On Saturday 21 February 2009 12:52:17 yuri wrote: > 2009/2/21 Phill Coxon wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 10:59 +1300, Roger Searle wrote: > >> I'm sure google will tell you how to get to 4.2 and would be worth the > >> effort. > > > > http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.2 > > Those instructions include adding a repository with the word > "experimental" as part of the URL. I believe this sort of thing is > what hosed my PCLinuxOS install (which prompted me to switch in the > first place). > It also warns that 4.2 is beta and may break things. > I don't want to break things again. I'd rather go to bed early tonight > and enjoy my wife than stay up late fixing things again. > > Hey, I'll probably cave in to peer pressure and give 4.2 a try. I'm > coming to the next meeting with a big rubber mallet if it turns to > custard though.
There are several improvements offered by 4.2 over 4.1. I upgraded last week-end. So far, for me:- The good features: It seems to go that much quicker. The System Tray works properly. The battery monitor gives you a bit more of a warning before closing down because the battery is going flat, and there is button to cancel the close-down. The bugs ( iirc ): The picture frame feature won't work. ( Big disappointment for me ) The dictionary widget won't install. ditto The pager widget won't install. ( Complete lock-up - hard reset to get going again. ) Help and suggestions would be most gracefully received. Yuri: To put it simply. As of last w/e, but there have been several dozen updates since, it's not ready for people who want a hassle free install and a faultless run-time experience. -- With Sincerity, Christopher Sawtell
