I'm running YDL 4.1 on a 1.67 GHz PB. It runs better than what YDL 4.0
did.
Unfortunately, I cannot list all the problems YDL 4.0 had on my PB; all
I can admit is that YDL 4.1 is much better.
Although I have enjoyed KDE with it's musical charms; Gnome get's done
all the jobs I want done without distracting me with pretty this or
that.
Gnome is not unattractive or unpleasant, it doesn't however attempt to
be as "pretty and cute" as KDE tries to be with music and bouncing
icons and all.
Depending upon your taste another WM which may interest you and not get
in your way is Enlightenment (www.enlightenment.org).
Sadly when a WM tries to be the next OS X or Windows -- as KDE seems to
be going the direction of -- there will be, in my opinion, misuse of
system resources.
Sleep mode in YDL 4.1 is fine; I think however a little refinement
regarding the screen saver would be nice. This doesn't bother me as
I'm not interested in watching the screen saver anyway. When the
screen goes black when screen saver activates it's probably better that
way anyway. I haven't yet set up my old 233MHz G3 tower as a desktop
system running the current version of YDL; frankly I'm satisfied with
how it works from the PB such that putting YDL onto that very old
machine is more work than worthwhile right now.
I'm sure others on this list will happily share their experiences.
Good Luck ....
On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:59 PM, Paul Higgins wrote:
I've been to the hardware page already. My iBook is the one with the
32 MB
VRAM (ATI Mobility 7500 card) and is supported by both YDL 4.0.1 and
4.1
(currently running 4.0.1). The problem seems to be something inherent
to
KDE, as the research I've done suggests that Gnome has much fewer
issues with
laptop and awakening from sleep mode. Maybe I should change over to
that WM
in the future.
Does YDL 4.0.1 and/or 4.1 awaken from sleep mode OK on desktop
machines?
Because I've only installed YDL on my iBook so far. There are definite
problems with closing the lid (YDL doesn't sleep) as well as sleep
mode (YDL
does not awaken--but only when powered from the battery). The
battery-saving
mode seems to be the culprit.
-PRH
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