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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

Quoting Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>:

> kde4 in test is now at version 3.95.0
>
> I have built all of the spells, on an amd32 with xorg-6.9.0 and on amd64 with
> xorg-modular.
>
> I had problems with two spells on my old xorg setup, which may be related to
> my xorg configuration.
>
>
> Most of the programs appear in my normal kde3 menu and can be run from there,
> otherwise start them manually from /opt/bin.
>
>
> For the more adventurous, you can try to run a full kde4 desktop.
>
> 1. create a user who belongs to the group kde4
> 2. disable the init script kdm
> 3. enable the init script kdm4
> 4. change the default displaymanager in /etc/sysconfig/facilities
> 5. after restarting at level 5, it should now be possible to login to the new
> user and encounter the strange new world of kde4.  Lots of right clicking may
> be useful.
>
> The first time login may be rather slow, as it builds lots of new   
> data caches.
>
>
> At present kde4 is configured to keep the desktop data in ~/.kde4
> (see /etc/profile.d/kde4.sh).  This means that if you use the same user for
> both kde3 and kde4, the desktop settings can be completely different.  It
> also means that your existing email is safe in the other desktop.
>
>
> It is also possible to run a kde4 desktop on top of your normal   
> desktop, but I
> shall explain that another time.
>
>
> The next release is due in about 3 weeks.
> --
> Regards, Treeve

Pretty sweet! I may have to give kde4 a spin :) Thanks for the work  
you've done on this :D



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