How long should KDE take to install?

[Eric "Shubes"]

Andrew Harris wrote:
> I'm running a fresh install of Xubuntu, and I wanted KDE as well as
> Xfce. So I devoted a workspace to synaptic and told it to install
> kubuntu-desktop.
> 
> Now here's the fun part: I did that 24 hours ago. It still says
> "Preparing Packages." WEIRD!!!!

Any CPU/network activity? It shouldn't take *that* long.

> Also: will Synaptic continue running if I close the laptop lid?

That depends on your configuration. Typically, I think that it will
hibernate when the lid is closed.

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-Eric 'shubes'