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The KDE 4 series has begun with the release of 4.0. It is the start of something amazing.

If you want to test KDE 4 without installing packages download the live CD (554MB).

Packages are available for 7.10 (Gutsy) and our development Hardy version. They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3.

Instructions:

• Remove previous KDE 4 packages, they are not compatible (apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data)
• Add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list
• Install kde4-core, note that PPAs aren’t authenticated so you will likely get a warning when installing
• KDE 4 apps should appear in your KDE 3 K-menu or you can run a full session by selecting “KDE 4″ from your login manager.
• To avoid having to start a second X server for a full session install xserver-xephyr and run Xephyr :1 then and run /usr/lib/kde4/bin/startkde in the Xerphyr xterm.

Thanks to stdin for his help with these packages.

Hello Ubuntu developers,

Welcome to Hardy Heron Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.04.

Pre-releases of Hardy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers
and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be
released throughout the Hardy development cycle. The Alpha images are known
to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while
representing a very recent snapshot of Hardy. You can download it here:

  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Kubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Edubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jeos/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu JeOS)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Xubuntu)
  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/gobuntu/releases/hardy/alpha-3/ (Gobuntu)

See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.

Alpha 3 includes several new features that are ready for large-scale
testing.  Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/alpha3 for
information on changes in Ubuntu and
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HardyHeron/Alpha3/Kubuntu for changes in Kubuntu.

This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs.  For a
list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you encounter), please
see: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/alpha3

If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop
Hardy, have a look at the hardy-changes mailing list:

  http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/hardy-changes

We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list
if you're interested in following Ubuntu development. This is a
low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of
approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other
interesting events.

  http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

Enjoy,
--
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team