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| Thread ID: 107486 | 2010-02-17 22:40:00 | Installing KDE on Debian Lenny | nofam (9009) | Press F1 |
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| 859562 | 2010-02-19 04:05:00 | +1 for Mepis - I helped set-up and package for their community run repo (backports from sid etc). There are 2 versions out -> 8.0.15 which is KDE3 and 8.4.97 which is beta (but really stable) and is based on Lenny but with KDE4 backported from upstream. So far, Warren's done a really nice job with it. Best of both worlds IMO - Debian stable + KDE4. Both come in 32b or 64b live cd's which are installable. Links to available mirrors here -> www.mepis.org |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 859563 | 2010-02-19 04:20:00 | +Best of both worlds IMO - Debian stable + KDE4. Best of one world at least :rolleyes: I'm yet to be impressed by KDE4. Mepis has been on my list, for when I get time to go distro-cruising again ... but TBH I haven't really felt the need since I started running debian :) |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 859564 | 2010-02-19 08:18:00 | Yeah - I thought the same with 4.1. But from 4.2 onward, KDE have been making really good progress. I'm currently using 4.3.4 and waiting for 4.4 to hit the repos. I wouldn't go back to 3 now :thumbs: | Brooko (8444) | ||
| 859565 | 2010-02-19 10:35:00 | Yeah - I thought the same with 4.1. But from 4.2 onward, KDE have been making really good progress. I'm currently using 4.3.4 and waiting for 4.4 to hit the repos. I wouldn't go back to 3 now :thumbs:I have to say I agree with that - I've been running KDE4 as my main DE ever since 4.2.0 was released. Currently using 4.4.0. There's still the occasional rough edge, but not many. Distro is Gentoo (~amd64). KDE installed from the main portage tree, using the set definitions from the kde overlay. ...backports from sid etc.That worries me. Sid is the unstable branch of Debian, and half the reason Ubuntu have so many problems is because they fork from that branch every 6 months... |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 859566 | 2010-02-19 11:54:00 | That worries me. Sid is the unstable branch of Debian, and half the reason Ubuntu have so many problems is because they fork from that branch every 6 months... Difference is that all we do is backport the applications which will port using stable (Lenny) base libs. If they don't port, we don't use them. Community tests the ported apps before they go into the actual repository. End result is debian stable with surprisingly up to date application versions. The 'buntu releases are a full sid snapshot. Mepis is debian stable with ported applications where workable. I've never tried gentoo. Was it much of a learning curve? |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 859567 | 2010-02-19 21:11:00 | Difference is that all we do is backport the applications which will port using stable (Lenny) base libs. If they don't port, we don't use them. Community tests the ported apps before they go into the actual repository. End result is debian stable with surprisingly up to date application versions. The 'buntu releases are a full sid snapshot. Mepis is debian stable with ported applications where workable.That sounds like a *much* more sensible approach than the way Ubuntu goes about things! I've never tried gentoo. Was it much of a learning curve?I didn't find it that way, but I was already quite knowledgeable about the 'guts' of my OS when I decided to switch. There are a few differences, but nothing particularly staggering. Bear in mind though that if you aren't familiar with the 'under the hood' bits of your system the learning-curve will be almost vertical - Gentoo doesn't provide much in the way of handholding, you're expected to know what you want and how to achieve it. If you don't know something, the documentation is unbelievably good. |
Erayd (23) | ||
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