Alan Pope wrote: > 2008/11/8 alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I have just tried kubuntu 8.10 Live CD for the first time and I am >> deeply troubled by what I find. >> > > I just booted Kubuntu 8.10 on my Dell XPS laptop and it seemed quite > nice. I'm no fan of KDE but I can see how it might appeal to someone > looking at XP or Vista alternatives. Everything seemed to work on my > hardware and the screen resolution was correctly set. I only had it up > and running for half an hour to poke about. > > I keep threatening to switch to KDE for at least one whole development > cycle of Ubuntu - so that's 6 months at least. I'd like to try it out > and see if it could work for me as a standard desktop OS. It would > also give me the opportunity to be able to support Kubuntu users - > which at the moment I can't do because I have very little clue about > KDE. > > Sorry to hear you are having problems with Kubuntu Alan, and I hope > you can take time out to diagnose the issues and perhaps file bugs > against the relevant packages, or ask specific questions here so we > can help you get the systems up and running.
It seems that some problems are associated with xorg and its (now) lack of visible configuration. I could usually stumble in the right direction when xorg.conf was meaningful, even using vi, but I am quite lost in the current situations, with the minimal xorg.conf. I will be reassured if those looking for alternatives do find kubuntu to be attractive. People who use a PC like a toaster - it should just work...... may still get confused by the avant guard facilties. Does XP have configurable Widgets? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user Linux user #360648 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
