Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 3 November 2018 16:28:58 GMT wabe wrote: > >> I would like to try Trinity Desktop (based on KDE3) but unfortunately >> there is no Gentoo package. I don't know if there is an Gentoo overlay >> containing Trinity, but I never used overlays and don't have time to >> fiddle around anyway. > In that case, from what I've seen I'd say you shouldn't even wonder about > trinity. You'd have to go back a long way with all manner of programs, and > even then perhaps not get everything you want. > > /2p >
I installed KDE3 for a friend with a very low powered computer several years ago. At the time, it was in the sunset overlay. Even then it was a headache and took some effort to install. Some newer programs outside of KDE wanted newer versions of libs and KDE3 wanted older ones. I had to install older versions of several programs just to make KDE3 happy. Given the changes that have been made over the years since, I doubt it is doable. I seem to recall that KDE3 wasn't well maintained back then and figure it may even be worse now if it is maintained at all with regards to Gentoo. If had to do a install today for a low powered system, I'd find something besides KDE3 even tho I still miss some things about it too. There's plenty of more maintained desktops out there to look at. Dale :-) :-)
