for what its worth, and to documennt it, I installed kde with no problems (apart from a largish download) on ubuntu. The downloads are of a size that I doubt that vatsala on his modem can have downloaded all the necessary packages. I cannot recall now how big it was, but it took in the order of hours at 1 MB/minute in 128k jetstream. [1]
I simply changed something in the /etc/apt/sources.list and went sudo apt-get kde then i was able to log in to kde by chosing it from "sessions" in the login screen. Having said that, i have developed a bit of a liking for gnome...funny what you get used to when forced! [1] I did this from an install from the ubuntu pre-release CD - the one I gave to several people a few meetings ago (the volker /jim meeting). However I cannot imagine that the result will be any different on the release version. On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:11:57 +1300 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I first started with Linux a very helpful poster reminded me that it is > unreasonable to expect to be proficient with a new OS in such a short time. > After all, your Windows experience has been gained over a much longer > period. > > While computing principles are common, OS'es are very different. > > I struggled a little at first but now I do not use Windows at all at home. > > As you have said many times. Be Patient. > > Regards, > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: eBhakta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2004 9:22 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ubuntu problem... > > Umm... > > But the "problem" extends further than here... -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
