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mepnoob2005 wrote:I love kde 4 just for all the new packages. K3b is one example....it's more advanced looking and feeling than any previous version...as all the new package versions look now

Good point, that I do not believe has been mentioned here before.

drg, Well yes and no. They are based on the KDE 4.3.4 implemented in Mepis 8.5, but the features are standard KDE 4 features that I was referring to and not the added Mepis tools which are completely different. Of course separating the feel of Mepis and KDE 4 is as it is so well integrated is not ea...

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 ...