[Fwd: LiveCD with KDE-4.0.0]

[Tim Alberts]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
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> Subject:
> LiveCD with KDE-4.0.0
> From:
> Sebastian Vahl <ml at deadbabylon.de>
> Date:
> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:09:27 +0100
> To:
> For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>
> To:
> For testers of Fedora Core development releases 
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
>
>
> Today is the release day of KDE 4.0.0. The packages should find their way into 
> the repository soon or they are already there. What's missing is another live 
> image to test the new stable version of KDE without the need of installing 
> rawhide.
>
> http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109.4.iso
> http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109.4.sha1sum
>
> Package list:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SebastianVahl/CurrentPackageList?action=recall&rev=25
>
> Some screenshots of a running livecd:
> http://www.deadbabylon.de/blog/bilder/kde4/
>
> Some notes:
> - the live image is for i686
> - the packages are from 2008-01-09
> - system-config-date is a newer version (which removes some dependencies: 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=420101)
> - the updates for xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-drv-vesa aren't included 
> because the rest of the new x-server was missing
> - installation should be working again
> - firstboot seems to be re-written and is lacking the possibility to add a new 
> user. This has to be done manually with "adduser"
>
> If you file bugs please add them to the KDE4Live-Tracker: 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=421891
>
> The problems from the former kde4 live image are collected here:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SebastianVahl/KDE4LiveBugs
> Please verify if they are still existing. If so, please file bugs and add them 
> to the page and/or the tracker.
>
> And please note: This is a test release for the inclusion of KDE 4.0.0 in 
> Fedora. If you think there are other things, which could be enhanced, please 
> notice us. If you find problems, please bug them. If you think you 
> could/would help us constantly, feel free to join the KDE-SIG and/or 
> participate in our SIG-Meetings:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings
>
> Help us to create a great user experience with KDE 4 in Fedora 9.
>
> This said, have fun with it. :)
>
> Sebastian
>
>   
Long Live KDE!  Looking forward to trying it, thank you.