Good Bye Gnome, Hello KDE, I hope

[Tom Achtenberg]

Phil,  I had the same problems with my RH 7.3 box.  It was much less stable than my Windows 98 box!  I finally gave up.  I'm now trying Mandrake 9.1.  It took 4 days and several attempts to get the install completed without errors.  (Found the disk 1 iso on the Hawaii mirror is bad too.)  I haven't had much time to work with it yet, but it has been a disappointment too.  Mandrake update doesn't work to start with.  The whole task bar at the bottom of the screen keeps disappearing too.  Only way to get it back is to log off and log back on.  This same box would run for weeks on Win 98 with no errors.  I have not even tried to connect to my file server or printers yet.  If I cannot do it without manually editing files I'll probably just put Windows back on and forget about Linux for a desktop.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Mattison [mailto:mattison@ohmikron.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:58 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Good Bye Gnome, Hello KDE, I hope


Here's my chance to do a little whining. I've been having problems with both
Gnome and KDE on a development server I have (RH7.3). I hardly ever use
either, but it seems whenever I use either for much more than reading email
the system tends to become unstable, may even crash sometimes, or the disk
gets corrupted and requires repair on the next boot. Not very impressive for
a system reputed to be sooooo stable.
--Phil M.

----- Original Message -----
From: George Gambill <ggambill@computer-guidance.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: Good Bye Gnome, Hello KDE, I hope


> I want to change from Gnome to KDE (RH 8).  I have been lead to believe
> Gnome (at least under LTSP) has a memory leak.
>
> I thought I could insert the RH 8 CD, boot, select upgrade with the
> customize box checked and then down stream a ways (in the screens) select
> (check) KDE with some minor shuck'n and jive'n after the upgrade.  As I go
> through the screens (Tree View), nothing is checked.  I expected to see
the
> existing packages checked.  I canceled.
>
> Is there an easier way?  FWIW, this box happens to be an LTSP server.
This
> is the box I hope to bring to the next InstallFest for demonstration
(LTSP)
> purposes, if that an LTSP demo is deemed worthy.
>
> Thanks
>
> George Wayne Gambill ...  Registered Linux User: #311028
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