KDE Plasma And Applications 4.8 are Available To Update For Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Using PPA

January 27, 2012 in Applications, Download, How To?, News

The latest stable KDE plasma and applications version 4.8 are available to update/install through backport PPA provided by Kubuntu team for 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot users. KDE 4.8 brings better performance, more stability and many new features to the plasma workspaces and KDE applications. So, let’s check KDE 4.8 highlights and some of the new features added recently to it.

Six possible layout for “Windows switcher” commonly used by “Alt+Tab” shortcut, it becomes useful for systems that don’t use Desktop Effects. You can configure the layout by opening “system settings” then go to “window behavior”, then “Task Switcher”, you will find beneath the main tab “Effect” configuration button to choose between layouts.

Simplified the power management user interface and brings support to never dim the screen while playing a movie or opening photos. Also all settings can be deactivated easily using battery desktop applet.

Several KDE applications improvements such as Dolphin file manager became more faster for dealing with large files and directories and icon name no longer get shortened. Gwenview image viewer brings some improvements to image transitions effects and translucent navigation area shows when the image is zoomed in.

Marble virtual globe and world atlas is integrated with KRunner KDE applications launcher, so it will help you to easily search through KRunner or check recently bookmarked coordinates to open it directly through KRunner.

For further information about KDE 4.8, please check KDE 4.8 announcements “ KDE Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8 Improve User Experience “.

[How To]: Update To KDE Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 On k[Ubuntu] 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Using PPA

Run Terminal, then type

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[How To]: Install KDE Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 On Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Using PPA

Use the same PPA “Kubuntu backport”.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kde-standard

PPA works on any distribution based on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot such as “Linux Mint 12 Lisa”

That’s it.

source “Kubuntu news“

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Sophie #

I’ve been trying out KDE for about a day now on my Ubuntu Linux and I love it. I think I’m going to switch to KDE as Unity just doesn’t cut it for me.

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Alvaro #

Hi, I was using the backports to upgrade to amarok 2.5.0. But after I upgrade to kde 4.8.0 (through the same backport) amarok start to crash. I removed amarok and tried to install it again, but got a conflict package in amarok-common, and can’t install it anymore. Did you have this problem?

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- mhnassif #
  
  No, it’s working fine with me. I am using i386 packages from backport PPA. Check this reported bug about the same issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/+bug/922943 and report this bug as well.
  
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