Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:12:37 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>   
>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 19:31:27 Peter Humphrey wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sunday 06 September 2009 10:49:13 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>>       
>>>> One thing [kde:4] definitely is not, is the next evolution of KDE-3.
>>>> Comparisons with KDE-3 are going result in disappointment
>>>>         
>>> Well, that seems to condemn v4 out of hand :-) . If it can't compare
>>> favourably with its predecessor, what's it doing there at all?
>>>       
>> Read the post again. I said nothing about favourable, unfavourable or
>> anything else like that.
>>
>> I only said that KDE4 is not KDE3 (doh...) so if you run KDE4 thinking
>> you are going to get something like KDE3 you are going to be
>> disappointed. It is not like KDE3, it is not built on KDE3, it is not an
>> evolution of KDE3. It is different, and stands on it's own. Comparisons
>> with KDE3 are unfair, sort of like comparing you with your father is
>> unfair.
>>     
>
> The way I read your words is equally valid. If I compare a later version 
> with its predecessor I don't expect to be disappointed.
>
>   
>>> I'm working quite hard at getting used to it (it's even the default
>>> grub choice), but it's uphill all the way.
>>>       
>> Um, dude.... grub selects a kernel. Or an OS. But never a DE.
>> The dm does that.
>>     
>
> Depends how you have it set up. On this box I have two separate 
> installations: one with kde:3 and one with kde:4. I select the one I want 
> with grub entries.
>
>   

Could you post your grub.conf?  I'd like to see how you do that. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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