Re: KDE 3.2: Control Center almost gone
On Sunday 21 March 2004 09:32 pm, jedd wrote:
>On Mon March 22 2004 01:15 pm, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> ] I've done both. I dist-upgraded a Mepis system to 3.2 and it was hosed. I
> ] wiped the box, installed Woody/KDE, dist-upgraded to Sid and it's working
> w/o ] any major problems.
>
> I still don't get why people think a pretty installer warrants such
> on-going pain. It's the old half-hour install .v. lifetime of maintenance
> argument all over again, I know. Nonetheless, I don't get it.
In my case it was time pressure. I had a Xmas laptop for a granddaughter,
Windows 98 onboard, and only hours to get it ready and packed. Mepis saved my
butt and prevented child abuse -- exposing a young kid to Windows :)
Jeff
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