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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've decided to stop using KDE after yrs of use... given that gentoo |
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> compiles everything from scratch, its just getting to much time lost |
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> jacking around with kde during upgrades. |
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> But also I'd forgotten what the oldtime linux desktops were like. |
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> fvwm was the main one in use when I started circa 1997. |
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> I see blackbox is even a bit more stark... but since I am mainly |
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> command line oriented it doesn't present a problem. |
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> ... |
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I don't know if you have all the KDE stuff installed, because that |
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does take ages, and pulls in the whole KDE kitchen sync. When I |
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install kde I emerge kdesktop (or startkde, cant remember now) and let |
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it pull all its dependencies. This normally results in a very cut down |
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kde - no sound mixer, games, kmail, moonphase applets, etc. (a lot |
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less time spent updating) |
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Or try WindowMaker, I used to use it and I'm still very fond of it. |
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Regards |
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Dirk |
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