Amarok 2.0 released Can I install over top of amarok 1.4?

[Robert Smits]

On December 12, 2008 11:05:19 am Robert Smits wrote:
> On December 11, 2008 12:09:20 pm Robert Smits wrote:
>
> Thanks to those of you who replied to my earlier message, telling me I
> could install Amarok 2 in a KDE 3 environment.
>
> Next question is can I just install it over top my existing KDE3 Amarok 1.4
> or do I need to treat it as a completely new install, set up mysql, etc.
>
> Bob.

Well, I went ahead and installed in my my opensuse 11.0 system, which had both 
KDE3 and KDE4 desktops, although I use KDE3.5 more than 4 for now. 

I play much of my material over my nfs network and Amarok 2.0 handles this 
MUCH better than Amarok 1.4. No hangups and lockups. 

I wasn't too crazy about the three pane setup, but as I learned new ways to do 
old things, it grew on me. 

I think for now, I'll stick to 1.4, but you've definitely made some 
improvements and I'll be back.

One thing that I did discover afterward  was that my Amarok 1.4 setup was now 
hosed. I don't know if it was caused by installed 2.0 on the same KDE3 
desktop or because I had also added KDE4 a week previously. And when I say 
hosed, my mysql collection settings were gone, I was using yuapp instead of 
xine, etc. 


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bob at rsmits.ca