If you have troube updating an old VMWare Workstation to the most recent version you might run into trouble if you are using Linux.

When you do:
rpm -Uhv VMware-Workstation-6.5.2-156735.i386.rpm
You might get:
error: Failed dependencies:
VMwareWorkstation conflicts with VMware-Workstation-6.5.2-156735.i386

This can be easily resolved by uninstalling the old version of VMWare Workstation prior to the update. This can be done using your favorite package manager.

Hope this helps
Felix

The discussion around KDE4 vs. KDE3 is old and lengthy, however acute. But is it really?

In the end, the user has got the choice which desktop environment or window manager to use. As this is all open source, the developers of KDE4 had the right to stop developing KDE3 and to shift focus to what they believe to be the right approach. I, as many others, believe they took the wrong approach, but in the end, all this does not matter.
Why?
Because it is open source, meaning, the user can also choose not to put up with KDE4. The open source community has created many alternative products that can easily compete with KDE4. For many users it is senseless to put effort and time into understanding KDE4 until they realize it does not do the job for them. So what are the most common alternatives and their pros and cons?

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