Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-21 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will write the article, pass it past my friend for his o.k. on accuracy and some URLs, and when I get it posted I will let you know. md After watching a couple Google Tech Talks from the KDE4 Release Event, I

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Hi, I have a friend who works on KDE a lot. I had a chat with him last night about some of the issues that have been mentioned here, and I am going to write about our conversation in my LinuxProMagazine blog. But since Greg has found out some things, and made the comment about Gee it would be

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a friend who works on KDE a lot. I had a chat with him last night about some of the issues that have been mentioned here, and I am going to write about our conversation in my LinuxProMagazine blog. Thanks

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-14 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
I will write the article, pass it past my friend for his o.k. on accuracy and some URLs, and when I get it posted I will let you know. md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-13 Thread Greg Rundlett
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg Rundlett wrote: I've been through the upgrade process and I'm still getting used to KDE 4. I'm frustrated by not being able to have a customized panel with direct launchers for all my favorite applications. For

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Mark Komarinski
On 11/12/2008 02:44 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: Anyone done it yet? Any, Your system wont work for 3 days while you frack with it gotchas? I had plain Ubuntu installed on my laptop and desktop. I think I chose the wrong mirror for the laptop and it told me there were no packages to

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/12/2008 02:44 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: Anyone done it yet? Any, Your system wont work for 3 days while you frack with it gotchas? Upgrading my desktop was quite painless - we have a local mirror, so it was

Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
Anyone done it yet? Any, Your system wont work for 3 days while you frack with it gotchas? And most importantly, when the upgrade to KDE 4.1 happens, can you get compiz back? -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Greg Rundlett
I've been through the upgrade process and I'm still getting used to KDE 4. I'm frustrated by not being able to have a customized panel with direct launchers for all my favorite applications. For that matter, although I generally keep a clean desktop, I don't like the fact that KDE4 won't let me

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Greg Rundlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: both my systems use nvidia or ati cards that are not supported yet (although they were supported under kde 3.x) WTF does KDE have to do with one's video card? Isn't that the X server's job? Linux gets closer and

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Greg Rundlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: both my systems use nvidia or ati cards that are not supported yet (although they were supported under kde 3.x) WTF does KDE have to do with one's video

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After hearing about it, I did some research. It looks like KDE4 is using some OpenGL which some drivers have 'pretty big emotional issues' over. I'll let you know if I encounter any issues Greg. What's your card, and

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Greg Rundlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been through the upgrade process and I'm still getting used to KDE 4. Yea, I tried 4.0 when it came out, and reverted back to 3.x as I didn't feel it was up to par quite yet. I was hoping 4.1 did some catching up.

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone done it yet? Any, Your system wont work for 3 days while you frack with it gotchas? And most importantly, when the upgrade to KDE 4.1 happens, can you get compiz back? I am.. Underwhelmed.. I've never seen

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Thomas Charron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone done it yet? Any, Your system wont work for 3 days while you frack with it gotchas? And most importantly, when the upgrade to KDE 4.1

Re: Update (K)Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

2008-11-12 Thread Brian Chabot
Greg Rundlett wrote: I've been through the upgrade process and I'm still getting used to KDE 4. I'm frustrated by not being able to have a customized panel with direct launchers for all my favorite applications. For that matter, although I generally keep a clean desktop, I don't like the