Re: Moving to Debian: updated software
On 22 April 2010 12:25, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2010-04-22, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am looking for KDE 4.4.2 and Open Office 3.2 packages for Lenny. I
>> have found qt-kde.debian, Debian Experimental, Testing, Unstable, and
>> Backports. It looks to me that Backports is the best for an everyday
>> user who values stability, and prefers to use released software
>> version. Please let me know where I am mistaken. Thanks.
>>
>
> I recommend debian-backports for users of stable who like to cherry-pick
> later versions of software without too much hassle. OOo 3.2 is available
> in debian-backports, but not KDE4. The debian KDE maintainers used to
> offer KDE4 backports for lenny, but they were discontinued early on in
> the KDE4 series.
>
Thank you, Liam. That is why I was unable to find the KDE packages. I
thought that I may have been searching on the wrong terms, i.e. the
package is not called "kde" or "kde-desktop".
>From where to acquire KDE 4.4.2 in a reasonably safe manner?
Thanks!
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Dotan Cohen
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