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Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 12:03 PM
I have a strange urge to try KDE2, but can't really find anything. Is there some kind of archive for old distros anywhere?
Name change
June 27th, 2009, 12:08 PM
On April Fools day one of KDE devs put new improved version of KDE4 on his blog which was actually OpenSuse11 with KDE2..
Sorry can't remember where I found it. I'll try to find it.
Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 12:24 PM
Thank you.
hyperdude111
June 27th, 2009, 12:25 PM
On April Fools day one of KDE devs put new improved version of KDE4 on his blog which was actually OpenSuse11 with KDE2..
Sorry can't remember where I found it. I'll try to find it.

I found the link you were looking for.

http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3926

Or for a direct download http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/KDE-Two-Live.i686-2.2.2-Build1.1.iso
khelben1979
June 27th, 2009, 12:37 PM
KDE 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_2), released 7 years ago according to Wikipedia.

I still remember when I used way older versions than KDE 2 with Linux and from what I remembered it worked pretty good, but was much more unstable than Gnome at the time.
ssam
June 27th, 2009, 12:46 PM
distrowatch may help you. eg it says that debian had kde2 up to debian 3 (woody)
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian
sim-value
June 27th, 2009, 01:12 PM
Here are Repos with KDE2:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ars3niy/openSUSE_11.1/
Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 01:15 PM
On April Fools day one of KDE devs put new improved version of KDE4 on his blog which was actually OpenSuse11 with KDE2..
Sorry can't remember where I found it. I'll try to find it.

Thank you for trying.


I found the link you were looking for.

http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3926

Or for a direct download http://home.kde.org/~binner/kde-four-live/KDE-Two-Live.i686-2.2.2-Build1.1.iso (http://home.kde.org/%7Ebinner/kde-four-live/KDE-Two-Live.i686-2.2.2-Build1.1.iso)

KDE2 is so nice! I just need to find a way to install it, as the link you posted is a LiveCD only!
gjoellee
June 27th, 2009, 02:14 PM
I still remember when I used way older versions than KDE 2 with Linux and from what I remembered it worked pretty good, but was much more unstable than Gnome at the time.

KDE has always had one foot into the future, and this have caused some unstability in the system. KDE does however seam to get more and more stable... GNOME has always been stable, but it is not as "modern" as KDE. GNOME 2.26 is just like KDE 3.5 in my opinion, but as said before, GNOME has like always been stable.
khelben1979
June 27th, 2009, 03:26 PM
The menus in Gnome is often a bit badly structured in comparison to KDE from the versions that I have used.
The Toxic Mite
June 27th, 2009, 03:39 PM
the menus in gnome is often a bit badly structured in comparison to kde from the versions that i have used.

+0.5
hyperdude111
June 27th, 2009, 04:50 PM
The menus in Gnome is often a bit badly structured in comparison to KDE from the versions that I have used.

Although I am a gnome user I have to agree with you there, the gnome menus are awful and gnome 3.0 so far doesn't seem to do much about it.
Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 04:53 PM
Although I am a gnome user I have to agree with you there, the gnome menus are awful and gnome 3.0 so far doesn't seem to do much about it.

Why are they awful?
hyperdude111
June 27th, 2009, 07:43 PM
Why are they awful?

Over simplistic to the extent they are boring, they offer no customization and look ugly. The kde menus IMO are far better, however I prefer the gnome DE to KDE overall.
philcamlin
June 27th, 2009, 07:45 PM
kde is actually cool :P

its way more customizable
swoll1980
June 27th, 2009, 07:50 PM
Over simplistic to the extent they are boring, they offer no customization and look ugly.

What do you do to customize your KDE menu?
Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 07:54 PM
kde is actually cool :P

its way more customizable

I disagree. I find GNOME far more customizable. I also prefer the Menu Bar. The KDE4 Kick Off menu is slightly awkward.

But the Oxygen icon set is by far the most beautiful I have seen.
swoll1980
June 27th, 2009, 07:58 PM
I disagree. I find GNOME far more customizable. I also prefer the Menu Bar. The KDE4 Kick Off menu is slightly awkward.

But the Oxygen icon set is by far the most beautiful I have seen.


You can change it to the classic type menu in 5 seconds, or you can use the Lancelot menu, which is a lot like Mint's Mint Menu.
Blood//Stain//Child
June 27th, 2009, 08:11 PM
You can change it to the classic type menu in 5 seconds, or you can use the Lancelot menu, which is a lot like Mint's Mint Menu.

I know! :P