Tony Nugent wrote: >(By all accounts, what redhat did with kde in 8.0 was butcher it. >I don't use kde, but I'm not suprised by all the problems. Not a >good move imho). > KDE in Red Hat 8.0 is alive and well. You might want to read: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1890&page=all and the reader comments at the end of the article. Red Hat's changes are not all that severe and are aimed at making the desktop experience in either KDE or Gnome similar and better. I have had zero stability problems, using it since the day it was released. It is possible to return it to a KDE style for those who prefer it with very little effort. gerry