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    Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

    Hi there,
    can anyone share some experience with the ppa-backports, which apparently have KDE4.6.
    Is it risky to upgrade? I'm in the midst of a project and I don't want to break my computer, so I'm a bit hesitant to make a full dist upgrade... how are the backports from Natty in this respect?
    I've heard there are a couple of nice feature.
    Thanks,
    Chopstick
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    Re: Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

    Originally posted by Chopstick
    I'm in the midst of a project and I don't want to break my computer,
    There's your answer - don't. At least, wait until you are in a position that 'taking the risk' (there is always risk) won't cause you serious harm should the worst happen.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

      I guess the reason I'm contemplating upgrading is that my laptop acquired a couple of annoying hic-ups over the time, and there may be a chance that these can be cured by upgrading to KDE 4.6. I actually plan to reinstall the system as soon as I have some time.
      The two major things are:
      (1) The desktop environment randomly freezes and I have to reboot (that happens maybe once per day, I have no idea why, but others have reported that as well (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599145).
      (2) Kmail sometimes forgets which emails it already downloaded from a POP3 server and just downloads everything again, producing a huge number of duplicates (this is easy to remove, but still annoying. It has been reported on kde.org (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244860).
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        Re: Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

        I google a little and found this from January 2011: http://ubuntuguide.net/kde-4-6-0-rel...erick-included. So it looks like you can have at least Kde 4.6.0 from PPA for Maverick. And it is an important difference. PPA is more stable and PPA-Backport is more testing. So you should rather use PPA then PPA-Backport.
        Kubuntu 16.04 on two computers and Kubuntu 17.04 on DELL Latitude 13
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          Re: Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

          Thanks josefko, but it seems this is also backports: the repository they are advertising is ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports....
          I think I would upgrade if it was a stable release for kubuntu maveric, but the fact that it is backports deters me.
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            Re: Experience with KDE4.6 from PPA-Backports?

            You are right, the best you can get from PPA is Kde 4.5.5. http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3116872.0
            Kubuntu 16.04 on two computers and Kubuntu 17.04 on DELL Latitude 13
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