Installing KDE 3.2 via apt-get SOLVED

[Michael Hipp]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> I'm attempting to install KDE 3.2 from kde-redhat.sourceforge.net ...
> 

I eventually got it to work by uninstalling some things I could do 
without (krusader, OOo 1.0.2) and allowing apt-get to re-install some 
things it could find (k3b, koffice, and various libraries).

Other than these aggravations in getting it to install, the experience 
with KDE 3.2 is so far very positive.

The reports of it being faster are not exaggerated. Konq fairly flies 
onto the screen now. Everything feels more crisp. Even non-KDE apps seem 
to load faster, if that can be possible. So far I've not experienced the 
very aggravating tendency KDE had to just sit there when you click on 
the K menu button. It seems to always respond now.

It scared the pants off me when a bunch of menu items I had added by 
hand disappeared, but turns out they were just hidden in Red Hat's odd 
menu arrangement. A bit of creative moving and renaming fixed that.

Many icons look very different so it is a bit disorienting at first.

Looks like a very worthwhile upgrade - if you like KDE as I *now* do.

Michael