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I may be one of the few around here who has never even SEEN KDE 4. My desktop is still running SM 7 flawlessly and does everything I throw at it. My only wish is that WINE would work better for the two or three Windows programs I occasionally use. My laptop is happily running SM 8 and is quite snap...

I still prefer 8.015, kde 3.5x. Why? For now it offers more choices and features, takes fewer resources, less memory, better speed as a gui, doesn't hang up the mouse, stable I'd say. I am not questioning your experience, but mine is the opposite on all points re choices and features, resources, me...

beckwith wrote:Check release numbers. 8.5 does not ship with 4.4KDE, it's
4.3 with 8000+ bugs. If you push it a little it breaks. OK
if you are happy with what is shipped, but don't try and
configure it.

????????? Push it how? It runs everything I need, why must one push it? Configures OK for me.

I am very happy with MEPIS 8.5 and KDE 4.4. I was skeptical when KDE4 was first released. In fact I disliked it. As more releases came out I became a convert. And Warren has done a great job integrating KDE4 with stable Debian, not an easy task. I am looking forward with great anticipation to Mepis ...