I've installed qanta.dyne in /dyne/modules with 2.4.2 where it works fine
except that it does not have access to plugins such as Cervisia,
Kompare, and others.

    I'm running Etch with xcfe (previously Gnome) on the host machine
 so I thought I might overcome this
with the magic of 'apt'. However, Quanta was developed for KDE which
results in 
tiny symbols and font on the Etch/xfce system.

    Can anyone suggest a fix ? What is it the Dynebolic/xfce does  
that Etch/xfce does not ?