Re[2]: Advice needed
Wednesday, October 10, 2001, 6:50:51 PM, Russell wrote:
RS> I can tell you for a fact that since I tried Ximian, I've had nothing
RS> but trouble with version issues and package mismatches. Getting rid of
RS> it is quite challenging too.
Ok so I should go for Gnome then? What does Debian ships with, I got a
strange desktop with a icon in my top left corner, and 3 in my top
right corner?
What is my next step then? I want a good clean useful desktop, which
is easy to maintain and update, is there such one?
I have just installed Potato, what is the next step? Should I upgrade
the hole system, or just bits?
And most important, how do I upgrade the system, and install Gnome?
RS> Evolution on the other hand, is quite useable. I've used it now for
RS> about 3 months for both work and personal email and have had only a few
RS> problems.
RS> So, I'll back Bruce by saying - skip Ximian.
RS> Russell
RS> On Wed, 2001-10-10 at 12:49, Bruce Stephens wrote:
>> Søren Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > I would like to use the Ximian Desktop, and try out Evolution, is
>> > this a good idea (is it stable, pros and cons)?
>>
>> People have, in the past, found problems with mixing in Ximian (then
>> Helix) things---some of the names and versions of packages confused
>> things, and random (gtk-related) stuff would break.
>>
>> Why specifically Ximian? Debian unstable tracks GNOME pretty
>> well---personally I stick with that.
>>
>> > I have heard that Red Carpet on Debian, is a frontend for apt, is
>> > that correct?
>>
>> No idea.
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Med venlig hilsen/Best regards,
Søren Neigaard mailto:neigaard@e-box.dk
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