[Gloucs] KDE problems.

[Geoff Bagley]

Thanks to all who replied.

I can report that the suggested method worked !  I went back to Lenny,  
deleted all references to KDE,  and re-installed.
It worked - I now have a nice clean functional desktop  (unsuitable for 
artistic people ).

I too would not wish to use Gnome. 
The main advantage would be usability and not having to fight through 
all the layers of eye-candy.
XFCE might be an option.

I need a computer for programming, not for painters and decorators.

I still have the problem that started this "crisis".  My son wants to 
use youtube and all the modern stuff.
It was my attempt to remedy this shortage  (whilst avoiding 
non-Stalman-esque stuff )  that resulted in getting
lumbered with KDE4.

Cheers,

Geoff

Anthony Edward Cooper wrote:
> 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.
>
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