Wednesday, October 10, 2001, 6:50:51 PM, Russell wrote: RS> I can tell you for a fact that since I tried Ximian, I've had nothing RS> but trouble with version issues and package mismatches. Getting rid of RS> it is quite challenging too. Ok so I should go for Gnome then? What does Debian ships with, I got a strange desktop with a icon in my top left corner, and 3 in my top right corner?
What is my next step then? I want a good clean useful desktop, which is easy to maintain and update, is there such one? I have just installed Potato, what is the next step? Should I upgrade the hole system, or just bits? And most important, how do I upgrade the system, and install Gnome? RS> Evolution on the other hand, is quite useable. I've used it now for RS> about 3 months for both work and personal email and have had only a few RS> problems. RS> So, I'll back Bruce by saying - skip Ximian. RS> Russell RS> On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 12:49, Bruce Stephens wrote: >> S�ren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> [...] >> >> > I would like to use the Ximian Desktop, and try out Evolution, is >> > this a good idea (is it stable, pros and cons)? >> >> People have, in the past, found problems with mixing in Ximian (then >> Helix) things---some of the names and versions of packages confused >> things, and random (gtk-related) stuff would break. >> >> Why specifically Ximian? Debian unstable tracks GNOME pretty >> well---personally I stick with that. >> >> > I have heard that Red Carpet on Debian, is a frontend for apt, is >> > that correct? >> >> No idea. -- Med venlig hilsen/Best regards, S�ren Neigaard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
