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We need discussions! What have you done with Linux or other free
software lately? Any reinstalls? Who switched distros in the last six
months and why? Was it worth it? Even if you only have time for a couple
sentences, we all can benefit from your experiences.
I'll start.
My current adventure is upgrading my tower (desktop) to Kde 4.2. I use
Kde 4 on my laptops because I don't mind if I experimental packages
break them, but my tower is strictly Debian testing. Except for
Ktorrent, I didn't use any Kde4 apps on my tower until a couple nights ago.
Due to a very custom setup, I had to use a combination of apt-get,
deborphan, and apt-show-versions to get to where Kaboom would import my
settings. Even with my configuration migrated to Kde4, it needed a lot
of tweaking. Settings optimized for Kde3 won't feel right in Kde4. I
ended up going through all the config screens anyway. The defaults are
perfectly usable, but I like to configure everything to work best for /me/.
I didn't save a screenshot before the migration, and I wish I did (I
would like to compare old and new). The layout of everything was simple
and intuitive (for me). The new layout is nice too, though. Everything
feels clean and fresh. Desktop effects work better than before, and
transparency doesn't have gross memory leaks. I lost my convenient app
launchers in the transition, but krunner is so slick now that I don't
feel like recreating them.
If you're interested in Kde4, I recommend it highly. The 4.0 and 4.1
releases were rough, but 4.2 is ready for human consumption. If you want
more detail on using Debian's apt tools (or using Debian in general),
I'm happy to help.
-Barry
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