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Subject: Re: [Quanta] Kubuntu 9.10
From: Billie Erin Walsh <bilwalsh () swbell ! net>
Date: 2009-11-02 0:48:27
Message-ID: 4AEE2C5B.4070802 () swbell ! net
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James Ellis wrote:
> Hi
>
> Quanta + KDE4 works completely well, you just have to remember that
> Quanta is a KDE3 app and to install Qt3 libraries etc (aptitude search
> libqt3 for starters on the shell). There is a dependency issue as as
> been mentioned but you can get around that by installing the KDE3
> versions of the dependencies. KDE4 has been around since Jan 2008 so
> you can't really blame the distro or KDE4 in itself as the problem if
> they decide to leave non-updated KDE3 apps behind (I think Quanta and
> the nearly-ready K3b are the only major ones left ?) I've had hoth
> KDE3.5 and KDE4 running on the same laptop and the resource usage is
> about the same. I have KDE4 running on a 6yr old with 1G RAM and a 64M
> nvidia card - startup in karmic actually got faster as has the
> desktop. I'd never go back.
From what I've seem your right. Installing QT/KDE 3 stuff is the patch.
Next question is how is that accomplished? I have Kwebdev 3.x but can't
figure out how to install it.The DEB won't install. Following the
instructions for the tar.gz/source(?) don't work.
>
> Personally, I think the move to get Quanta4 going as a web oriented
> version of Kdevelop4 is a great idea as it doesn't mean reinventing
> the wheel. The benefits of using Qt4 Webkit should be seen as a good
> example for doing this (think previews)
Hope it doesn't screw it straight into the ground with to much.
>
> The KDE developers have made it pretty clear that KDE3.5 will still be
> around if you want to use it -- you just have to find a distro that
> will support it. For me, I see KDE4 as a huge improvement both
> technically and in the UI/desktop. The ability to easily script
> widgets for the desktop is something web developers should be very
> excited about.
>
> For those experiencing load/CPU issues, a good first step is to work
> out what's actually causing it. For starters, install the CPU widget
> on the desktop and watch as you turn Desktop Effects off (if you don't
> need them, turn them off) or shut-down programs. As an example, I had
> a churning CPU through KDE4.3 which turned out to be the Magic
> Lamp/Minimise effects, for which there is a bug report on bugs.kde.org
> <http://bugs.kde.org>. I read it, turned them off and bingo.
>
> My biggest complaint is the seeming lack of resources in Ubuntu to
> investigate and fix Kubuntu bugs. Karmic seems to the first release
> where KDE4 has actually gotten some energy behind it (whether from
> Canonical or elsewhere, I don't know).
>
> HTH
> James
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:13 AM, marbux <marbux@gmail.com
> <mailto:marbux@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Alan Richmond
> <alan@aardwolfweb.com <mailto:alan@aardwolfweb.com>> wrote:
> > On Friday 30 October 2009 13:26:57 marbux wrote:
> >> Quanta 3.x works kinda-sorta on KDE 4, although I haven't bothered
> >> with trying to fix the issues you mention that I also
> experienced. For
> >> me, the fact that the Quanta HTML Tidy results editing screen
> is too
> >> tiny to read or edit anything was a showstopper on KDE 4 for me. .
> >>
> >> There may be other issues as well.
> >
> > I just upgraded from 3.5.10 to 4.3.1 last week on Gentoo and
> haven't had any
> > issues with Quanta at all. (Well, it did take me WAY to long to
> find the "Q+"
> > icon to add it to the KDE4 menu.) HTML Tidy results works like
> always, too.
> > Maybe because it's a parallel install.
>
> Might be a screen resolution difference too.
>
> Paul
>
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