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From: Aaron W. Hsu on 6 Oct 2009 18:59
On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:44:24 -0400, Zootal <usenet(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com>
wrote:

> How difficult is it to replace KDE 4.2 with 3.x?

Read the README that goes with the packages on the mirrors. I for one like
the new KDE, so I'm happy, but at least for now, the old version is
available for those who want it.

Aaron W. Hsu

--
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
From: notbob on 6 Oct 2009 19:14
On 2009-10-06, Zootal <usenet(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com> wrote:

> How difficult is it to replace KDE 4.2 with 3.x?

Not at all. Pat did a new kde3.5 pkg jes for slack 13. Google for
it. IMO, a better solution is to lose the kde gde and use fluxbox
with kde loaded. You get the kde apps without the gde slowness.

nb


From: Loki Harfagr on 7 Oct 2009 02:26
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:25:53 -0400, Michael Black did cat :

> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Rich Grise wrote:
>
>> I'm not an upgrade-for-upgrade's-sake kind of guy - more like, if-it
>> ain't-broke,-don't-fix-it.
>>
>> So, what would Slack 13 give me that Slack 11. doesn't have, besides
>> the headaches of IPV6 and that whole new kernel?
>>
> If you upgrade now, then the changes with the next release won't be so
> drastic.
>
> Michael

Makes me think that it'd be even more quiet to upgrade immediatly to
Slackware_128-v15.2 that'll give some air before having to check
any update ,-)
From: Mike Spencer on 7 Oct 2009 03:01

notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote:

> On 2009-10-06, Rich Grise <richgrise(a)example.net> wrote:
>
>> So, what would Slack 13 give me that Slack 11. doesn't have, besides the
>> headaches of IPV6 and that whole new kernel?
>
> mplayer!
>
> It's all there. Add the browser plug-in and you can watch almost
> anything. I was shocked to see wmv files play as easily as mpg and
> avi files with nary a finger lifted to cli a config file. I can even
> stream current movies where available. No muss, no fuss, it works, I
> watch.

I've been using mplayer on Slack 10.1, works fine for DVDs, video
files and a TV card. Used a couple of times on Slack 11, works fine.
Of course, I hadda download and compile it. No compiliation problems.

But I don't know about the "browser plugin". Movies in the browser
are typically too much trouble for me on a dialup connection.

>> So, what would Slack 13 give me that Slack 11. doesn't have, besides the
>> headaches of IPV6 and that whole new kernel?

The downside, if it matters to you at all, is that Slack 12 and newer
use new versions of glibc/glibc++ so you have to recompile any apps
that you didn't get with the distro. And you're just SOL for any
older proprietary/closed-source apps you have and like, which is why
I'm downgrading my new 12.1 install to 11.0.


--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
From: Darklight on 7 Oct 2009 04:41
Rich Grise wrote:

> I'm not an upgrade-for-upgrade's-sake kind of guy - more like, if-it
> ain't-broke,-don't-fix-it.
>
> So, what would Slack 13 give me that Slack 11. doesn't have, besides the
> headaches of IPV6 and that whole new kernel?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
question should be are you having problems with slack 11
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