> Sad but Kubuntu decided to drop KDE 3.5 and move strictly to 4.x.
> Will have to move back to my once-favorite Debian-unstable.
As noted in the final announce, if you want to stick with KDE 3 then do stay with 8.04
(Hardy).
Hardy was intended as a stable-and-boring release, Intrepid is a cutting-edge-exciting
release. There is no automatic upgrade offered for this reason. Use whichever it right for
you.