KDE 3.4.x is fantastic. As mentioned, everything just works and you don't pay attention to anything except getting work done!

Well, cud anyone post a how-to (right from the start to the end) for installing and configuring KDE..???

or plz provide a Hyperlink...if possible!

It looks like you have RH 9.0. Why not go here and install the rpm pkgs:

ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4...t/9/i386/RPMS/

I assume from your info, you know how to download the pkgs and install them using the rpm command or using a pkg mgr.

Good Luck.

Yes, I do know how to install RPM's but I am just (worried) :-SS about what are the consequences of installing a new Desktop Environment.
Are all the programs (applicatoins) restored as previous??
What are the things I have to take as a precautionary measures to avoid any kind of problems after the installation of the new environment?

And where do I install from...I mean.... from the GNOME environment (which I have for one user or from the console (Ctrl+Alt+F7) ???

I have not worked with RH 9.0. However, whatever pkg mgr you use, simply enable the kde-redhat repository and open a terminal (su -) and do yum update and all pkgs will download and install including the dependencies. In terms of precautions with your existing Gnome installation, I can't speak to that. I have Gnome 2.10 and KDE 3.4.1 installed in Fedora 4 and they live together perfectly well. They also worked well in Fedora Core 3.

This however is different than a RH 9.0 installation with an older Gnome desktop. I don't know if this would cause any problems for you. Additionally, the rpm's from KDE-Redhat are not supported by Red Hat if any problems occur. I have had no problems with these packages, but again your case is a bit different.

I am sure someone with experience with a similar case to you can either reassure you better than I or offer a different way to go about it. I do know that compiling/installing from source is a more painful and time intensive route as I did it when KDE 3.4 was in beta testing.

Good Luck and I appreciate your conservative approach and covering all bases.

Anyone knows a bit about how it compares to 3.3 (.2) ? Debian doesn't have 3.4 in it but I'm still amazed about how the speed has increased since last time I tried. I'm still not going to use it but it felt a lot quicked and OpenOffice just like loads as fast as in fluxbox.

It's true that Debian doesn't come with KDE 3.4, but you can get it here if you'd like -- J.W.

http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/

Thanks for the link. Is that an official package that'll move in the official apt sources?