Concerns regarding Ubuntu 9.04

[Amichai Rotman]

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On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 20:36, Mike McGinn <mikemcginn at mcginnweb.net> wrote:

>
> On Thursday 04 June 2009 13:23:44 marc wrote:
> > Amichai Rotman said:
> >
> > Please switch off HTML.
> >
> > I'm a long time kde user who has switched to gnome due to the kde4/9.04
> > clusterfuck.
> >
> > I disliked gnome intensely, I still dislike the gnome registry - a
> > triumph of conservative control-freakery over imagination and common
> > sense, but I digress - so it wasn't an obvious choice, and I tried quite
> > a few others before settling on gnome.
> >
> > The fact is that despite its very obvious shortcomings, gnome, with
> > judicious use of compiz (see compizconfig-settings-manager), offers very
> > similar control to kde.
> >
> > The clincher for me, though, is gnome do. This application pours salt on
> > kde4's wounds, and offers control far beyond what kde is currently
> > offering.
> >
> > Another nice touch is a package to revert the horrible new notification
> > system.
> >
> > I can't vouch for your hardware, but I have far less issues in gnome; for
> > one, bluetooth works for me; it just crashes all the time in kde.
> >
> > I agree with you about kcontrol, but I think that sums up where the kde
> > folk lost the plot. Perhaps they'll find it again.
> >
> > In the meantime, just install gnome-desktop - no need to reinstall - and
> > hold your nose. Once you get into it, you might find you like it. It sure
> > beats thumping your head against the wall day after day with kde4. And
> > you can keep using all your favourite kde apps too, I do.
> >
> > --
> > Best,
> > Marc
> >
> > "Change requires small steps."
>
>
> I concur fully (though I have not tried compiz -- yet), I went back to 8.10
> and I am using gnome. I use two KDE applications (Kontact and Konsole) and
> they both run quite nicely under gnome. I have my desktop looking the way I
> like it (I switched the top and bottom panels -- among other things) and I
> just might stay with the gnome desktop. I am considering migrating to
> Evolution, but having to set up all my mail filters again seems too daunting
> right now,
>
>
> I find that Konsole is much more configurable than the gnome terminal, so I
> will never be switching from that. I do most of my work on the command line.
>
>
You could try either Yakuake (if you want to stick to a KDE app), or the
almost-as-good Gnome app Tilda.

Amichai.

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