Slack 13 and KDE 4.3?

mattydee · 08-13-2009, 03:20 PM

I hear there are a lot of improvements in 4.3...

C-Sniper · 08-13-2009, 03:48 PM

wait for --current in post 13.0 release

rg3 · 08-13-2009, 03:50 PM

It won't be in Slackware 13.0. There was a thread some days ago:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...de-4.3-745629/

cwizardone · 08-13-2009, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rg3

It won't be in Slackware 13.0. There was a thread some days ago:

Seems kind of ashame, actually.
KDE 4.3 is out and Slackware 13 has yet to be released, but it would appear Slackers will have to wait another 6 months or more (?) for a stable release of Slackware before they can enjoy the improvements in KDE 4.3. Not everyone wants to run "current" which is inherently unstable.
OTOH, personally, i won't be ungrading to 13 until I've heard the KDE 4.x versions of the applications I use are as good as their KDE 3.5.10 predecessors.

mlangdn · 08-13-2009, 05:18 PM

I will probably download and compile KDE 4.3 myself. It only takes a bit of time, and what the heck. It will contribute to my learning experience. I wonder if there is a slackbuild? Think I'll go look.

gargamel · 08-13-2009, 05:43 PM

I prefer a stable KDE 4.2.4 over an unsufficiently tested 4.3. And: 4.2.x is already sooo good, that it was reason enough for me to run -current, for the first time, on a machine I work on daily. It's not yet my main system, but I hope to make it that, once 13.0 is there.

gargamel

mlangdn · 08-13-2009, 05:46 PM

One has to have a sense of adventure sometimes!

BrZ · 08-13-2009, 05:53 PM

Nah. I'll wait and enjoy 4.2.4. I was expecting kde developers to maintain 4.2.x for some time...

hitest · 08-13-2009, 06:21 PM

KDE 4.2.4 is solid now in -current, it will be a welcome component of 13.0. I have no complaints. Remember, this is Slackware we're talking about, PV won't include software until it meets his standard of excellence.
Running -current is a good choice if you want to try out KDE 4.3 in the future.

skuzye · 08-13-2009, 07:29 PM

Probably kde 4.3 would be in current less than 6 months, so if you want you can just upgrade

liuguobiao · 08-13-2009, 08:20 PM

I had aleady try the slackware13(current) in the link:
http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/slackware/s...e-current-iso/
and I find it contain KDE4.3 .It 's beautiful.but my machine were too slowly to run it.
so I get back to the slackware12.2 ,using the KDE3.5. work well!

Anonymo · 08-13-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liuguobiao

I had aleady try the slackware13(current) in the link:
http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/slackware/s...e-current-iso/
and I find it contain KDE4.3 .It 's beautiful.but my machine were too slowly to run it.
so I get back to the slackware12.2 ,using the KDE3.5. work well!

Nope says 4.2

liuguobiao · 08-14-2009, 02:07 AM

Oh I am sorry. I get these:

Code:

root@linux:~#kdeinit4 --version
Qt:4.5.1
KDE:4.2.4(KDE 4.2.4)

It realy KDE4.2.

mattydee · 08-15-2009, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlangdn

I will probably download and compile KDE 4.3 myself. It only takes a bit of time, and what the heck. It will contribute to my learning experience. I wonder if there is a slackbuild? Think I'll go look.

I'm thinking of doing this myself... any luck finding a slackbuild?

slackass · 08-15-2009, 07:48 PM

I've got KDE4.3 on another distro and it seems stable to me. Hope Slack gets around to it soon.