Hi Bruce,


Kubuntu comes out twice a year and what you have is the April 2010 version. It is the most recent long term support version; the next one is 12.04, coming out in April 2012. The "-3" part means it incorporates some security and bug fixes, but I'm not sure what the date code for that is. Each version also has an animal name, but I find them hard to keep track of! The past (April 2011) was Natty Narwhal, current one (October 2011) is Oneiric Ocelot, with Precise Pangolin coming in April 2012.



It would not be a good idea to go to an earlier version (less secure, more bugs), but if you get your hands on a disk from a prior one you can certainly install it. You'll almost certainly lose all your work and have to start over with a clean slate.



If you want to know your version type "cat /etc/issue" or "uname -a" at a command prompt (terminal).


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On Feb 18, 2012 4:01 PM, "Bruce Bales" <bbales@cox.net> wrote:

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Bruce Bales wrote:
> I installed Kubuntu 10.04-3. How do I learn what version of KDE I
> have? Seems logical
> that the numbers are stored somewhere in a file. Would the 10.04-3
> numbers be somewhere
> in a file?

If you mean the Kubuntu version, it is in the file "/etc/issue". If you
regularly run updates, it should now be version 10.04.4. OTOH, if you
actually mean the KDE version, there is an option in the help menu of
all KDE applications.

> Is it possible to downgrade to another earlier version of KDE?

No, not really. You could only install a previous Kubuntu version.
However those versions prior to 10.04 are no longer supported.


Nils

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On 02/18/2012 03:34 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:

Bruce Bales wrote:

I installed Kubuntu 10.04-3. How do I learn what version of KDE I
have? Seems logical
that the numbers are stored somewhere in a file. Would the 10.04-3
numbers be somewhere
in a file?

If you mean the Kubuntu version, it is in the file "/etc/issue". If you
regularly run updates, it should now be version 10.04.4. OTOH, if you
actually mean the KDE version, there is an option in the help menu of
all KDE applications.


Is it possible to downgrade to another earlier version of KDE?

No, not really. You could only install a previous Kubuntu version.
However those versions prior to 10.04 are no longer supported.


Nils

If you simply want the information without having to find a file, simply
open up a KDE application, go to Help on the toolbar, then "About KDE".
This should give you the correct KDE version towards the top-left of the
window.


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2012/2/18 Bruce Bales <bbales@cox.net>

I installed Kubuntu 10.04-3. *How do I learn what version of KDE I have? *Seems logical

that the numbers are stored somewhere in a file. *Would the 10.04-3 numbers be somewhere

in a file?



Is it possible to downgrade to another earlier version of KDE? *If so, Where could I find

instructions for how to do it?

bruce

It's not recommended to downgrade KDE. If you doesn't like KDE4 look&feel, you may try some of the KDE themes, Gnome, or even Unity.

I recommend you to do exactly the opposite: instead of downgrading, upgrade it. Open up Software Properties and enable "Security" and "Update" Repositories. Doing so, you'll get both security and bug fixes past 10.04-3. If you're brave of heart , you can enable also Backports Repository, and get several new packages not included with Kubuntu Lucid, but made available to Natty and/or Oneiric, the following versions.


But if you really have the guts , install Kubuntu PPA: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/backports
These will give you the new versions of KDE. I use them on most of my Kubuntu machines.


Answering one of your questions: which version ships with Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx? Lucid ships with KDE 4.2. You can check it with "apt-cache policy kdebase-runtime". You can also open any KDE app (e.g. konsole), and go Help >> About KDE.


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On 02/18/2012 08:15 PM, José Queiroz wrote:




2012/2/18 Bruce Bales <bbales@cox.net>


I installed Kubuntu 10.04-3. *How do I learn what version of
KDE I have? *Seems logical

that the numbers are stored somewhere in a file. *Would the
10.04-3 numbers be somewhere

in a file?



Is it possible to downgrade to another earlier version of KDE?
*If so, Where could I find

instructions for how to do it?

bruce




It's not recommended to downgrade KDE. If you doesn't like
KDE4 look&feel, you may try some of the KDE themes, Gnome,
or even Unity.



I recommend you to do exactly the opposite: instead of
downgrading, upgrade it. Open up Software Properties and
enable "Security" and "Update" Repositories. Doing so, you'll
get both security and bug fixes past 10.04-3. If you're brave
of heart , you can enable also Backports Repository, and get
several new packages not included with Kubuntu Lucid, but made
available to Natty and/or Oneiric, the following versions.



But if you really have the guts , install Kubuntu PPA: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/backports

These will give you the new versions of KDE. I use them on
most of my Kubuntu machines.



Answering one of your questions: which version ships with
Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx? Lucid ships with KDE 4.2. You can
check it with "apt-cache policy kdebase-runtime". You can also
open any KDE app (e.g. konsole), and go Help >> About
KDE.






Thanks to all of you.* I got some good answers and may get things
going again.

bruce



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