Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-24 Thread Jason Stephenson
Ben Scott wrote: On 12/21/05, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't mean to turn things into a Gnome-vs-KDE thing, but I'm a KDE guy and options are good. Pick your preference. Awww, c'mon now fellers - make up your minds. Is it Gnome vs. KDE, or KDE vs. Gnome...? ;->

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-23 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:43:42 -0500 Jon maddog Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have time to keep fiddling with ever-changing installation > > procedures and user interface changes. I want to make money by running my > > business applications on the computer, not play with it like

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I gave up on Red Hat when they went to Blue Curve or whatever. Red Hat never was behind KDE, and in fact was one of the original instigators of GNOME, mostly due to the issues of QT and Trolltech. I think both desktops (KDE and GNOME) have strengths, which is why I do

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Randy Edwards
> From what I have been able to gather, it seems that GNOME is big in the > USA, but over in Europe it looks like KDE rules the desktop, [...] I've found that to be generally true too. Myself, I loved reading Linus' rant

RE: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Richard A Sharpe
l Mullen Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:28 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:42:57 -0500, Chris Brenton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 09:39 -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > > > > > Didn't

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Bill Mullen
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:42:57 -0500, Chris Brenton wrote: > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 09:39 -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > > > > > Didn't SuSE recently decide to switch to GNOME as the default > > > desktop (although continuing to package KDE RPMs and such)? > > SuSe 10 you can go either way. Can't reme

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: > On Wednesday 21 December 2005 09:55 am, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > >>I'm not quite sure on what you mean by "championing", but Ubuntu it in a >>good shape, IMHO. You don't even have to use Kubuntu, just 'apt-get >>install k

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Chris Brenton
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 09:39 -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > > > Didn't SuSE recently decide to switch to GNOME as the default desktop > > (although continuing to package KDE RPMs and such)? SuSe 10 you can go either way. Can't remember if Gnome or KDE is the default selection, but I *thought* it was

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Tom Buskey
On 12/21/05, Christopher Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 02:09:10PM -0500, Michael ODonnell wrote:>>> >  FVWM rules!  ;-)>>>  CTWM !   http://ctwm.free.lp.se/ evilwm! http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/Anything with workspaces except CDE!-- A strong conviction that som

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 02:09:10PM -0500, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > > > FVWM rules! ;-) > > > CTWM ! http://ctwm.free.lp.se/ evilwm! http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/ -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
> FVWM rules! ;-) CTWM ! http://ctwm.free.lp.se/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Scott
On 12/21/05, Michael ODonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't mean to turn things into a Gnome-vs-KDE thing, but >> I'm a KDE guy and options are good. Pick your preference. > > Awww, c'mon now fellers - make up your minds. > Is it Gnome vs. KDE, or KDE vs. Gnome...? ;-> Neither. FV

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Michael ODonnell
>I don't mean to turn things into a Gnome-vs-KDE thing, but >I'm a KDE guy and options are good. Pick your preference. Awww, c'mon now fellers - make up your minds. Is it Gnome vs. KDE, or KDE vs. Gnome...? ;-> I'm somehow reminded me of that scene in The Blues Brothers' movie where that

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 09:55 am, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > I'm not quite sure on what you mean by "championing", but Ubuntu it in a > good shape, IMHO. You don't even have to use Kubuntu, just 'apt-get > install kubuntu-desktop' on Ubuntu proper. > > Sarunas I seem to recall reading that Ub

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > On Wednesday 21 December 2005 06:54 am, Bob Bell wrote: > >>On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:59:56PM -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: >> >>>I have been choosing SuSE because I like KDE. The desktop >>>makes sense to me, and it runs all

RE: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Richard A Sharpe
MAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:11 AM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros On 12/21/05, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have compiled KDE from source, which may be my only option in t

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Ben Scott
On 12/21/05, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have compiled KDE from source, which may be my only option in the > future. Who is championing KDE at the moment? I gave up on Red Hat > when they went to Blue Curve or whatever. I'm not sure what you mean by "championing". Certainly,

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Bell
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 09:39:53AM -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > I don't have time to keep fiddling with ever-changing installation > procedures and user interface changes. I want to make money by running > my business applications on the computer, not play with it like a toy. > >I have

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 06:54 am, Bob Bell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:59:56PM -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > > I have been choosing SuSE because I like KDE. The desktop > > makes sense to me, and it runs all my business applications without > > a fuss. > > Didn't SuSE recently dec

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Randy Edwards
> > I have been choosing SuSE because I like KDE. The desktop makes > > sense to me, and it runs all my business applications without a fuss. > Didn't SuSE recently decide to switch to GNOME as the default desktop > (although continuing to package KDE RPMs and such)? That's what I was

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-21 Thread Bob Bell
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:59:56PM -0500, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: I have been choosing SuSE because I like KDE. The desktop makes sense to me, and it runs all my business applications without a fuss. Didn't SuSE recently decide to switch to GNOME as the default desktop (although continuing t

RE: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-20 Thread Richard A Sharpe
L PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:58 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros On Monday 19 December 2005 7:06 pm, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Just a query to the group, I was thin

RE: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-20 Thread Richard A Sharpe
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:00 PM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros On Monday 19 December 2005 07:06 pm, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Just a query to the group, I was thinking of putting a Linux Distro > on my HP Laptop and was wondering ho

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-20 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Monday 19 December 2005 07:06 pm, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Just a query to the group, I was thinking of putting a Linux Distro > on my HP Laptop and was wondering how SuSE 10.0 stacks up, the laptop > has wired and wireless LAN DVD/CD/RW 512m memory Athlon 3400 64 bit > cpu. I haven't trie

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-20 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Monday 19 December 2005 7:06 pm, Richard A Sharpe wrote: > Just a query to the group, I was thinking of putting a Linux Distro on my > HP Laptop and was wondering how SuSE 10.0 stacks up, the laptop has wired > and wireless LAN DVD/CD/RW 512m memory Athlon 3400 64 bit cpu. I've got 10.0 running