Re: Ubuntu being stupid.

So... are you using Breezy?

If so, to get the latest KDE (3.5.2), add this to your sources.list file:
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest/ breezy main
(for dapper, just change "breezy" to "dapper" :)

CK

On 5/8/06, Dylan Griffiths <dylang@thock.com> wrote:
> I should mention some of the nicer features of Ubuntu:
> sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2 -- wow, now I can run Mozilla again!
> The Debian package management system is really nice.
>
> Like any other Linux, once I mounted /home and logged into KDE, it was
> exactly as I'd left it! Separation of system and home-directory makes
> it easy to change the entire system without losing a byte of data
> (although KDE started to act a little weird, showing the "old" default
> menu before my home directory menu asserted itself).
>
> Everything has proper true-type font support now (I assume it was
> working someway under Slackware, but I never really got it working).
>
> Somethings have been downgraded (Xorg 6.9 -> 6.8.2; KDE 3.5.1 -> 3.4.3).
> Dapper Drake should address this once it's released in a month
> (Slackware 10.2 is, naturally, newer than Breezy Badger 5.10). It'll be
> easier to upgrade with Synaptic, yay!
>
> Setting up nVidia was as easy as under Slackware -- except that the part
> where I have to fight with nvidia.com (which does not like ECN) is taken
> away because the Ubuntu repos have the nVidia binaries ready to go via apt!
>
> Once I get VMWare and Cedega going again, we'll really be cooking with
> gas :D
>
>
>
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Received on Mon May 8 07:31:47 2006