ceyx Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) Hi, To put things simply, I'm not a big fan KDE 4.1. I've noticed that although there isn't an option during installation to choose between the two, and that initially KDE 4 is the only version available, after installing certain applications, KDE 3.5 suddenly becomes available. It works, but displays odd behaviour because of the co-existence of KDE 4 components. Is there a way to install Mandriva 2009.0 with just KDE 3.5, and no KDE4 components? Thanks. Francis Edited December 3, 2008 by ceyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Is there a way to install Mandriva 2009.0 with just KDE 3.5, and no KDE4 components? You can not do that with the Mandriva One CD versions. But you can with Mandriva Free or the PowerPack CD/DVD versions. When you are installing your system (for the first time) and you get to the package select section, select custom, then select a very minimal system with icewm-light. After you boot your system for the first time, use rpmdrake to install: task-kde3 and kdebase-kdm-3. Now logout and login to KDE3 and install whatever KDE3 apps you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking777 Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Go here Download and install the xfce version of Mandriva 2009 then install task-kde3. That way you get something completely untainted by the KDE4 virus. (and you might even get to like xfce in the meantime). NB I haven't tried this myself yet though I am pretty sure it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceyx Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Thanks to all. I'll try that out. KDE 4 virus Also, if I wanted a Mac, I'd buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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