KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-09 22:53:58

Currently I'm stuck on KDEMod 4.2.4 due to the split packaging the Arch devs did. Anyway, I've read that the KDEMod developers have recompiled their i686 packages, so I was wondering if I should wait until they place the i686 packages into kdemod-core, uninstall KDEMod 4.2.4 then install KDE 4.3.0, or just use the kdemod-testing repos?

Skripka · 2009-08-09 23:44:28

What do you want to do is more the question? Also, how patient are you?

Since you can have a minimal install of either one now, the only real important qiuestions separating KDEMod from Extra-KDE are those 2.

Last edited by Skripka (2009-08-09 23:48:49)

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-09 23:50:34

Well, I'm sort of impatient (I was expecting 4.3.0 to come out last Tuesday and they still haven't copied the i686 packages to core). I also know that I'll have to grab a few things from the AUR, which isn't a problem for me since I've already got a few apps installed from there (the plasmoids though I got from kdemod-extra).

I'm hoping to get to 4.3 as soon as possible w/o barfing up the system.

By the way, how's 4.3 working for you?

Skripka · 2009-08-09 23:58:46

ShadowKyogre wrote:

Well, I'm sort of impatient (I was expecting 4.3.0 to come out last Tuesday and they still haven't copied the i686 packages to core). I also know that I'll have to grab a few things from the AUR, which isn't a problem for me since I've already got a few apps installed from there (the plasmoids though I got from kdemod-extra).
I'm hoping to get to 4.3 as soon as possible w/o barfing up the system.
By the way, how's 4.3 working for you?

Extra-KDE is working great...there are a few things that I'm not sure if they are "bugs" or "features" though. The upgrade goes smooth-so long as you do it from Pacman-NOT from Shaman. I kept Shaman on my system (until Pacman 3.3.0 broke it) with ExtraKDE4.2, and I did the -Syu to 4.3 through it...the upgrade scripts failed, and I had to pacman -Syu in the terminal to complete the upgrade install of packages.

But.

Moving my system from KDEMod to Extra-KDE about a month ago was not fun...and I ended up reinstalling Arch in the process as after uninstalling KDEMod and installing Extra-KDE, I could not get X to start, it was faster just to wipe Arch and start over. Fortunately I keep 3 or 4 backups of everything. I figured the night of moving over, it would be relatively fast and painless-it wasn't for me. YMMV of course.

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-10 00:17:50

Igh, I wonder if any previous KDEMod users had to reinstall after moving from KDEMod to normal KDE.

Zibi1981 · 2009-08-10 05:11:02

KDEmod 4.3.0 from testing is working almost flawlessly form me though I'm on x86_64 system

AdrenalineJunky · 2009-08-10 06:27:05

^^ same here, also had no issues upgrading to it.

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-10 14:28:26

AdrenalineJunky wrote:

^^ same here, also had no issues upgrading to it.

Okay, I tried upgrading to i686 *is waiting for upgrade to finish* I did get a problem with the licenses package though before I removed it.

playdafunkimuzic · 2009-08-10 15:04:42

ShadowKyogre wrote:

AdrenalineJunky wrote:
^^ same here, also had no issues upgrading to it.
Okay, I tried upgrading to i686 *is waiting for upgrade to finish* I did get a problem with the licenses package though before I removed it.

Please let us know your opinions of KDE 4.3

stefan1975 · 2009-08-10 15:09:58

well the one in [extra] seems to be running fine, although with 4.2 i was using KDEmod instead of [extra]. At least 4.3 is way better then 4.2. I never could really get what was so different about KDEmod over KDE apart from the split packages. I know they do their own customizations and i read they implement patches over vanilla KDE, but I never noticed what those might be, or perhaps i just have not encountered the bugs they fix. Or are there other differences i am missing here?

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-10 21:20:27

playdafunkimuzic wrote:

ShadowKyogre wrote:
AdrenalineJunky wrote:
^^ same here, also had no issues upgrading to it.
Okay, I tried upgrading to i686 *is waiting for upgrade to finish* I did get a problem with the licenses package though before I removed it.
Please let us know your opinions of KDE 4.3

Upgrade finished The Shutdown fade effect doesn't fade though. Otherwise, it's great! I still wonder why the background of the plasmoid input boxes aren't the same color as my QtCurve input boxes.

SanskritFritz · 2009-08-12 14:23:03

Did you upgrade KDEMod, or switched over to Extra/KDE?

hrobeers · 2009-08-12 15:15:38

I switched from kdemod4.2.4 to kde4.3 from extra
I did it just by uninstalling every kdemod and qt package and then installing every kde4.3 package I wanted.

I love kde4.3 from extra! Is it better than kdemod4.3? don't know but I like it better than kdemod4.2 .
It feels cleaner and faster.

1LordAnubis · 2009-08-13 05:41:30

stefan1975 wrote:

well the one in [extra] seems to be running fine, although with 4.2 i was using KDEmod instead of [extra]. At least 4.3 is way better then 4.2. I never could really get what was so different about KDEmod over KDE apart from the split packages. I know they do their own customizations and i read they implement patches over vanilla KDE, but I never noticed what those might be, or perhaps i just have not encountered the bugs they fix. Or are there other differences i am missing here?

http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=1165

And all patches are here: /usr/share/kdemod/patches

stefan1975 · 2009-08-13 15:52:20

1LordAnubis wrote:

stefan1975 wrote:
well the one in [extra] seems to be running fine, although with 4.2 i was using KDEmod instead of [extra]. At least 4.3 is way better then 4.2. I never could really get what was so different about KDEmod over KDE apart from the split packages. I know they do their own customizations and i read they implement patches over vanilla KDE, but I never noticed what those might be, or perhaps i just have not encountered the bugs they fix. Or are there other differences i am missing here?
http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?id=1165
And all patches are here: /usr/share/kdemod/patches

thanks. i ended up with kdemod instead of [extra] after trying both on 4.3 for a few days.

ShadowKyogre · 2009-08-14 03:07:20

SanskritFritz wrote:

Did you upgrade KDEMod, or switched over to Extra/KDE?

KDEMod

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#1 2009-08-09 22:53:58

KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#2 2009-08-09 23:44:28

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#3 2009-08-09 23:50:34

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#4 2009-08-09 23:58:46

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#5 2009-08-10 00:17:50

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#6 2009-08-10 05:11:02

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#7 2009-08-10 06:27:05

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#8 2009-08-10 14:28:26

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#9 2009-08-10 15:04:42

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#10 2009-08-10 15:09:58

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#11 2009-08-10 21:20:27

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#12 2009-08-12 14:23:03

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#13 2009-08-12 15:15:38

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#14 2009-08-13 05:41:30

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#15 2009-08-13 15:52:20

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

#16 2009-08-14 03:07:20

Re: KDEMod 4.2.4 -> KDE(Mod) 4.3.0?

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