Re: Should I dump Suse?
From: Chris Carlen (crcarle_at_BOGUS.sandia.gov)
Date: 05/20/04
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Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:49:25 -0700
Dave Brown wrote:
> In article <c8ijve01kb0@news3.newsguy.com>, Chris Carlen wrote:
>
>>Let me start by saying that I have been using Linux as a desktop OS for
>>95% of my computing since kernel ver. 1.2.8, Slackware 3.x, before
>>Slackware 95. I learned to use the CLI and administer my system very
>>well, but I also like to work with a GUI.
>>
>>...
>>But I hate what is happening with Suse 9.1 and KDE 3.2.1. I will be
>>installing KDE 3.2.2 tonight, which hopefully will improve it
>>dramatically, and it had better because what I have now is almost
>>completely unuseable!
>>
>>The majority of the trouble seems to center on Konqueror and the way KDE
>>handles removable devices. It incessantly hangs and pauses for lengthy
>>...
>
>
> It seems like everything you're complaining about is KDE, not SuSE, and
> more specifically, Konqueror. I can't stand KDE. I'm not crazy about
> Gnome, and the only thing I use its equivalent to Konq, Nautilus, for is
> the mouse-pointer menus (why that's in Nautilus, I have no idea!)
>
> There are so many window managers out there so much more efficient than
> the two "popular" desktops, that anyone with Linux experience should try
> them. I've settled on icewm, but there are a number of others. I still
> have to wait when using a KDE app for the DCOP server to come up (no
> matter that the app ought to be able to run standalone, but that KDE
> architecture for ya!). Gnome apps don't seem to have such
> "codependencies".
>
> I still use RH, but thinking about switching to SuSE. Nonetheless, KDE in
> RedHat wouldn't be any different than what you're experiencing.
>
I was very happy about the fact that Suse 9.1 installed onto my WD
Raptor SATA drive without incident, and seems to be dealing with the
Asus K8V mobo's chipset.
I have had a system that could never use DMA for the past two years.
This new box is a massive improvement in performance.
Good day!
-- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov
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