[Gloucs] KDE problems.

[Anthony Edward Cooper]

Interesting, many thanks for your observations :-). I shall leave the
switch over to when I have time and the inclination. However the thought
of going back to gnome :-( - yuck...... Ho hum nothing is ever simple.

Cheers,

Tony.

> I use my computer for various purposes,  but  I find KDE4 to be a
> hindrance.
> My son has already declared for Gnome !
>
> My main gripe is too much distracting eye-candy and artistic graphical
> rubbish,  and my inertia in
> finding out how to get rid of it.  That is not what my computer is for.
> On KDE3  I have a plain Desktop of a constant colour,  with a few icons
> and clear labels - just that.
>
> There is undoubtedly some way of simplifying KDE4,  but I have other
> fish to fry.
> I now have to find the best way to get rid of the unwanted wallpaper
> and get back to programming
> ( in Pascal,  LaTeX,  and Postscript )  and swapping keyboard maps
> rather than fighting someone else's graphical  fancies.
>
> I shall attempt to delete all the KDE4 stuff and install KDE3 again.  I
> can cope with _that_ desktop.
>
> Thanks for replies,
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> Anthony Edward Cooper wrote:
>> Being very much a KDE3 fan (not having experienced KDE4 yet) I was
>> wondering, what don't you like about KDE4, 4.2 seems to be very popular.
>> Is it too resource intensive?
>>
>> Tony.
>>
>>
>>> I have just been re-configuring my Toshiba Tecra laptop,  and find that
>>> my favourite KDE3 has recently been replaced by KDE4 ( which I abhor ).
>>>
>>> I have various install disks which carry the preferred KDE3,  but fear
>>> dependency problems if I attempt to  "back- upgrade".
>>>
>>> I had hoped that KDE4 belonged to testing,  and the stable version of
>>> Debian might have been left in peace.
>>>
>>> I may be forced to use Gnome or xfce.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions please.
>>>
>>> Geoff
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