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Re: [trinity-users] support for the Suse Linux-distribution?

From: Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann@...>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:20:36 +0100
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 01:07:27PM -0500, Timothy Pearson wrote:
> > Oliver Kullmann wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I would like to (roughly) know whether there are
> >> plans for supporting other Linux distributions than Ubuntu?
> >> I for example use Suse. It would be great if the KDE 3.5 would
> >> be available at some time as (just!) an alternative desktop in
> >> the standard distributions. Are there plans/hopes regarding this?
> >>
> >> I have experience in installing mathematical software, but I would
> >> guess that KDE can't just be installed locally, and there is quite a
> >> risk
> >> that it might destroy your working system, or?
> >> So I would think that for me, as a user, for using KDE 3.5 it has to
> >> come
> >> in some form supported by standard distributions.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your time!
> >>
> >> Oliver
> >>
> >
> >
> > OpenSUSE KDE3 http://en.opensuse.org/KDE3
> >
> > --
> > Jimmy Johnson
> >
> > Mint Gnome 2.8 - EXT4 at sda5
> > Registered Linux User #380263
> >
> 
> I would like to add that a Trinity developer is working on .spec files for
> RPM builds, so while there is no official timeline, a Trinity RPM
> repository may come on line in the future.  Unlike the OpenSUSE version of
> KDE3, Trinity is under active development and not only contains many new
> features, but also accepts new bug reports, so an RPM repository for
> Trinity seems justified.
>

That would be very welcome.
 
> You may want to subscribe to the trinity-announce mailing list, as an
> announcement will be posted there when/if the RPM repository is ready for
> testing.
> 

Will do. Thanks!

Oliver

> Timothy Pearson
> Trinity Desktop Project