All you have to do is ask...

For those that donet know you can get XFree86 4.2, Flash, Open Office and 
many other things as Debian packages.

http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~pc99/debian/kde3.html

> I know the feeling.  I have been waiting for KDE3 packages on Debian for 
> some time.  While I don't mind compiling (that is what I do at work where I 
> don't have root), it kind of defeats the purpose of Debian if I have to 
> bypass the package management.

-Derek