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I didn't like Mandriva 2011 so I've downloaded Mageia dual for the 64-bit. Things didn't go all that smooth, FYO the default GUI a user ends up with doesn't want to change. I've got something I don't like, I can only get KDE with a clean install. I could delete the settings but I their doesn't seem to be much choice in the themes yet.

I'm a little confused. Did you upgrade an existing Mandriva installation and if so what version.

If it was an upgrade nothing of KDE got upgraded as it's not on the CD. So setup your repositories and in a console as root do

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urpmi --auto-update

If it was a clean installation again setup your repositories and do

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urpmi task-kde4

thanks but I used to be able to work the command line but not now my typing is all missed letters, multiple letters, typo's etc...When my symptems be came obvious I quit work
Sorry the spellchecker is disabled

I've done a clean install of Mandriva-64 2010 the last packaged DVD I've got. I then upgraded with the Mageia Duo, as Mageia doesn't contain on the CD the KDE sources I won't get much of a GUI but a least the spell-checker works. If I get a 'full set of sources' and check all the boxes will I get a KDE GUI.


I like the thought of the distribution's being under 700MB my first OS was DRDos and on three floppies.

Doing a clean install helps reduce the cruft, and if you can go that way, it's probably a better path, but, opinions differ.

Most of your KDE stuff is going to be in a directory called .kde4
You should see it if you type (you need the a):
ls -la

...then, it's a matter of initializing each program, exiting the program, and then overwriting the important files with your own data....eg:
cp /mnt/old/home/you/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.* /home/you/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/

You'll notice some things change, like going from kde3 to kde4, the directories change, like .kde4 is now the new location for stuff that was in .kde

...and you'll notice some applications have upgraded as well, for example, in Mageia2 Alpha, you have ~/.kde4/share/apps/kmail2 instead of ~/.kde4/share/apps/kmail

Sometimes installers miss stuff, so manually, you catch what got missed, although it takes more time

2011 Mandriva did a whole bunch of new experimental stuff, so it shouldn't be a surprise if you likely ran into problems trying to convert to Mageia