Best way to have KDE 4.3 RC2 in openSUSE

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What is the best way to have openSUSE 11.1 with KDE 4.3?
It is ok to install suse with kde 4.1 and then update to 4.3? I believe it will make some issues :confused:
Maybe installation with minimal interface, adding KDE factory repos and then installation of KDE would be better?
Or should I wait for openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.3 Reloaded? But will it have openSUSE branding?
What do yuo think?

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First, what I did was I disabled the auto login full how to by caf here:
Disable Auto-Login - openSUSE Forums
Second,I installed the XCFE Desktop as a backup
Here’s a post I made on that with screenshots:
How to install a 2nd Desktop Environment - openSUSE Forums
All of the above do in while in KDE 4.1
While I think you’ll be OK going from 4.1 to 4.3 I’d install from the 4.2 repos 1st. Stay with 4.2 for a while because the official 4.3 release is very soon 30Jul IIRC. Once that happens the update might be a little easier.
But do keep that XCFE DE handy just in case.

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To make a long story short: i had a fresh install with only Kde4.1, the one shipped with os11.1. I was really unsatisfied so upgraded to Kde4.2 via the repos: bad. The Python support was broken. When the rc2 has become available i decided to install it with the one-click install and … Bingo! Now it really works even if it is an rc! So i think that you can upgrade surely but if you don’t already have Kde installed then start whit a fresh install with one-click.

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Hi. caf4926 wrote a nice howto: KDE4 Name Changes - Making the transition - HowTo - openSUSE Forums Good luck!

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Thanks :smiley: That’s what I was looking for :smiley: