> I just installed ubuntu 8.10 on a new desktop system. Surprised you used 8.10 rather than 8.04-LTS. At the office we are sticking with LTS for the foreseeable future, tho at home we have 8.10; both work fine.
> Is there a gnome-based alternative to KAlarm? > Or should I try running KAlarm under Gnome? Found this but I'm not aware that it would conveniently be in the repositories: http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2187 Probably easier to run Kalarm given you're already familiar. Shouldnt be any problem, assuming you have the dependencies installed (i'd assume you'd use the pkg manager) and you have enough memory. I run apps for both GNOME & KDE under FVWM, no problem. > I believe that there are now alternatives to KMail which allow me to set > a specific sound file as part of a filter. The need for that is why > I've always used KMail. Do you know of an alternative that offers me > this? Do you suggest any specific other email program? Or should I go > ahead and use KMail? Again, it's really up to you - if you like Kmail there shouldnt be any problem running it with GNOME, FVWM, IceWM, whatever. If you like you could certainly do a search as to whether your key feature is supported in Thunderbird - if not in the core, maybe in an extension. /Randall
