Debian!

[C M Reinehr]

On Mon 07 February 2011 11:26:53 am Ken Moffat wrote:
> I use gnome or xfce, having avoided kde for many years. I have always found
> it sluggish, and isn't there a licensing issue with the underlying
> libraries?
> Actually, I haven't finished the upgrade, but according to the revamped
> website, gnome is still the default.
> Will post results in a day our two.
>
> --
> Ken

I'm sure it's just a matter of personal taste but I've never cared for Gnome. 
I do use XFCE on a netbook.

As for KDE being sluggish, as long as I'm using dual-core Athlons, etc it's 
not a problem. However, the machine I was talking about has an Atom 
processor, so that may be my problem.

Gnome still is the default but it's possible to do a KDE or XFCE install by 
adding a boot parameter, e.g., desktop=kde, when booting the installer.

Keep us posted!

Thanks,

cmr

> On Feb 7, 2011 8:08 AM, "C M Reinehr" <cmr at amsent.com> wrote:
> > On Sun 06 February 2011 10:22:57 am Ken Moffat wrote:
> >> hmm... started my upgrade process on Debian stable today (home server)
>
> and
>
> >> there is a new release, so 1718 packages are downloading. I wasn't
> >> paying much attention when I started it, so was surprised at the size.
> >> On my rather slow DSL connection that is well over an hour of download
> >> time.
>
> I'm
>
> >> hoping that, since it's the stable version, the upgrade will be
> >> painless. We'll see....
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > What desktop environment do you use? I installed a beta version of
> > Squeeze
>
> a
>
> > few weeks ago & noticed that they've switched to KDE4. I've used KDE 3.x
>
> for
>
> > years but KDE 4.x seems like a completely different environment. It also
> > seemed excruciatingly slow on startup (user login).
> >
> > Would be very interested in your thoughts & observations.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > cmr
> >
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