Listmates, Installed kde-unstable and it is looking good. A couple of system-settings crashes reported to kde.org (added to the existing bug). One issue that I deal with with Beta 2 on both suse and Arch is the kicker panel not wanting to unhide when running compiz. Sometimes the panel gets "stuck". When you move the cursor to the bottom-edge of the screen, you can see the panel "glow" appear among the bottom edge, but the panel remains stuck. Clicking around on the desktop to force the focus to change to the desktop and then to a window or two generally "unsticks" the panel. I can't figure out what is happening. I have seen this behavior on the 4 kde43 beta2 install I have. Anybody have any ideas on why compiz would cause the plamsa ("kicker") panel to behave like this? One P.S.: In the "Replace" dialog (now at the bottom of the window) of both kate and kwrite, "Does anybody know where the Regular Expression Editor has gone?" -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com