[LBo] Debian + kde 3.5

[Anita Lewis]

On 07/10/2006 11:49 AM Geoff Jones wrote:

>Hi Anita,
>
>Was wondering if you have any experience of using "backports" for Deb?
>I came across below:-
>http://www.debian-unofficial.org/backports.html
>Am currently running kde 3.3 + considering upgrade to 3.5 [ perhaps it might 
>sort out my problem using kdm ? ].
>However, there are a lot of dependencies + I don't want to screw up Deb Sarge.
>  
>
No, I've never tried backports and don't know anything about the topic. 
I guess it means that this version is modified so that it will allow 
Debian Sarge packages to work with it.  That sounds great.

If I were going to try to install kde 3.5, I would use synaptic with the 
new source and take a look at the packages to be installed prior to 
installing.  If it was going to change anything besides kde packages, I 
probably would not try it, or I would make a clone of my system on a 
separate partition and try it there. 

This doesn't sound as scary as going to something like kde 4.0.  Let us 
know the outcome if you try it.

Anita