kdubuntu upgrade, kde3 -> kde4, yuk

[Andrew Mathenge]

I found this, interesting:

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuIntrepidVersion

and this:

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/KDE3-KDE4Migration

I'm not a KDE user so I can't say how drastically different KDE 3 is
from KDE 4 but from
the sounds of it and from what I've read online, it seems that KDE 3
is largely obsolete.

If there's no active development of KDE 3 then at some point, if
you're going to stay with
KDE, you might have to upgrade. Won't matter if you're in clean debian
or some version
of Kubuntu. Perhaps the best bet right now might be to stick with
Hardy and forget about
upgrading to Intrepid. In one of those sites they mention that
Intrepid is supposedly
"cutting edge" and that staying with 8.04 is the best choice for those
already comfortable
with KDE 3.

Andrew.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Timothy Webster <tdwebste2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> thx,
>
> I will forgo upgrading my hardy machines, until kde4 comes out with a kde3
> compatibility mode or intrepid adopts kde3. If neither of these happen
> during the intrepid release will drop kubuntu and adopt readopt debian.
>
> I don't really care what kubuntu does, because I am perfectly happy to use
> debian, if ubuntu does not provided compatibility.
> Software/Computers are cheap. It is the training that is expensive.
>
> tim
>
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Andrew Mathenge <mathenge at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: kdubuntu upgrade, kde3 -> kde4, yuk
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 4:38 PM
>
> As far as I know you can't mix repositories from Hardy and Intrepid which
> means
> that your only option to get back to KDE 3 might be to compile it yourself.
>
> I doubt that any repository for Intrepid will backport KDE 3 so I
> doubt that it will
> ever become available.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Timothy Webster <tdwebste2 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> I have tried upgrade from kubuntu 8.04 "hardy" to 8.10
> "intrepid".
>> This did not go well. I got bumped from kde 3 to kde 4. The problem is kde
> 4
>> has not been configured from a user interface point of view to be
> compatible
>> with kde3.
>>
>> I can not just completely change the user interface and expect people to
> be
>> able to use it. kde 4 needs a kde 3 user interface compatibility mode or I
>> need to stay with kde 3.
>>
>>
>  Will kde 3 be available on kubuntu?
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Kim Kulak <kim at kulak.ca> wrote:
>>
>> From: Kim Kulak <kim at kulak.ca>
>> Subject: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex CDs
>> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community"
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 4:34 PM
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Corey gave the OK to order a box of Intrepid CDs for the Canadian LoCo. If
>> you want some of the CDs then send an email to me, indicating what CDs you
>> want, and I'll mail them to you. The catch is that I want you to pay
> for the
>> postage; and it's first come, first served on the CDs.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Kim
>>
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