largegroh Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Those of you who have followed my bumpy ride through the 2005 LE install, new NVIDIA dirver install, mouse problems, etc know I am improving but am still very very much a newb. my question is this: is there enough improvement in kde 3.4 for a newb to try updating from 3.2? I have read through some of the 3.4 posts and it does not look easy but then I am not sure on everything I am readint either. so yes or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 (edited) I would stay away from 3.4 if you are new to linux. If you are running 2005 LE, you should be running KDE 3.3. Edited May 21, 2005 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largegroh Posted May 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 thank you. sounds like a good idea. i am sure i can get into trouble with womething else. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Agreed - definitely avoid KDE3.4 Be aware though that once you install 2005, you have the option of updating that system - menu,system,configuration,packaging,MandrakeLinuxUpdate. Take a look at it and decide if, and what you want to. As you probably know, I've been hoping back and forth between 2005 and cooker2006 - mostly just playing, but The last mass of updates failed to fix the 2006 printer prob so I'm back on 2005, and this time I updated everything, and it doesn't seem to have killed the system indeed, it seems to have speeded it up a tad. Just one more thing to be aware of, and something that is very Mandriva specific! :D Have fun!!! Kristi EDIT: by the way, hopping around and asking all sorts of questions like this is precisely what newbies, and not so newbies should do, imnsho!!! Go for it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I agree with Daniel and Kristi. There is a big problem regarding the Display Manager, neither KDE or Mandriva have eliminated it yet. I did heaps of screwing around to try to get it to work one way or another. No luck. I tried all the suggested install routines cited here at MUB. It was possible to bypass the problem but not fix it. I got so fed up with it that I have now done a fresh install of Mandriva2005-LeE and just kept it fully updated. (I am on ADSL....So it is fairly easy for me). It is a hell of a shame considering all the hard and exceptional work done by Thac and his colleagues and not forgetting KDE as well. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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