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aldube · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: Xandros 3.0.2 upgrading.

Some of the components in Xandros 3 are around a year old and it could be another 4-5 months before we see Xandros 4, so lets experiment and see if Xandros 3 can be upgraded with more recent components.

To start off I'm looking at upgrading KDE to 3.4.3 or use the latest Gnome; I'm also looking at installing these into the users home folder as an alternative to replacing Xandros' base KDE 3.3.0 installation.

If anyone else has any ideas or already suceeded at upgrading components then feel free to mention these.
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aldube · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:46 pm Post subject:

I decided to install Garnome from ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/tarballs/garnome/v2.12/garnome-2.12.1.tar.bz2

I'm using a fresh Xandros 3,0.2 OCE minimal installation as my testing ground. Make sure the Xandros Development packages are inststalled C/C++, Debian, KDE, & TCL/TK. Make sure Debian Unsupported DEB repository is enabled and it wouldn't hurt to install checkinstall for making DEB packages.

I created the following apt-get script to automatically fetch all the Garnome dependencies:

Andrew · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

I wonder if we couldn't use this solution:

http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=5162

I think I'll give it a try on me current test partition Wink

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aldube · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:

I got KDE 3.4.3 /kde/kdebase to nicely install under username konstruct; then it was just a matter of modifying .xsession & .bash_profiles; I also symbolicly linked /home/konstruct/kde3.4.3/share/icons to /usr/share/icons so that the Xandros 3 icons would be used as the default KDE set. I already had a some libraries already loaded in, so I'm not sure about which dependencies are required.

It seems that the applications/components compiled under KDE 3.4.3 run under the /home/users directory it was installed on; however, I'm not sure if the Xandros 3 KDE 3.3.0 applications/components like XFM/XN run from the / directories; I know components like XFM/XN run fine under KDE 3.4.3. If control centre needs to be run under KDE 3.4.3 use /usr/bin/kcontrol instead as it's linked to Xandros 3 applications. If you plan on editing the KDE 3.4.3 menu use /usr/bin/kmenuedit instead the KDE 3.4.3 version.

KDE 3.4.3 base install takes 189 MB in the /home user's folder and compresses to 70 MB as a tgz. With a few mods and tweaks KDE 3.4.3 (konstruct into a /home/users folder) seems to be a viable desktop upgrade option for Xandros 3; it even runs faster than Xandros 3's KDE 3.3.0.
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Loacoon1 · Xplorer Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 9

I'm reopening this old topic,

What would happen if I set set Konstruct's prefix to /usr/?
Xandros 3.3.0's menu and files association are full of bugs.

And It's a Linux distrib, not Windows, I should be able to update or install any deskop environement.
Xandros is as closed as Windows. It's sad 'cause hardware compatibility and Xandros apps and look are very good.
So, still no ways to update KDE or install another DE?

aldube · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: