Re: When is best time to upgrade lenny to squeeze
On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:45 AM, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
> Paul Cartwright schreef:
>> On Wed July 21 2010, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
>>> In squeeze, they shipped a dkms-version of the nvidia drivers, and it
>>> actually works. I've updated my kernel quite a few times and didn't had
>>> to do any 'm-a a-i nvidia'.
>>> Does your network card also require some alternative driver?
>>>
>> well, not alternate driver, just nvidia, as in the NOT-FREE driver. I have been using sgfxi to install my drivers, the last few upgrades. But there hasn't been an upgrade in a while, at least I don't remember one messing up my video setup.
>> But that is good to know, thanks! Do you run gnome or KDE? just curious, in squeeze is KDE changed to KDE4 ? my wife still runs KDE3 and it would be a real shock for her to have to switch to KDE4.. I run gnome myself.
> I run KDE, and am quite happy with KDE4 (at version 4.4 now). Yet, opinions differ, so your wife has to find out if KDE4 suits her or not.
> Of course, staying with Lenny for KDE3 is only a short term solution. In the long run, you'll either have to accept KDE4 or use the fork of KDE 3.5 at http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/.
>
> Sjoerd
>
Could you not just hold back the KDE3 to KDE4 upgrade when you upgrade Debian?
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