I got KDE 4.2.1 installed with only a couple of bugs along the way. I'm not impressed: there's some eye-candy, but usability is reduced. There's a very limited choice of desktop backgrounds: I like the 'No picture, pavement' choice in 3.5.10 with different colors, but there's nothing similar in 4.2.1 . I did something unexpected & froze a new panel -- 1 CPU at 100 % -- & managed to get back to "normal" only by deleting ~/.kde4/share . Dolphin is pathetic compared with Thunar, let alone Krusader (I've never tried Konqueror as a file manager). I can't try the new Gwenview, as some of the new files clash with the old & I'm certainly not unmerging the KDE 3 version.
I've gone back to 3.5.10 more or less, but am stuck with 4.2.1's desktop: the background, R-click menu & 4.2.1 panel are still there & working (no, trying to change it with the 3.5.10 CC has no effect). Can anyone suggest what I have to delete to get all of 3.5.10 restored ? I have a lot of respect for KDE developers over the past few years, but they've badly underestimated the size of their task for KDE 4 . Perhaps I should try Xfce 4.6 with some KDE 4 apps ... (smile) -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
