F8 vs F9

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 12 August 2008 15:50, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> If you have ATI, F8 is the only way to go.  F9 is not good for ATI
> cards, the ati drivers won't support any x server greater than 1.4.2.

I presume you mean for accelerated desktop effects?  Certainly for 'normal' 
use there is no problem.

> KDE4 really is a disaster so far, it looks like a dumbed down gnome. 

Utter rubbish.

> F8 
> features the last mature version of kde, which is 3.5, and it's pretty
> robust.

Nothing wrong with 3.5, but remember that if you install F8 now it will be 
unsupported in a very short time.

Anne