Thanks. I'll see about d/l'ing the new KDE then at least for kmail. Perhaps
it's time to go to staroffice for a word processor.
My printer problem wasn't with CUPS, it was with KUPS, eg Mandrakes interface
to it. It crashes when trying to configure a new printer. If the mandrake
printer guru is reading this and wants the traceback, I can send it.
I was able to configure the printer fine with DrakConf, and running it under
CUPS works great, talking to the Linksys printserver just fine. Actually, it
works better and more easily than it did under windows, just another way
Linux works better on the network.
On Sunday 18 February 2001 13:09, Michael O'Henly wrote:
> On Saturday 17 February 2001 20:47, Neal Lippman wrote:
> > 1. Very frequently, I have program crashes, more so that I would have
> > expected for "released software." This occurs in KWord, Konquerer (less
> > often), and KMail (almost every night when I first started using it, for
> > some reason now much less often).
>
> I've been using the 2.1 beta and find Konqueror and Kmail very solid -- in
> fact, Kmail has never even hiccuped (even with mail folders containing as
> many as 6,000 messages). Konqueror still has minor rendering problems, but
> it being worked on agressively and each release shows great improvement.
>
> > 2. KWord has many bugs. For instance, when I select a block of text and
> > try to replace it by typing, delete it with the DEL key, etc, it just
> > plain doesn't work.
>
> KWord is definitely not ready for prime time, IMHO. However, a new text
> widget (originally planned for Qt 3) is being backported for Qt 2 and this
> apparently will give KWord a real boost. Here's an article that talks about
> this...
>
> http://dot.kde.org/982051267/
>
> I can't help with the printer problems, except to note that there have been
> many recent changes to CUPS. Mandrake's printer person reads this list and
> has been very responsive to problems reported here. I'd suggest a single
> post to the list with something specific about your printer problem in the
> subject line.
>
> > Are others having similar problems? Would an upgrade to the beta of kde
> > 2.1 fix this stuff, or is it just as bad?
>
> KDE in general is much improved in 2.1, but it probably won't help much for
> word processing.
>
> M.
