ausmuso
Jul 7th 2008, 09:04 AM
I've been a long-time Linux user. KDE has been my desktop of choice since
1999 although lately I have been using GNOME a bit more often. In recent years
I have been moving backwards and forwards between Ubuntu / GNOME and
OpenSuSE / KDE.
I've come to value Ubuntu as a rock-solid distro that needs very little work before
it'll do what you want. The thing is, I feel more comfortable with KDE and especially
those applications based on it like KMail, Konqueror and Kate.
I thought Kubuntu Hardy Heron would be a good opportunity to try KDE4.0
so I now have it running on my machine. Installation was a total breeze, no problems
in hardware or internet detection, also the proprietary NVidia driver worked first up.
Having got it running, though, it seems Kubuntu / KDE4 is very much a work in progress,
I keep running into funny quirks and irritants.
Several KDE system settings require root access. My KDE 3.5.7 simply asks me for
the administrator password whenever I have to adjust time and date or do
similar things. This doesn't happen with this Kubuntu KDE4, nor can I log in as root.
My trusted "Ubuntu Hacks" handbook tells me I can create a root user by defining a
root password. I tried this only to have Kubuntu tell me "root login not permitted".
I overcame the obstacle by opening a console and sudoing SystemSettings that way.
Seems a complicated way of doing it.
Autologin doesn't seem to work. I could set it up OK but now I get the message
"autologin authentification failed" at every boot-up.
KMail is KDE's preferred email client. It's in there and it works fine but it isn't
shown on my KMenu.
I hate doubleclicking my mouse . . . it's soooo Windows! System Settings gives you
the option to set the mouse to single clicking, but this has no effect, the double click is still there.
I don't like wallpaper on my desktop. However, the option NOT to have wallpaper seems
to have disappeared. I can change wallpapers, but it seems I must have them.
It seems I have to do more downloading to get some icons, screensavers and themes I
like but I've reached my monthly download limit so this will have to wait.
I know you can get any Linux distro to do what you want eventually. The thing is, can I
be bothered putting in the extra work? The jury is still out at this stage. Meanwhile I'm
back with OpenSuSE 10.3 and KDE 3.5.7
1999 although lately I have been using GNOME a bit more often. In recent years
I have been moving backwards and forwards between Ubuntu / GNOME and
OpenSuSE / KDE.
I've come to value Ubuntu as a rock-solid distro that needs very little work before
it'll do what you want. The thing is, I feel more comfortable with KDE and especially
those applications based on it like KMail, Konqueror and Kate.
I thought Kubuntu Hardy Heron would be a good opportunity to try KDE4.0
so I now have it running on my machine. Installation was a total breeze, no problems
in hardware or internet detection, also the proprietary NVidia driver worked first up.
Having got it running, though, it seems Kubuntu / KDE4 is very much a work in progress,
I keep running into funny quirks and irritants.
Several KDE system settings require root access. My KDE 3.5.7 simply asks me for
the administrator password whenever I have to adjust time and date or do
similar things. This doesn't happen with this Kubuntu KDE4, nor can I log in as root.
My trusted "Ubuntu Hacks" handbook tells me I can create a root user by defining a
root password. I tried this only to have Kubuntu tell me "root login not permitted".
I overcame the obstacle by opening a console and sudoing SystemSettings that way.
Seems a complicated way of doing it.
Autologin doesn't seem to work. I could set it up OK but now I get the message
"autologin authentification failed" at every boot-up.
KMail is KDE's preferred email client. It's in there and it works fine but it isn't
shown on my KMenu.
I hate doubleclicking my mouse . . . it's soooo Windows! System Settings gives you
the option to set the mouse to single clicking, but this has no effect, the double click is still there.
I don't like wallpaper on my desktop. However, the option NOT to have wallpaper seems
to have disappeared. I can change wallpapers, but it seems I must have them.
It seems I have to do more downloading to get some icons, screensavers and themes I
like but I've reached my monthly download limit so this will have to wait.
I know you can get any Linux distro to do what you want eventually. The thing is, can I
be bothered putting in the extra work? The jury is still out at this stage. Meanwhile I'm
back with OpenSuSE 10.3 and KDE 3.5.7