Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-03-13 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Ya know people, There used to be a time with Linux, that what you get was really bare bones. It was the kernel, some gnu utilities, and a basic installer. Then we the Linux community would scurry about, and find the bits that we liked, and wanted, and we spent some time, getting to know them,

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 04:10 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I was going to take a shot at setting up a box and trying to build the srpms for KDE3.1 on 8.2, but I see that noone has

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-27 Thread Guy Zelck
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 04:10 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I was going to take a shot at setting up a box and trying to build the srpms for KDE3.1 on

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-27 Thread Guy Zelck
Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 04:10 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: Tibbetts, Ric wrote: If you want the newest software, run the new versions, And change every 6 months, no thanks! Now that we finally got all our 3rd party

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 February 2003 04:03 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: I was going to take a shot at setting up a box and trying to build the srpms for KDE3.1 on 8.2, but I see that noone has even voted for this on the Club website, so I am going to stop

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-27 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 February 2003 03:56 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: Sounds to me like you are a candidate for Debian stable, slow and steady, no real upgrades for years. Of course they are on KDE 2.2.2 still, so that won't do. You haven't even looked

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-26 Thread Guy Zelck
Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? Get a grip people! Cool it Ric, slow down. Caught in the race are you? ;-) This is Linux! It's not, it's just one of the many distributions. Linus has nothing to do with Mandrake releases. If you want

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-26 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 February 2003 04:10 pm, Guy Zelck wrote: Tibbetts, Ric wrote: If you want the newest software, run the new versions, And change every 6 months, no thanks! Now that we finally got all our 3rd party s.w. working like vpn clients

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-26 Thread Luca Olivetti
Greg Meyer wrote: Sounds to me like you are a candidate for Debian stable, slow and steady, no real upgrades for years. Of course they are on KDE 2.2.2 still, so that won't do. Actually on http://www.kde.org/info/3.1.php there are kde3.1 packages for debian stable (note that I'm not

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-25 Thread Guy Zelck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the exact reason for me trying other distros. Sorce based distros that are not sold are the way to go. (For me). I still use Mandrake at work for servers and workstations but I have been trying others and found Lunar Linux Sorceror and Gentoo. With these you have

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-25 Thread Guy Zelck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the exact reason for me trying other distros. Sorce based distros that are not sold are the way to go. (For me). I still use Mandrake at work for servers and workstations but I have been trying others and found Lunar Linux Sorceror and Gentoo. With these you have

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-25 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? Get a grip people! This is Linux! If you want the newest software, run the new versions, OR: Go get KDE x.xx and install it yourself! How can you people continue to push Mandrake to release the newest software for old releases,

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-19 Thread rcrongeyer
This is the exact reason for me trying other distros. Sorce based distros that are not sold are the way to go. (For me). I still use Mandrake at work for servers and workstations but I have been trying others and found Lunar Linux Sorceror and Gentoo. With these you have no need for packages being

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-19 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 19 February 2003 01:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the exact reason for me trying other distros. Sorce based distros that are not sold are the way to go. (For me). I still use Mandrake at work for servers and workstations but

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-19 Thread rcrongeyer
So true Lunar Linux took me two days with a P4 1.8. But now that the work is done it should bee smooth sailing for the upgrade path. Ralph -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 19 February 2003 01:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the exact reason for me trying

[expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread Guy Zelck
Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions, which in my view is crazy . It's becoming more and more difficult to have recent versions of programs. I find myself

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread Greg Meyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 February 2003 07:00 am, Guy Zelck wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? You are using an operating sytem that will become unsupported on March31, 2003. About 45 days from now. I don't think you are

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread Simon Ree
Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions, which in my view is crazy . It's becoming more and more difficult to have

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1

2003-02-16 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:29:37 -0500 Simon Ree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you could build it? Though it requires some time and effort kde-3.1 will build on 9.0, since 9.0 uses qt3 8.2 uses qt2, so unless you are a programmer and can re-write some of the code kde-3.1 can not be built nor

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread Guy Zelck
Hi, Simon Ree wrote: Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions, which in my view is crazy . It's becoming more and more

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1

2003-02-16 Thread Guy Zelck
Hi, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:29:37 -0500 Simon Ree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you could build it? Though it requires some time and effort kde-3.1 will build on 9.0, since 9.0 uses qt3 8.2 uses qt2, so unless you are a programmer and can re-write some of

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread et
On Sunday 16 February 2003 10:44 am, Guy Zelck wrote: Hi, Simon Ree wrote: Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions,

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 06:29, Simon Ree wrote: Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions, which in my view is crazy

Re: [expert] KDE3.1 for MD = 8.1?

2003-02-16 Thread Simon Ree
Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Simon Ree wrote: Guy Zelck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x? I only now can say that I've got my 8.1 system like I want it to be. In the mean time Mandrake raced versions, which in my