Hi cmg, > In a Slashdot discussion about 8.2 yesterday, a suggestion was made that > Mandrake ship 8.2 with KDE 2.2 as the default and include 3.0 as an option.
That's a good idea. There are really two ways you can do this - provide side-by-side installs (i.e. maybe stick 3.0 in /opt/kde), or to make an install option where you choose between the two (with a warning: "KDE 3.0 might not be stable enough for production environments"). > I kind of like that idea. I don't think that using beta software as the Definately not beta software. Although, honestly, even .0 releases from the KDE project (1.0, 2.0, and I bet 3.0) seem to be more mature than their GNOME bug-fix release cousins. So, if KDE stays on course for 3.0, the March 18th release should provide us with a very stable environment that is much better than KDE 2.2.x. If they did what you are suggesting (choice of installs), all they would have to do is wait until maybe March 20th to start burning CD's. while that is a while from now, just thing of all the bugs that can be found in other places between now and then... > default desktop in a distribution is a good idea; there is enough traffic > on these lists already. Mandrake has gained the reputation as being both > newbie-friendly and somewhat cutting edge -- that's a delicate balance, and > one that is easily broken. True. My main thinking is just that newbies are going to get frustrated if they want to download something from apps.kde.com, and all the new apps require something they don't have (KDE 3.0). While there is some luxury in waiting a release to include - say - KDE 2.2.1, because KDE 2.0 software and 2.2.2 software are all binary compatible, KDE 3.0 is quite a bit different in that everything before it is now incompatible. -Tim -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler | Universal Networks | http://www.uninet.info [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 12495932 AIM: Uninettm Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ============== Registered Linux User #82130 Reg. Linux Machines #34002 & 102889
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