Pete wrote: | I am using kde-3.4. I cannot say that there are any | huge differences or apparent improvements, from a | user's perspective. They have integrated amarok into | the konqueror sidebar, for one (not that I ever use | that - better just to open amarok and have a clean | display when I want to listen to music, and have | konqueror free to do other things). I imagine it must | be primarily a bug-fix issue, but there weren't any | bugs I had come across, that I recall. | | The huge gains (laud! laud!) came when I switched from | the standard fedora kde to the kde-redhat project | version of 3.4. Wow! For the first time since the ol' | redhat daze, the system works like it's supposed to. | Click on a file and there's music, instead of noatun | hanging up and kaboodle jamming. There's video, so you | can watch mpg movies and rent dvds and not have to use | windows. What's an option to windows worth if you | can't use it for all your needs? I don't need windows | and don't use it at all, but only because everything | works in Linux. There are lots of little things like | this - I can't remember them all - everything just | works, all of it! I can't say it enough. It's so good, | for the first time in years, I'm tempted not to | upgrade to FC4 (yes, I know I'm dreaming, of course I | will upgrade, and on the first day possible, but not | until kde-redhat is ready). | I found the kde-redhat page and the clear instrux on how to install it using yum. I'm doing it now. I am primarily a tv producer in my main occupation, so I'm very interested in seeing all the features you describe. Claude Jones Levit & James, Inc./WTVS Leesburg, VA, USA
