From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-99435-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Mh3B2-0008E2-GY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:15:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0DC0E08C5; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay1j.uniserve.ca [216.210.109.128]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90833E08C5 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-9.60.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.60.9] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <purslow@ca.inter.net>) id 1Mh809-0007pa-QQ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:24:51 -0700 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:24:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:24:48 -0400 From: Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4 installation Message-ID: <20090828202448.GA4999@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <445a8b100908280517w73193367v30f92e01b7b1c86@mail.gmail.com> <4A97E6A6.9080501@gmail.com> <445a8b100908280724md845c8bi7e16037aeac7ee9a@mail.gmail.com> <4A97EAF6.8060004@gmail.com> <51852.95198.qm@web65402.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <445a8b100908280841t50bd3e01m1bb6592a17aa2845@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0908280848o3762df5aq6724bb08cfd68008@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0908280848o3762df5aq6724bb08cfd68008@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Sender-Info: purslow@ca.inter.net X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.1 1 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.1 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS X-Archives-Salt: cad8e980-8103-466b-a353-f58a8c9634e1 X-Archives-Hash: a53f82ad74b97625d6cd3225b92f338a 090828 Mark Knecht wrote: >>> KDE3 may be masked before KDE4 is marked arch stable >> Maybe would be better to witch to gnome? > Instead of Gnome consider something like XFCE. > Very lightweight, builds quickly (say < 10 minutes) little disk space. > It has menus like Gnome and KDE. > I also like fluxbox but it's probably too minimal for a committed KDE user. I was a committed KDE user till April, when I tried the latest Fluxbox & haven't looked back: they've done a lot of work to make it useful. I still use a few KDE 3 apps, but am resigned to finding alternatives, if KDE 4.3.1 isn't a distinct improvement on 4.2.1, when I try it in Oct. Besides Fluxbox, I can recommend Xfce's Thunar & Terminal, which I now use regularly. I expect to keep KDE 3.5.9 in my stand-by machine for a long time, but I don't update either box using 'emerge world', so I won't run into serious blocks & masks. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca