AL13N a écrit :
On Thu, 24 May 2012 16:14:27 -0400
Marc Paré<[email protected]> wrote:
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I agree with all Marc's comments, but perhaps he and I aren't typical
(I am almost 70.)
The choice of Window Decorations: I don't like the Oxygen theme
either, but it is the KDE standard. Plastik is one of my favorites as
well.
The Cursor theme: Once again, this is standard. I have changed to the
blue version of Marc's White Glass.
Nepomuk: I am using XFCE. I hate KDE's attempts to cover the screen
with information popups. I set aside .75 of a Gig for a Home Directory
in my test setup, running KDE. 630 MB of it is used up in hidden
directories, with 149 MB in Akonadi. Long gone are the days when a
whole distro would fit in 2 GB. When I do switch to KDE,
indexing makes startup take about as long as in Windows. That should
make the team at KDE happy!
Actually I too am of the same-ish opinion:
A. I don't like oxygen theme as well
B. Cursor theme blends too well indeed
C. Nepomuk, i often do stuff, and /home becomes huge, i don't really
need/want indexing. i wouldn't know what benefits it could have...
usually, i know where something is, and in the rare event that i lost
something, it could very well be on other PCs, so a find will do at that
time.
unless it also indexes the email and makes email searches faster, i won't
need it.
I have similar opinions as well.
I haven't yet had time to download mga2, but
* for window decorations, I use the "Mist" theme with "Simple" borders,
which is the simplist I found on Gnome. (don't know if there is
something equivalent on KDE.)
I also use a plain background.
* for the cursor theme, I have long used redglass, a cousin of
whiteglass. I increase the size and transparency a bit. (Red is more
visible than white, although I would prefer something like orange or
green if it were available.) I agree with Marc that the shadow is a bit
strong, but it is way better than the default pointer.
* I've tried KDE in the past and found it too heavy, and with the recent
Gnome changes I'm leaning toward LXDE.
* for Indexing, it is wasted on me as well. It just takes up space and
slows processing. So I always disable/uninstall it.
I organize my computer for how I use information. If I can't find
something right away, I use the (Gnome) search engine, but that is
probably less than once a week.
And email searches are fast, since I filter my email by correspondant.
BTW, to reassure Doug, I don't think age per se has anything to do with
it. I like simple, clear, elegant and functional. For the dancing dog,
there is always Microsoft.
--
André
