I feel like I'm not earning my Slackware stripes -- Slackware 12.2 came out in December, and I still haven't upgraded. Slackware 12.1 is running so well for me that I have a hard time prioritizing the couple of hours it will take for me to upgrade two computers to the latest and greatest.

Still, I'll probably do the upgrade soon. How many of you are running KDE 4.x vs. 3.x?

Regards,

-Drew

Recently Pat has removed KDE 3.5.10 from the main tree and replaced it with KDE 4.2.1 which is still being tested, but I did not face with major problems and I am using it for about ten days.

EDIT: After upgrade, I needed to install packages in "/extra/kde3-compat/".

On the Slackware upgrade, I can say me too. 12.1 works well. 12.1 is on one of my backup systems.

I tried KDE 4 on my laptop, Mandriva flavour. I don't like it, so I installed XFCE. On my main box, Mandy, I did the upgrade to 2009, and I did not install KDE 4. I read too many negative comments.

From what I have read lately, a lot of the early problems have been fixed.

I'm running 12.2 and KDE 3.5.10 on my Slackware boxes; I'm very happy with my units. Upgrade if you wish; Pat supports all of his releases.

I'm on -current with KDE 4.2.1 on my laptop which I depend on for my daily work and private life. It works great and I have no issues compared to KDE3.5 series whatsoever. Performance is good and the stability is good.

For my server running my home I'm on 12.2+patches (not -current) which is also super stable, and on my co-located server for web and such I'm still on 12.0+patches since it just works{tm}.

I have never (fingers crossed) even had any issues running Slackware-current as long as i wait 2-3 days between published updates and upgrading my laptop..

If you are happy and and the system is working fine why bother. If you can wait 6 to 8 months a new release will be out with 4.2.1 in it and you know it will work right out of the box. I ran Mandrake 7.0 (air) on my router for years till I found a sweet deal on a linksys router. Sometimes I wish for that old box back, less problems.

On one box I'm still running SW 12.1.
Just seems like a waste to install anything else.
It runs so perfectly.

The only problem that I have experienced going from 12.1 to 12.2 is that smbfs is no longer supported as of the 2.6.27.7 kernel.
This means that if you want to mount a legacy server (Win9x) in 12.2, you must use cifs. Unfortunately cifs mounts of legacy servers cannot be accessed remotely.
This is an obscure point that is probably irrelevant to most people.

In three-four months or so we will all have a reason to upgrade....the next version of Slackware is looking sweet indeed.

Using -current on two machines since last weekend. Switched from KDE to XFCE on both.
Reason: performance.
Note: both are Core2-Duo machines with lots of RAM and speed.

KDE4 is starting to remind me of something... Ehhh.... What is it called again? Doors... Shutters... Oh yes: Windows.
Glad that Slackware gives us several options. I opted for XFCE and am not regretting it.
By the way, I have been a KDE user since version 1.1 as you can see here.

Me too. When I did my brief experiment with current I thought the default theme (Oxygen?) reminded me of the Windows Media Centre theme, which I tried on XP. Wasn't keen on the main menu either.

I'm still on 12.1 on my eee pc 1000h, simply because I had to take certain packages (e.g. alsa) beyond where even 12.2 is at in terms of package versions.

The little intel atom is very happy with 12.1 with KDE 3.5.9, but it sounds like KDE4 might be a problem for it though - how easy will it be to continue using KDE3 in slackware >12.2?

I bought an Asus Eee PC 1000H this weekend and slackware-current is running on the little machine now. Thus far, I only needed to download the rt2860 driver for its wireless card from the Ralink web site. The sound, wired NIC, and display work out of the box with the 2.6.28.7 kernel in -current. The cool thing is that the multi-touch touchpad functionality is available in Slackware too - a 1,2, or 3 finger tap is equivalent to mouseclick with button 1,3, and 2. Also, sliding across the pad with two fingers makes the active window content scroll as if you were using its scrollbar. Very handy!

I am running KDE 4.2.1 on the eeepc to see how well it performs under stress and how it affects the battery life time.
So far I can say that KDE4 enables the compositing window manager by default, and the OpenGL desktop effects work well as long as you do not run CPU-intensive programs like playing a movie in VLC (I must confess that I run the Eeepc without AC power, because I want to experience it's mobile qualities).

Now that KDE3 has gone from slackware-current, the wait is for people that will initiate a project similar to the several Gnome project teams - dedicated to keeping KDE 3.x packages available for future Slackware releases.
Because building KDE3 is far easier than managing a Gnome add-on, such a project should demand a relatively low effort, which means that the chances for this to happen are pretty high.

Eric

I've been running KDE4.2 on my Dell Mini for a bit now, and I've been very pleased with the performance. The Atom processor isn't the wimp some people make it out to be. Of course the 2GB of RAM on the machine may be helping a bit as well. Sure the Atom isn't as snappy as my other machines, but it does just fine for most tasks.

Eric,

That's good news, actually. While I'm not an anti-KDE4 reactionary, I like KDE 3 and it runs very well on my anemic Pentium III computers. I'll probably give KDE 4 a try when I upgrade to 12.2 (soon), but probably only on one of the computers. If KDE 3 remains a viable alternative through future upgrades, then, well, it's great to have more options.

Regards,

-Drew