25 Dec
2011
25 Dec
'11
6:49 p.m.
On Saturday 24 December 2011 20:33:31 Lisi wrote:
Could it get any worse?? Yes, it could.
:-( I have just decided that as I can't have Trinity on a fresh install
: for
the moment, I should look at KDE 4. After all, perhaps I shouldn't condemn
something out of hand and permanently. Fortunately it is in a VM and
easily removeable. I shall just get rid of the whole VM and start again.
It is GHASTLY. Far worse than I remembered. So, pending the reopening of
the mirrors, I shall have a look at Lubuntu.
Linux Mint is worth a look. I have Mint 11 Debian Edition in a VM, as my work
environment. While I miss some of the KDE3 features, it's a very usable GNOME
2 environment.
Mint 12 is Ubuntu based, but without Unity. it has 3 main options, GNOME 3
with MGSE (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions), regular GNOME 3 and MATE. MGSE is
supposed to give it a similar feel to the old GNOME 2 and MATE is a
continuing GNOME 2 development (Trinity for Gnome?). I have had a quick look
at Mint 12 and it seems nice, but I haven't done more than kick the tyres.
HTH
Neil Youngman