scm in seattle wrote: > I have been using F8 for a while now and simply put it was the only distro > that supported my laptop (fairly) well. > > Today I accepted what appeared to be 'typical' updates. The size of the > update concerned me slightly (500Mb) but turned to horror when it finished > and I rebooted. > > My useful KDE3 system has been replaced by KDE4! Not only that but X won't > start because the previously installed Theme cannot be found. Oh and a > minor issue - my net card no longer works. > > I'd like to point out that KDE4, by it's own authors is not intended to be > for mainstream use: > > http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4 opensuse != upstream kde > "KDE 4.0 is only expected to be used by early adopters, not every KDE 3.5 > user... True, fedora is all about innovation and early adoption of technologies, and isn't for everyone. > KDE4 should NEVER be installed over KDE without explicit permission of the > user. Ever. Period. Good, keep using your tried-and-true KDE-3.5 on F8. Was getting KDE4 on F9 a surprise? I thought we had done a pretty good job of shouting from the rooftops. -- rex -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
