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Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> I got KDE 4.2.1 installed with only a couple of bugs along the way. |
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>> I'm not impressed: there's some eye-candy, but usability is reduced. |
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>> There's a very limited choice of desktop backgrounds: |
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>> I like the 'No picture, pavement' choice in 3.5.10 with different colors, |
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>> but there's nothing similar in 4.2.1 . |
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>> I did something unexpected & froze a new panel -- 1 CPU at 100 % -- |
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>> & managed to get back to "normal" only by deleting ~/.kde4/share . |
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>> Dolphin is pathetic compared with Thunar, let alone Krusader |
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>> (I've never tried Konqueror as a file manager). |
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>> I can't try the new Gwenview, as some of the new files clash with the old |
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>> & I'm certainly not unmerging the KDE 3 version. |
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>> I've gone back to 3.5.10 more or less, but am stuck with 4.2.1's desktop: |
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>> the background, R-click menu & 4.2.1 panel are still there & working |
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>> (no, trying to change it with the 3.5.10 CC has no effect). |
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>> Can anyone suggest what I have to delete to get all of 3.5.10 restored ? |
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>> I have a lot of respect for KDE developers over the past few years, |
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>> but they've badly underestimated the size of their task for KDE 4 . |
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>> Perhaps I should try Xfce 4.6 with some KDE 4 apps ... (smile) |
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> I would suggest totally getting rid of everything KDE3 related before |
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> trying to go KDE4... I also had lots of problems and conflicts with |
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> both installed. Once I got rid of all traces of KDE3 and started |
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> "fresh" with KDE4, it has been working well. |
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I suspect using the kdeprefix USE flag would fix a lot of that. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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