Anyone using the Fedora7 KDE-spin?

[Kevin Kempter]

On Wednesday 06 June 2007 6:26:52 pm Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram <at> fedoraproject.org> writes:
> > Would be nice to have desktop effects menu option if it isn't already
> > there.
>
> Short answer: That will come in KDE 4. :-)
>
> Long answer:
>
> The way the "desktop effects" feature is currently implemented in GNOME is
> that the Metacity window manager is outright replaced by Compiz. However,
> Compiz has some issues working with KDE, at least it did last this topic
> came up in the KDE SIG meetings. The alternative would be Beryl, but
> several core Fedora developers objected strongly to defaulting to Beryl in
> anything Fedora for reasons I can't present in details (mostly stability
> and project management issues).
>
> In KDE 4, the KWin window manager will natively support compositing
> (already in SVN), and AFAIK some more effects are in the works. So there
> will be no need to have a special tool switching to a special window
> manager just to support desktop effects anymore, instead they will be
> settable in KControl just as all the existing effects (animation and fake
> transparency) already are.
>
> And as the plan is to get KDE 4 into Fedora 8 anyway, I think working on
> Compiz or Beryl under KDE is pretty much pointless now.
>
>         Kevin Kofler

Is the live the best method to install the Fedora7 KDE spin (or the only 
method)?