Hi all,

KDE team announced the 2nd release candidate for 4.5.

July 8th, 2010. Today, KDE delivers the second release candidate of the upcoming KDE Software Compilation 4.5. The final version will be available in August 2010 and this RC is intended for testers and early adopters who can help by finding and reporting bugs. It will also interest those who want an early look at what is coming to their desktops and netbooks this summer.

Full announcement.

Want to upgrade in openSUSE 11.2, follow this link. Please just follow step 1 and 2.

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A while ago, maybe can say for 30 minutes i play with RC1 and it’s not bad at all, improved a lot over beta2. But there are still some minor issues and bugs which i hope will be resolved before final release in August. Bugs like crash of Dolphin, network selection names missing when right click on network icon in system tray, missing information in notifications and jobs in system tray etc etc.. Filed some bug reports in this short time through bug tracker in the opened apps.

Anyway that was a little snapshot of RC1, now the detail announcement and upgrade plan for openSUSE 11.2

June 27th, 2010. Today, KDE delivers the first release candidate of the upcoming KDE Software Compilation 4.5. The final version will be available in August 2010 and this RC is intended for testers and early adopters who can help by finding and reporting bugs. It will also interest those who want an early look at what is coming to their desktops and netbooks this summer.

Announcement page.

Here is the upgrade plan for openSUSE 11.2 (please just follow step 1 and 2) , want to stay with stable release of KDE4.4.4/5 this post will guide you.

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Hi all,

KDE team proudly announced the release of KDE4.4.5 codenamed as “Ceilidh”. This release focus on bug fixes.

June 30th, 2010. Today, KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This is expected to be the final bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.4. KDE SC 4.4.5 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE SC 4.4.4 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Users around the world will appreciate that KDE SC 4.4.5 multi-language support is more complete. KDE SC 4 is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

Some major bug fixes are:

• Several bugs in encoding and refreshing in Konsole have been fixed
• A couple of crashes in Okular’s PDF viewer have been fixed
• Alarms have received some fixes in KDE PIM

Check out the announcement page.

Read the change log here.

Want to update to current 4.4.5 in openSUSE11.2, this howto will guide you. Like to test bleeding edge KDE4.5 beta, here it is. Read a little and short review of KDE4.5 beta 2.

Note: There maybe a little delay of packages for 4.4.5 in openSUSE repos as it had happened to 4.4.4 because the openSUSE team is/was busy with the 11.3 release this month. openSUSE11.3 will release on 15th of july 2010.

All the above links to the howtos works fine, make sure you followed the exact steps mentioned in the howto.

Please use the comment form for questions and other things related to the post title.

Update (03-07-2010 3.30pm): Read this for more clarification.

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Hi all,

I already wrote two articles about KDE4.5 and reviewed beta 1 a little here. After release of beta 2, i thought to give it a try and check how it goes this time. Good news is that, some bugs are fixed and some are still there. But no complain as this in beta phase and we users need to help the devs improve it by filing and submitting bug reports. I had filed some bug reports. Some of the things which are not yet stable are (this is in my point of view, not necessary it create problems for all):

1- In the login screen, session and menu does not work at all.

2- Dolphin got headache and have had crashes on different activities like opening video file, closing it.

3- Desktop wallpaper and widgets goes missing after reboot OR logout.

4- Network manager does not show networks name on right click on it.

5- And last one for me is, it’s little slow compare to KDE4.4. It is for me, maybe for others it will be fast.

Above are just simple bugs and hope it will be fixed before final release. But rather than that, it looks promising and attractive. Nice icons, nice look, improved desktop and applications.

Note: Above review is just for my system, not necessary others also have this. Maybe creating new .kde4 will work, but i haven’t tried it as no time to start from scratch.

I also took some screen shots and want to share it with you all.

Screen shots here!

If you want to install or upgrade to KDE4.5 beta 2 in openSUSE 11.2, this link will guide you through.

Have fun!

Arif

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KDE Community ships 2nd beta release of the 4.5 taged as “cake”.

June 9th, 2010. Today, KDE has released the second beta version of what is to become KDE SC 4.5.0 in August 2010. KDE SC 4.5 Beta2 is targeted at testers and those that would like to have an early look at what’s coming to their desktops and netbooks this summer. KDE is now firmly in beta mode, meaning that the primary focus is on fixing bugs and preparing the stable release of the software compilation this summer. Over the last two weeks, roughly since the first beta, 1459 new bugs have been reported, and 1643 bugs have been closed, so we’re witnessing a lot of stabilization activity right now. More testing is in place, however, while the restless developers continue to create a rock-stable 4.5.0.

Announcement link.

If you are interested to upgrade to KDE 4.5 beta 2 in openSUSE 11.2, follow this link and have fun. The instructions and repos are the same for beta 1 and beta 2 to upgrade.

If you want to use stable KDE4.4.3/4 release, this link will guide you through.

Checkout openSUSE and KDE forums for more help and information.

Arif

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Hi all,

KDE Software Compilation 4.4.4 has been released, which  is codenamed as “cheers”. This compilation release focus on bug fixes rather than adding new improvements.

June 1st, 2010. Today, KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This month’s edition of KDE SC is a bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.4. KDE SC 4.4.4 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE SC 4.4.3 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Users around the world will appreciate that KDE SC 4.4.4 multi-language support is more complete. KDE SC 4 is already translated into more than 50 languages, with more to come.

Announcement page.

Change log page.

If you are on KDE4.4 series repos, the repos will have the latest packages.

Follow this article for how to upgrade.

