scm in seattle wrote:
I have been using F8 for a while now and simply put it was the only
distro
that supported my laptop (fairly) well.
Today I accepted what appeared to be 'typical' updates. The size of the
update concerned me slightly (500Mb) but turned to horror when it finished
and I rebooted.
My useful KDE3 system has been replaced by KDE4! Not only that but X won't
start because the previously installed Theme cannot be found. Oh and a
minor issue - my net card no longer works.
I'd like to point out that KDE4, by it's own authors is not intended to be
for mainstream use:
http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4
opensuse != upstream kde
"KDE 4.0 is only expected to be used by early adopters, not
every KDE 3.5
user...
True, fedora is all about innovation and early adoption of technologies, and
isn't for everyone.
KDE4 should NEVER be installed over KDE without explicit permission
of the
user. Ever. Period.
Good, keep using your tried-and-true KDE-3.5 on F8.
Was getting KDE4 on F9 a surprise? I thought we had done a pretty good job
of shouting from the rooftops.
-- rex