On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:52:10 -0400, David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Lee Elliott writes: > > > I'm on Debian unstable too. Included in the problems I've > > experienced are incorrect panel icons that I can't corrected, > > problems with icons in some Gnome apps, panel entries loosing > > properties after I've set them and an inability to re-configure old > > gnome apps such as gmc, together with the reduced level of control > > and configuration in general. > > I haven't tried gmc for a long time, but otherwise, I'm not seeing > these problems. It might be that something is screwed up in your > installation, perhaps some left-over crud. Try setting up a new > account and logging into it, and see if you have the problems with > icons and lost properties there as well. > > > Personally, I hope that the Gnome and KDE teams never merge because > > monocultures are never a good thing. As long as they each make > > sure their own stuff works with the other's environment, which in > > general it does, I'm happier with them going their own ways. > > I think I'd be happier seeing both as competing flavours within a > single desktop environment. There will never be a monoculture as long > as we have alternatives like ratpoison. > > apt-get install ratpoison > > if you've never tried it -- you'll never have a cleaner desktop. ..I leave KDE, Galeon, Sylpheed and Xmms running for weeks, only locking the screen when I leave. I do logout on major KDE updates, and reboots only on power failures and new kernels. ..for my old boxes, I like Fluxbox, like in http://damnsmalllinux.org/ fits nicely on a credit card sized cd. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
