Hi all-
New Fink user. I downloaded the Fink binary installation and then got
XDarwin via Fink. Followed most of the instructions of the wonderful
_Fun With Fink_ guide prepared by Phil Lavigna.
Here's where I'm currently at. I downloaded Gnome and got it to work
(both full screen and rootless). Also got KDE. However, KDE is hit and
miss. I have successfully used it in rootless mode but full screen
hangs up. It also sometimes hangs up when initializing rootless mode. I
know this is a very general description but does anyone have possible
ideas on why KDE might hang up? It generally hangs up after the
"Initialize peripherals" radio button flashes.
As best I recall I used apt-get to get the "kdebase3" package and as
best I can tell, it installed correctly. I would like to be able to use
KDE because it seems that there's a ton more KDE software available
through Fink than Gnome software. However, I've noticed that I can run
KDE programs through Gnome but it takes a long time for the programs to
initialize.
Also, (and this may quickly be exceeding my technical grasp) but is
there any way to get additional software that's not listed in "fink
list" to work with Gnome? When I checked out the applications available
at the Gnome web site it seems that a relatively small fraction of the
Gnome applications are available through Fink. And if there are more
applications available, would I have to compile them myself? That's
something I've never done and see a lot of opportunity for operator
error :)
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Scot
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