Greetings kubuntu-kde3.5-users,
I am attempting to install kde3 on a fresh jaunty cli system. I have followed the instructions at
http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/
Specifically, added to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Then...
sudo apt-get update
wget http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/public.gpg
sudo apt-key add public.gpg
However,
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop-kde3
fails with "Couldn't find package".
To test,
sudo apt-get install kde3-maintainers-keyring
succeeds.
Searching the repository, I can not find "kubuntu-desktop-kde3" anywhere. Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the repository?
BTW, I can not use the jaunty-kde3 live cd because it does not support installation on a linux raid1 mirror.
-Mike
This issue is a tangent of an earlier thread where I requested people
to mention their reasons for staying with KDE 3. The System Monitor
plasmoid seems to be a big enough single concern to warrant it's own
thread. After going through the changes requested for the System
Monitor plasmoid, I have broken the requests up into three separate
bug reports:
1) System Monitor plasmoid: revert to single plasmoid
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191341
2) System Monitor plasmoid configuration requests
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191342
3) Please add System Monitor plasmoids that existed in KDE 3
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191340
Please comment on the relevant bugs, but most importantly,
_include_screenshots_ of KDE 3. Assume that the dev who is reading the
report and looking at the screenshot is _not_ familiar with KDE 3 so
label important things and describe changes _in_detail_. When in
doubt, ask here or contact me off-list.
Just to make it clear, I am not affiliated with KDE in any manner
other than as an end user like you. My goal is _not_ to force people
to abandon KDE 3 for a KDE 4 which does not suite them, rather, it is
to identify the strong points of KDE 3 and to integrate them into KDE
4.
--
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.comhttp://gibberish.co.il
"Taskbar is part of the panel and what I was trying to say is that as
soon as you have a certain number of applications open, their respective
icons are not distinguishable from icons in other parts of the panel,
leaving you with a large number of icons which looks overwhelming and
cluttered. I mentioned separators between various aspects of the panel
and these could help to know what's what."
Ah I know what you mean now. I've got around that in 4.2 by putting the
Taskbar in a panel almost on its own - I only have the K menu in with
it. The other stuff like clock, power, network, devices... I put into a
different panel and put it up the right of the screen. Just thought I'd
suggest that here for other people struggling with the transition.
"My file manager is cp, mv, ls, dd and rm (plus cat and grep) and I'd
like to use it on pluggable devices before starting Dolphin."
Agreed, but again here's something to ease the pain: have you tried
hitting F4 in a Dolphin window? You then get a command line where the
directory stays in synch (both ways) with the GUI pane.
I agree the whole mount/unmount thing in KDE 4's GUI is broken. The way
GNOME does it by default is excellent (but that's the only thing I like
about GNOME. :-)
Zack
