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 ) id 1QR1FE-0004qz-1g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 May 2011 12:06:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A5E21C11A for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 12:06:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA451C071 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 11:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so3555873wyi.40 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=jDj6leYhdi5LA3d4eZoqFdMKbR55Veho5PKGeuUjgeA=; b=pzLn67sOZSjmbYbDeUUnVCOVjNJQIz7ehunn3p6VzxJhq8MCg8Y4EayMHElAW0UMdx TkkI2l7wr+4jrqj1we1Ou3HYdg3qUkYOrF6FSq7rjlV6Xgb1TjMOYTeuaZINej48LkUy yENaskzvlOFFrlnk4z9S/Htoip0wEcIpaug4U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=przI3rHTIrNdHiTnP1JlaJp3ZVWL4KoVfFdUXGbNGffFd8NYfX2f0SgtYU6msQJpHM 4bGYJnCMQRYOStNpxlE/HohUIh/jbOpebSBzQRtBfUK515RsC9ZioQ3MR3icCmNJHVmz Ax/EtEt7H68EEBHCH/VJej05X1txOMxJ4w2ug= Received: by 10.216.229.150 with SMTP id h22mr2352242weq.68.1306755955848; Mon, 30 May 2011 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g4sm2434143weg.12.2011.05.30.04.45.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 30 May 2011 04:45:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I eject an audio CD inside Gnome? Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 12:46:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.37-gentoo-r4; KDE/4.6.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110529204905.GA5736@acm.acm> <20110530101021.GA3749@acm.acm> <201105301233.02522.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201105301233.02522.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2028090.x49P73KDdO"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201105301246.32446.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2b47523cf71e29d923817330ecaf890f --nextPart2028090.x49P73KDdO Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 30 May 2011 11:33:02 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:10 on Monday 30 May 2011, Alan Mackenz= ie > > Can't say I blame you. What's the choice, though? I appreciate the > > spare uncluttered desktop of Gnome. Last time I tried KDE (about 7 yea= rs > > ago) it was anything but uncluttered. I tried XFCE briefly, but couldn= 't > > get it to run stably. Besides, it was missing an application to switch > > between keyboard layouts, something I absolutely need. >=20 > I hear good things about XFCE these days. If you haven't tried it lately, > it might be worth a new look. And you can always write a small script to > change your keyboard layout if there's no gui app. Not as convenient as a > systray icon, but probably a small price to pay if everything else suits > your needs >=20 > There's also other DEs like *box and e17. >=20 > e17 requires a huge mind shift in how you perceive the desktop but once y= ou > get your head around it, it becomes strangely addictive. KDE has changed *significantly* from 7 years ago. It will be a completely = new=20 experience for you and there are a number of LiveCDs/DVDs you can use to tr= y=20 it out and see if it meets your needs. =46luxbox which I have been using for years is ultimately configurable, but= =20 development is not really breathtaking and it does not do compiz or other=20 composite eye-candy. It's fast, but some of its edges are jagged compared = to=20 more modern WMs. e17 is the best desktop for me, because it is extremely light footed, has=20 enough eye candy (if you need that) and it is relatively configurable. Unt= il=20 it becomes stable you'll need to compile it from svn. Alan, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "huge mind shift"? Unless= my=20 mind shifted and wasn't aware of it! :)) =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2028090.x49P73KDdO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk3jg5gACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYtTgCgs75Jt/9lrEdNKPmHsRSuQ0Ge 3lUAoJ5HrAB7emS1knDIeGpylzN4O8Z7 =uV3I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2028090.x49P73KDdO--