KDE4 RC2 observations

[Girard Henri]

backport : most seems to be broken :)
Michael W. Holdeman a écrit :
> On Wednesday 12 December 2007 04:45:47 pm Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
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>> Observations on the kde4 rc2 for kubuntu
>>
>> I removed my kde4 rc1 installed files, then installed according to the web
>> page.
>>
>> Upon loging in I was immediately impressed with the advancements, the
>> "kicker" replacement is polished and looks good.
>> The widgets now are moveable, and the pager one now works as expected.
>> Battery still shows no battery on my Dell D820?
>> Most apps in the menu now started and worked fine, except anything
>> requiring su privilege, still does not accept the password. I had to open a
>> konsole and run them with kdesu.
>> klipper now is docked where you would expect, and works as such.
>> So far so good.
>>
>> I then decided to install more apps with adept using -kde4 as the filter. I
>> installed all except the stuff I knew I did not want like strigi, kppp,
>> kget etc...
>> All installed and a played around a bit.
>> Korganizer was still messing up on my old ical files, but better than
>> before. Kmail good
>> koffice2 seemed good.
>> Not sure the process of the menu and how the system adds apps, seems like
>> there were a lot of apps there, old, new etc... etc...
>>
>> OK tried then to log back into kde-3.5.8 and errored on trash:/ and
>> system:/. Kwin waas messed up, leaving all closed windows on the screen.
>> Konqueror was hosed. Several apps were just plain hosed and seemed to have
>> been replaced by kde4 apps?
>>
>> I went to my rsnapshot dir and copyed the .kde from there into my .kde and
>> all was good again.uninstalled all -kde4 apps, along with the apps that the
>> web page said to install.
>> Then had to reinstall konqueror, kontact, kmail, kubuntu-desktop and a few
>> other's.
>>
>> Don't know if this is intended or not, but this as difficult to repair.
>> Thank God for my rsnapshot setup!
>>
>> Any other expeirences?
>>
>> (Oh yea, google-desktop does not work with kde4)
>>
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> I know I know, posting to my own post.
>
> I wonder though, what is the difference if you use the backports instead of 
> the ppa's?
>
> Mike
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