openSUSE 12.1 ships with kde4.7.2 which a great release.
You can upgrade KDE to kde 4.8 by doing this:
Open a terminal and become su -
su term.mpeg - YouTube
Once su -
Paste the following using your mouse
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1/ kde48
If you want the kde extras add this too
zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1/ kde-extra
Now do
zypper ref
(a) to accept when asked
Now close the terminal and do this on the kde48 repo
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher Pics/kde48_switch.jpeg
If you run in to dependency issues and can’t figure it out. Ask for help.
You could also review this thread:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/471392-kde-4-8-ready-now.html
Read it all…