Re: KDE alternatives

On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 10:19 +0100, Margot wrote:
> mschild wrote:
> > just had a quick look on a Ubuntu forum. There are many questions about a 
> > black screen after installing 9.04. Nothing's perfect :-)
> > maryse
> 
> Maryse,
> 
> Rather than abandoning Mandriva - which would be a great shame, as 
> you've already paid for it - have you considered simply abandoning 
> KDE? There are plenty of alternatives you could try instead.
> 
> I've used Xfce since (I think) Mandrake 9.2 - it isn't an option 
> offered at installation time, has to be downloaded afterwards, so I 
> opt for Gnome at installation and use that until I've downloaded & 
> installed all updates and all the packages needed for Xfce.
> 
> As you are limited with your downloading, perhaps my method 
> (installing Xfce from scratch) will not be suitable for you, but you 
> might try installing with Gnome rather than KDE, and actually USING 
> Gnome!
> 
> 
I'd have to 2nd that. I've been using Gnome with 2009.1 since I upgraded
from .0 and have had no issues at all. Also Gnome seems to use fewer
resources and tends to run faster. 

Just my 2cents, YMMV.

Chris

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