kde4 - To upgrade from kde3 or not - that is the question

Max Brazhnikov makc at issp.ac.ru
Wed Aug 6 17:55:32 UTC 2008


On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:53:52 -0700, David Southwell wrote:
> Hi
>
> The Subject is selected with apologies to the bard. What are the pros-cons
> of upgrading to kde4 on an intensively used system?
>
> Which is:
> FreeBSD ***.vizion2000.net 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Wed Jul 16
> 09:27:38 PDT 2008     ****@**.vizion2000.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> amd64
> With an nvidia graphics card:
> (Extract from xorg.conf:)
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>         #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
>         Option     "HWcursor"     "False"               # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
>         #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
>         #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
>         #Option     "FPScale"                   # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "FPTweak"                   # <i>
>         #Option     "DualHead"                  # [<bool>]
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "nv"
>         VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
>         BoardName   "C51G [GeForce 6100]"
>         BusID       "PCI:0:5:0"
> Thanks in advance for advice

Use kde3 for work, kde4 for fun ;)
Kde3 and kde4 are not conflicting, you can have both installed.

Max


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