Re: [SLE] Is KDE 3.2 ready for prime time?

From: Ben Rosenberg (ben_at_whack.org)
Date: 02/04/04

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    * Paul W. Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [040204 10:55]:
    >I just noticed a couple more posts (the ones about gaim and kbear) that
    >suggest people are having a lot of trouble with KDE 3.2. For myself, it
    >still is giving me big problems, most noticeably the fact that the desktops
    >don't show up on the panel (the bar across the bottom of the screen). And my
    >attempts to install it by several methods have been only partly successful.
    >The problems have included but not been limited to dependency failures that I
    >have few clues for resolving.
    >
    >If someone asked me at this point if they should install KDE 3.2, I'd say no.
    >Whatever improvements it may provide are not worth the hassle of the
    >installation problems. Unless you're one of those folks that likes living on
    >the bleeding edge, of course.

    I had absolutely no trouble installing it on my 9.0 workstation in the
    office or on my 8.2 box at home. For some reason 3.2 makes the bass
    really sensitive..this may be an arts issue. I just turned down the bass
    a bit and I have normal sound. There are deps that 3.2 has that 3.1.5
    didn't have but those are all on the ftp sites. I used apt in both cases
    to upgrade and it was pretty painless.

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