Ubuntu KDE

[Eric Dunbar]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 04:45:03 -0500, malevolentjelly wrote:
> originally drew me to linux was that in didn't cost any money. I'm
> running an older Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo, not because I am an apple

As a fellow Pismo user (but one who is quite attached to the design of
Apple hardware and software though) may I say, :-).

> keen. My only gripe has been sluggish gtk2/gnome. Perhaps I don't
> understand gnome or how to customize it. I am not sure, but I had no
> problem gouging out all of KDE's visual effects for a smooth and
> complete desktop environment. Am I the only one using KDE for speed and
> form? I'd use XFCE... but I only have one mouse button... and my pinky
> finger would get tired.

Two comments:
1. You can turn on hardware acceleration in your Pismo (you've got 8
MB ATIRage3D video in there). About a month -- perhaps two -- ago
there was a discussion on YellowDogLinux's mailing list about how to
activate hardware video acceleration for the Pismo (a newbie turned it
on so it can't be hard).

<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-December/017080.html>
<http://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Aterrasoftsolutions.com+3d+acceleration+pismo&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial>

2. Mouse buttons -- you do know that your F10-F12 buttons double as
mouse buttons (unfortunately <grumble>... I should figure out how to
turn them off some day) and that you can plug in any old USB mouse and
have it work "out of the box"? Throw in an app called "imwheel" and
edit your xorg.conf file and you can use mice which have four or more
real buttons and a scroll wheel for whatever you wish (search the
Ubuntu wiki for imwheel or TurboMouse).

Eric.