Next up: KDE 4.0.66

After reading this article from polishlinux.org, Jayson Rowe’s move to openSUSE’s Factory version and getting a confirmation from a couple of Arch users, I plan to install KDE 4.0.66. The polishlinux review is exhaustive and is a must-read to see whats new since the last revision. The important thing is that what is coming out of the SVN at the moment seems to be reasonably stable.

I’ll be using markc’s repository which generates daily snapshots of KDE 4. I don’t think openSUSE does that so hats off to him really. KOffice, K3b and Amarok2 are also included in his repo so I’ll be installing all three of those as well. I can live with Krita for the occasional little image editing I do for fun, so it will be good to see what’s new. KGet from what I’ve read in an earlier polishlinux review, supports torrent downloads. I hope Kopete has seen some improvements as well. The new Plasma features look fantastic and I’m really looking forward to it. This means all my basic requirements will be fulfilled with six applications and I’ll get a huge bonus with Plasma.

Expect a short review with screenshots in my next blog.

~ by SoftVision on March 30, 2008.