openSUSE users have another reason to rejoice. KDE 4.8.2 packages are now available in the KR48 repos.
According to openSUSE blog, "KDE packages for openSUSE, including Qt 4.8.1, are ready in the KR48 repo. This release is supposed to solve issues with nepomuk/virtuoso-t consuming a lot of CPU and does of course include a lot of other bugfixes. Unfortunately the mail loss bug that appeared with KDEPIM 4.8.1 in combination with a “pipe through” filter was not fixed. I guess more feedback and a devel who can re-produce the issue is needed."
You can easily upgrade to KDE 4.8.2 by adding these two repos to your repositories
openSUSE 12.1
Core packages: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1/
Extra: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_open...
openSUSE 11.4
Core packages: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_11.4/
Extra: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_open...
Don't forget to remove all repos from the Updated Apps only section (UpdatedApps/Extra) if you are going to use KR48.
openSUSE has an excellent wiki for upgrading instructions. Check out the wiki if you are new to openSUSE.
Swapnil Bhartiya
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