Hello there,
I am currently a Windows Vista user but I really want to try (and hopefully
migrate to) KDE.
I''ve been searching around but I failed to get the "iso" file
of KDE so that I can download them easily and burn it into a cd - thus much
easier to install.
Is there any website that you know can provide this "all in one
installer" - just like what Ubuntu.com offered on their website;
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Look forward to your reply.
Thank you
John Shewsbury
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On Thursday 22 January 2009 10:18:06 John Shewsbury wrote:> Hello there, > > I am currently a Windows Vista user but I really want to try (and hopefully > migrate to) KDE. > > I''ve been searching around but I failed to get the "iso" file of KDE so > that I can download them easily and burn it into a cd - thus much easier to > install. > > Is there any website that you know can provide this "all in one installer" > - just like what Ubuntu.com offered on their website; > > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download > > Look forward to your reply. > > Thank you > > John ShewsburyKDE 4.1 is a desktop environment, not a whole operating system. There are many linux distributions with KDE, but few offer KDE 4, most still offer KDE 3. Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, offers KDE4.1 for Intrepid Ibex, but provides a relatively poor implementation. In addition, In a few days, KDE 4.2 is coming out, and there is a Debian Live cd available with KDE 4.2 available here: Click Here It is a torrent, so you need a BitTorrent client to download it. (Don''t worry, perfectly legal, since it''s not copyright violation, it just uses less bandwidth, and therefore is less expensive to distribute this way) It''ll give an ISO that you can burn onto a CD. (Or maybe a DVD, depending on size of image) Then, insert the CD, and reboot to use. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20090122/a092f289/attachment.htm
Hello, John! Thanks for your interest in trying Debian and its KDE4
packages.
There is not, at the moment, a Debian CD image that includes KDE4.
However, we recommend that you use a regular Debian image to install
Lenny, and then install KDE4 on top of it.
You can download a Debian CD image for Lenny from:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
That image will include KDE 3. You can read how to install KDE4 on the
installed system on:
http://kde4.debian.net/
At the moment, packages for KDE 4.1 are provided.
Take into account that KDE 4.2 is scheduled to be realased soon, an that
it''s a vast improvement over 4.1. I''m told, however, that
it''s not clear
at the moment when there will be 4.2 packages available for Lenny, or if
that will happen at all.
Good luck with your migration to Free Software, and remember not to
abandon if after all you find Debian not to be the most appropriate
choice for you: there''s plenty of distributions to choose from, though
we really hope you stay with us!
Cheers,
--- John Shewsbury [Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:18:06 +0000]:
> Hello there,
> I am currently a Windows Vista user but I really want to try (and
> hopefully migrate to) KDE.
> I''ve been searching around but I failed to get the "iso"
file of KDE
> so that I can download them easily and burn it into a cd - thus much
> easier to install.
> Is there any website that you know can provide this "all in one
> installer" - just like what Ubuntu.com offered on their website;
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
> Look forward to your reply.
> Thank you
> John Shewsbury
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dozens.
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000 Beojan Stanislaus <beojan at lavabit.com> wrote:>Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, offers KDE4.1 for Intrepid Ibex, butprovides a relatively poor implementation. Relative to what? Scott K
On Friday 23 January 2009 22:15:50 Scott Kitterman wrote:> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000 Beojan Stanislaus <beojan at lavabit.com> > > wrote: > >Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, offers KDE4.1 for Intrepid Ibex, but > > provides a relatively poor implementation. > > Relative to what? > > Scott KCompared to the standard, full KDE that you get if you install the debian packages, Kubuntu remove many packages usually distributed as part of KDE, in order to fit the entire system onto a single CD. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20090124/dec7deda/attachment.htm
On Saturday 24 January 2009 10:56:48 Beojan Stanislaus wrote:> On Friday 23 January 2009 22:15:50 Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000 Beojan Stanislaus <beojan at lavabit.com> > > > > wrote: > > >Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, offers KDE4.1 for Intrepid Ibex, but > > > > provides a relatively poor implementation. > > > > Relative to what? > > > > Scott K > > Compared to the standard, full KDE that you get if you install the debian > packages, Kubuntu remove many packages usually distributed as part of KDE, > in order to fit the entire system onto a single CD.Please take this off this list. /Sune -- How to ping a microkernel from Photoshop XP and from Office? You neither should ever digit on the wordprocessor over the back-end, nor need to explore with a monitor, so that then from the control tools inside X- Windows 96 you either have not to send the server to a program, or should never disable a clock to the 2D BIOS to the TCP terminale.
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:56:48 +0000 Beojan Stanislaus <beojan at lavabit.com> wrote:>On Friday 23 January 2009 22:15:50 Scott Kitterman wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +0000 Beojan Stanislaus <beojan at lavabit.com> >> >> wrote: >> >Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, offers KDE4.1 for Intrepid Ibex, but >> >> provides a relatively poor implementation. >> >> Relative to what? >> >> Scott K >Compared to the standard, full KDE that you get if you install the debian packages, Kubunturemove many packages usually distributed as part of KDE, in order to fit the entire system onto a single CD.>All the rest of which can be installed online from the repository. I think your initial message is a pretty harsh way to say "only makes one CD and so you have to download stuff that didn''t fit". Scott K