Bit Twister wrote:

> You might want to consider downloading and testing 2009.0 RC2
> to see if you need to create any bug reports for your setup.
> Last chance to get them fixed before 2009.0 production.
>
>

Is KDE4 still the default KDE environnement?

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:39:52 +0200, F8BOE wrote:
>
> Is KDE4 still the default KDE environnement?

Yup, default menu style is KDE 3 though.

Might change, in the process of installing the 399 package updates
as I type.

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F8BOE wrote:

> Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> You might want to consider downloading and testing 2009.0 RC2
>> to see if you need to create any bug reports for your setup.
>> Last chance to get them fixed before 2009.0 production.
>>
>>
>
> Is KDE4 still the default KDE environnement?

Yes.

Bit Twister wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:39:52 +0200, F8BOE wrote:
>>
>> Is KDE4 still the default KDE environnement?
>
> Yup, default menu style is KDE 3 though.
>

Right click on it and you can choose another one.

Amrein-Marie Christophe wrote:

> Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:39:52 +0200, F8BOE wrote:
>>>
>>> Is KDE4 still the default KDE environnement?
>>
>> Yup, default menu style is KDE 3 though.
>>
>
> Right click on it and you can choose another one.
>
That makes 3 people already (including me) who prefer KDE 3. Not exactly a
Vista/XP situation, but the trend is starting early enough. KDE is a good
product, but it puts eye candy before usefulness. I downloaded R.C.1, and
installed it on a spare partition. It didn't exactly do a Windows and
delete my bootloader, but it did the next best thing. GRUB sent the system
to look for my 2008.1 bootloader, which sent it straight back. First I had
two successive bootload screens, then an infinite loop. But that is only a
detail.

On the merits of the new OS, I could see nothing on a straightforward KDE
installation to differentiate it from an interim update, such as I had from
the (now defunct) Club a couple of releases back. If 2008.1 is still being
updated, I see no reason to upgrade. All that I am missing is a couple of
recent library versions, to install "outside" programs. A bit like being
part of Amway.

Doug.
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:17:51 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:


> On the merits of the new OS, I could see nothing on a straightforward KDE
> installation to differentiate it from an interim update, such as I had from
> the (now defunct) Club a couple of releases back. If 2008.1 is still being
> updated, I see no reason to upgrade.

I can agree, 2009.1 might make the cut, but I would guess 2010.x could
be as good as the current KDE 3.5.9.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:30:30 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> You might want to consider downloading and testing 2009.0 RC2 to see if
> you need to create any bug reports for your setup. Last chance to get
> them fixed before 2009.0 production.

Mandriva One (2009.0 RC2) CD locks up, can't boot into it. Seems to get
stuck somewhere where the graphics system would load. Only a hard reboot
gets control of the computer back, only to get stuck again in the same
place.

So I won't be playing with 2009.0 until that's fixed. Hell, I only wanted
to see just how bad KDE4 is with Mandriva.

on Sunday 05 October 2008 07:01
in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva
Ar wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:30:30 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> You might want to consider downloading and testing 2009.0 RC2 to see if
>> you need to create any bug reports for your setup. Last chance to get
>> them fixed before 2009.0 production.
>
> Mandriva One (2009.0 RC2) CD locks up, can't boot into it. Seems to get
> stuck somewhere where the graphics system would load. Only a hard reboot
> gets control of the computer back, only to get stuck again in the same
> place.
>
> So I won't be playing with 2009.0 until that's fixed. Hell, I only wanted
> to see just how bad KDE4 is with Mandriva.

Is this your problem?


Stop the boot process with , add a "1", without the quotes,
to the command line, , run "XFdrake", and finaly "telinit 5".

Of course if you have a different problem, now would be a good time
to report it.


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On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:49:29 +1100, Peter D. wrote:

> Is this your problem?
>

No, that bug is from an already installed 2009.0 RC2, where I'm talking
about running that version from the CD.

> Of course if you have a different problem, now would be a good time to
> report it.

Already reported and being looked into.

on Monday 06 October 2008 20:21
in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva
Ar wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:49:29 +1100, Peter D. wrote:
>
>> Is this your problem?
>>
>
> No, that bug is from an already installed 2009.0 RC2, where I'm talking
> about running that version from the CD.

43870 is definitely about the ONE live CD. (Which can later be
installed to a hard drive and the problem goes away.)

>> Of course if you have a different problem, now would be a good time to
>> report it.
>
> Already reported and being looked into.

Good.


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