xorg & kde-3.4.0 on Debian unstable (apt repository available)

[Mihai Maties <mihai@xcyb.org>]

The same announcement from two different point of views:


>From MARKETING dept.
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Are you tired of waiting for Sarge to be released in order to experiment with
X.org on your wonderful Debian system ? [1] You would like to be able to
amaze your friends with some really fancy translucent effects but you cannot
do it for the moment ? [2]

Then wait no more, put aside your frustration ! Just add the following lines
to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and install xorg on your favorite linux
distribution (may that be Debian unstable):

<--- cut here --->
# i386 binary packages (amd64 will be available soon)
deb http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg unstable main

# sources
deb-src http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg unstable main
</--- cut here --->

Install xorg now and you will receive the latest kwin package for free
including kompmgr. Why would you need kompmgr you might wonder. The answer is
simple: because it integrates all those translucent effects nicely into
kde-3.4.0.

Get it while stock lasts !

[1] http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml#debianplans
[2] http://helion.xcyb.org/screenshots/


>From TECH. dept.
----------------

I created an apt repository ( http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg/ ) that
contains the latest stable xorg packages and kdebase-3.4 with kompmgr support
added.

To put it in another way I just rebuilt the xorg ubuntu packages on Debian
unstable and modified the latest kdebase-3.4.0 package from pkg-kde.alioth to
include kompmgr (more info: http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg/changes/).

To install the kwin package you will need to add the pkg-kde repository in
order to satisfy dependencies (http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/docs/).

Feel free to try the packages and please report back if you have any
suggestions/problems.


Mihai


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