
> I am not so sure I would not go to 11.3, now that most major
> post-release bugs are fixed.

I too would recommend 11.3 - at least for everyone who doesn't have an Intel 
gfxcard.

And I wouldn't recommend using a repo of unsupported, barely tested KDE 4.5 
packages for someone who craves stability and predictability. The officially 
supported 4.4 packages are generally very nice.
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