Re: Win 95 like GUI
I'm running potato and kde 1.x. I added the kde.tdyc.com site to
/etc/apt/sources.list and started loading deb packages earlier this week. So far, so
good.
Later,
Colin
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 12:10:47AM -0700, Dwight Johnson (dwj@aaronsrod.com) wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Jatin Golani wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > i'm using Debian 2.2.....havent been able to get a GUI
> > > that I like...also not sure about the fonts,etc....so
> > > i need to test it with a GUI that I'm familiar
> > > with....the Win 95 GUI.....I have once seen a linux
> > > box which had a GUI exactly like Win 95.......i mean
> > > like exactly like it......
> >
> > You were probably looking at fvwm95. Red Hat used it for a year or so. But
> > I think you are going to be disappointed in your search for a GUI that is
> > _exactly_ like Win95, or even close.
>
> Dittos.
>
> > The most robust GUI on Linux today is KDE. And the most satisfying
> > deployment of KDE is what you will find on either Mandrake or SuSE Linux.
>
> > So, if a sophisticated GUI is your priority as well as the quickest start
> > on Linux, forget about Debian for the present and go with one of these
> > distros.
>
> Disagree.
>
> KDE is now part of Woody, so if you don't mind a slightly unstable KDE,
> you've got it with Debian. