[CS-FSLUG] The new iMac G5. Now shipping with Tiger.

[Fred A. Miller]

On Tuesday 17 May 2005 7:33 pm, Timothy Butler wrote:
> > I most certainly hope otherwise, I can't stand what Gnome has done! I
>
> 	Well, I'm not trying to start a GNOME/KDE war. Both are inadequate. I
> happen to think that GNOME is on a better course than KDE, but that is
> up for debate. What I can say is that if all of the developers were
> working in a unified manner, we'd get a lot more done.

I'd agree with your last sentance. ;)

> > guess you haven't seen the configuration editor in Gnome styled after
> > the Windows registry and regedit system, and what about that spacial
>
> 	Yeah... gconf_edit. No big deal. GNOME's configuration system is the
> same as KDE's is basic style, all GNOME did was provide a familiar
> interface to edit hidden stuff with. If you prefer, you can edit the
> XML files, just like in KDE to get to such features.
>
> > nautilus? Who wants hundreds of nautilus windows opened as they
> > navigate through their file system, its a real pain to have to close
> > the window from the previous folder every time you go into a sub
> > folder. Some people claim that the spacial view in Nautilus can be
> > disabled but I tried Gnome no more than two months ago and I couldn't
> > find instructions on how to disable it fast enough. All my experiences
>
> 	You can disable it with just a few clicks in gedit_conf or you can get
> a little "pro config" tool. I cannot remember the info off hand, but it
> was really simple.
>
> > with Gnome were so awful that I don't have the vocabulary to describe
> > it; I don't want any unnecessary contamination from Gnome getting into
> > my favourite desktop environment. I can handle having two desktop
> > environment around, but if there is only one I want it to be
> > exclusively KDE.
>
> 	Admit it, you just don't like GNOME. :-)

Ok......I don't like Gnome. :)

Fred

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