Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM, kevin kempter > <kevin at kevinkempterllc.com> wrote: > <snip> >> The macbook is ok but it just doesn't cut it per productivity so I've >> ordered another laptop >> (a 64bit laptop with 8G of memory expandable to 16G and 2 internal 320G >> 7200rpm drives) >> >> I'll be loading Linux as soon as the machine arrives from Dell. > > Kevin: I suggest you try the CentOS 5.2 Live CD on it, after you > receive the laptop. Then, you will know if CentOS is the distro for > that Laptop. CentOS is an Enterprise Distro and not well suited to the > latest HW, especially on a Laptop. If CentOS doesn't work on it, the > way you want it to, consider running Fedora or Ubuntu or something > else on it. The Live CD's make it very easy to check out how a Distro > will work on the HW you have. Very good advice! >> Here's my questions: >> >> 1) Are there any published plans for CentOS to support KDE4, or is there a >> way to upgrade CentOS to KDE4 ? > > If you upgrade to something that is not supported by the distro, you > broke it and you fix it. > <snip> > GL with the new Dell Laptop! Lanny Would not expect to see KDE4 supported before RHEL6/CentOS6. If you really want to try it, see: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/KDE4FAQ http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ Note the cautions about using the testing/unstable repos. Phil