Want to test bleeding edge KDE4.5, this article will guide you.

UPDATE-1 (04-06-2010 2pm): Repos are not populated yet for openSUSE 11.2, which means KDE4.4.4 is not available in the repos. I will update this post, when got packages in the repos.

UPDATE-2 (05-06-2010 3pm): Ran the update this afternoon, and got 51 packages to upgrade, but there is still no sign of KDE4.4.4 in the repos. So i assume we will have to wait till next Monday. Hope repos will be populated next week. Will update this post, if got packages in the mean time.

UPDATE-3 (08-06-2010 3pm): There is update from the openSUSE team, according to them they are busy with 11.3 ATM and still have no time to push KDE4.4.4 updates to the KDE4 repo. But as this does not change much things, because KDE4.4.4 has just few changes and has no effect on KDE4.4.3, so to stick to KDE4.4.3 is also fine ATM. But if you want to move to KDE4.5, follow the link above to update, KDE4.5 will release in August. At the mean time if you are on KDE4.3 and want to update to KDE4.4, this link will guide you to update.

UPDATE (19-06-2010 11am): Here we are with KDE4.4.4, openSUSE factory repo is populated with new KDE4.4.4 packages, run zypper dup or software management repositories switch, and you will be with KDE4.4.4 after a while. This link will guide you through if you still have problems with repos and command.

Arif

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KDE team has announced the 1st beta release of 4.5 series.

May 26th, 2010. Today, KDE has released the first beta version of what is to become KDE SC 4.5.0 in August. KDE SC 4.5.0 is targeted at testers and those that would like to have an early look at what’s coming to their desktops and netbooks this summer. KDE is now firmly in beta mode, meaning that the primary focus is on fixing bugs and preparing the stable release of the software compilation this summer.

I just love this new interface for the system tray.

A reworked notification area. Thanks to the new, D-Bus-based protocol that replaces the old “system tray”, a uniform look and consistent interaction scheme can now be guaranteed across applications and toolkits.

Check out the details and snapshots in the announcement page.

As currently i am on openSUSE 11.2, if you want to upgrade to KDE4.5 beta 1 i will guide you in few simple steps to do that. But as a caution i will suggest to not upgrade it on a production pc, but if you want to test it and report bugs you will be most welcome by KDE bugzilla team.

My experience, of course i give it a try yesterday and i am impressed but there were some bugs which force me to roll back to KDE4.4.3(which is stable enough now and very fast and nice). Dolphin was consuming the whole memory and left the system crawling, crash on closing some thing from system tray, Firefox was awfully slow and some more. But the interface was great, love it. I am sure this one going to be the best release ever for KDE4 series. ATM i am on KDe4.4.3 with latest updates.

Ok, so you want to upgrade, are you sure? really, ok then what we are waiting for lets the fun begin.

NOTE: As we will use unstable repos so i will again say, don’t use these upgrade from unstable on production pc unless you want to test it on a testing machine. This is for openSUSE 11.2.

One more thing, if you have factory repo or other kde repos enabled like kde4.4, so please disable that repos before doing the below operation.

1- Add these repos in Yast -> software repositories.

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_11.2/

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_11.2_KDE_Distro_Factory/

Are you using playground repo also for KDE4.4 or KDE4.3, you can add this also, but if not just ignore this repo:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/Playground/openSUSE_11.2_KDE_Distro_Factory/

Until here you are done.

2- Now two ways to run the updates.

2a- By Yast, go to software management and choose the repos from the repository tab and then click ‘switch system packages‘, do the same for the other repo you just added. and then click accept button.

2b- Open terminal and type the below command to update the whole system with vendor change etc.

zypper dup

That’s it, you are done. Restart you pc and check the new KDE.

Have any problems, check out openSUSE forum Pre-Release/Beta section.

If you want to use KDE 4.4.3, can follow this guide.

Arif

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Hi all,

Kde4.4.3 had been released on last Wednesday(05-05-2010). There are some bug fixes for the existing apps in Kde4.4.2. This post will guide you how to upgrade to Kde4.4.3 from Kde4.4.2 for openSUSE 11.2, also the process is similar if you are still using Kde4.3.x or Kde4.2.x.

May 5th, 2010. Today, KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This month’s edition of KDE SC is a bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.4. KDE SC 4.4.3 is a recommended upgrade for everyone running KDE SC 4.4.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Users around the world will appreciate that KDE SC 4.4.3 multi-language support is more complete. KDE SC 4 is already translated into more than 50 languages, with more to come.

Official release announcement
Change log

I will do all this process  in three different methods which will be sufficient enough to get you Kde4.4.3 latest build. Just follow any method you like and best suits your needs.

Method-1:
1- 1st of all we will have factory and community repos. Add repos from here (Just follow step-1 from there).

2- Now open software management in YaST and choose repositories tab, select the repo you just added with some name, Click “Switch system packages”. And do the same with community repo too. And click Accept button.

3- You are done! Logout and Log back in OR Restart your PC.

Method-2:
1- Open Terminal and become root by su -, and type:

zypper dup

2- Type y upon asking for upgrading.

Method-3:
This method will use terminal way but the difference will be just to use a selected repo name.

1- Open Terminal and become root by su -, and type:

zypper dup -r <repo_name>

Lets say you saved the factory repo above as Fac_kde4.4, so the above command will goes like this:

zypper dup -r Fac_kde4.4

2- Type y upon asking for upgrading.

NOTE: Method-2 will update the system wide packages, so if you don’t want to upgrade some packages follow Method-1 OR Method-3.

Good luck and have fun!

Arif

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