From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 15:28:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FEAB106564A for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:28:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=4638e80c8=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D325F8FC0A for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:28:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,341,1246856400"; d="scan'208";a="15965079" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 07 Aug 2009 09:59:36 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC5814EF4B; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:59:36 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:59:36 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: Kent Stewart , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200908062227.00953.kstewart@owt.com> References: <200908062227.00953.kstewart@owt.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: KDE3 --> KDE4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:28:38 -0000 --On Friday, August 07, 2009 00:27:00 -0500 Kent Stewart =20 wrote: > > On Thursday 06 August 2009 05:53:05 pm Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On August 6, 2009 7:15:18 PM -0500 Andrew Gould >> >> wrote: >> > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Paul Schmehl >> > >> > wrote: >> >> Can someone who has already done this upgrade suggest the best way to go >> >> about it? =C2=A0Do I need to completely uninstall kde3 first? =C2=A0Is = there an >> >> upgrade path that's not fraught with gotchas? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst >> > >> > Unless things have changed very recently, KDE4 is in its own directory >> > folder. This may imply that KDE3 and KDE4 can coexist. >> > >> > As always, YMMV. >> >> I was looking for something a little more definitive, like I upgraded like >> this, and here's the problems I ran into. >> >> I don't want to run KDE3 and KDE4 side by side. I want to migrate from >> the former to the latter. > > There are features that haven't made it to kde4 such as koffice. I added > OpenOffice but that can be a long compile. One of my favorite sites crashes > konqueror, which wasn't a problem on kde3. I left my slower machine, which I > use for e-mail, and web browsing running kde3 and play with kde4 on my system > that can do a portupgrade -pfR kde4 in 7 hours and build OO in less than 2 > hours. It is running kde-4.3 now and it has been recursively rebuilt. The > browser crash is still there. I can use the packages of common ports to > update the slower machine. They are on a 4-port kvm and it is too easy to > simply use the machine that works the best. > Thanks, Kent. That's very useful information. I'm going to stick with KDE3 a=20 while longer. This is my primary workstation, so I don't want to be chasing=20 demons all day. --=20 Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson