Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 22:31:19 +0100 From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] kde 2.21
neil barnes wrote: > Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 08:55:50 > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] kde 2.21 > > >> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:27:35 +0100 >> From: Paul Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [LIB] kde 2.21 >> >> I did this two weeks ago on my L100 with 64M RAM. I did it to remove >> all the exception-handling etc. It took roughly 2 days worth of >> compiling, with QT being the worst. At the end of the day it works > > > It's getting there - two days in and I had a working desktop though I > haven't finished all the installation yet. I already had QT installed - > that was about nine hours on its own... > > I don't know how fast this will be yet - it's hard to tell when the > machine is still trying to compile in another session! > >> well, and 2.2.1 is much faster than 2.0 which was supplied with Mandrake >> 7.x... > > > 2.0 didn't appear till either 7.2 or 8.0; 1.2 was the M7.1 offering. > It's not bad, but a lot of modern stuff needs later libraries. Shucks. I've had it on 7.2 for ages. >> >> Now installing Mandrake 8.1 on my wife's PC (not a Lib - sorry) after >> she looked at the Windows XP system requirements and said "Buy another >> PC? No chance. I *will* learn linux now.". Wish me luck... > > > I don't think you'll have a problem...Anita is quite happy with > mandrake/kde2 She is quite pleased with the result, especialy as it didn't crash in 12 hours of use, which she says windows never managed. > Don't suppose you're in London on 9th or 15th december? Unlikely, I'm afraid. I'm near Heathrow on the 6th November, in Amsterdam 12-14th November and probably in Los Angeles on 27-30 November. I'm sure I could fit a beer in if anyone is around in those cities at those times :-) > Neil > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > -- Paul Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://paulbristow.net ICQ: 11965223 ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
