Okay now that I downloaded the packages.  I'm ready to almost install.  Quick question is how do I swap between DE having never done this before.  Usually when I log in my DE is already set.  Is there an easy way to switch between the two?  I remember way back some windows managers allow a choice between wms.  How would I do this?  The general idea is to wein myself off Gnome and into the new KDE.

Jason

Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
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On Tuesday 29 July 2003 11:36, Jason Louie wrote:
  
1.   Upon scanning the KDE site there were only Redhat 9 rpm packages.
Are there builds for 7.2 that I'm missing?  (I can only find KDE2.2.2)
or do I have to deal with updating all the dependencies so that I can
install the RH9 rpm?
    

go to kde-redhat.sf.net and they have binaries... for instance, if you ftp to
ftp://ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/7.3/RPMS.test (there are mirrors listed on their
web page as well) you will see 3.1.3 RPMs for RH7.3. in apt/7.3/RPMS.kde3
there are RPMS for 3.1.2... you don't need to worry about the i18n packages,
the Python stuff, or the .txt files if you don't want to...

  
2.   Would it be worth installing KDE 3.1.3?
    

IMHO, yes... there are a lot of fixes and general improvements.

  
3.   What things should I be cautious of when installing and messsing
around with KDE?  ( This will probably be done over lunch or after work
so I don't want to be stuck having a 1/2 working system.)
    

not really.. just listen to what RPM tells you regarding dependencies and you
should be fine. KDE and GNOME stay out of each other's way pretty well.

you can also have multiple versions of the same desktop running locally, but
unless your packager is ++nice it's really only doable via source and some
hand-hacking of config files like xdm scripts.

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Jason Louie BSc. CPSC
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Sorex Software Inc.
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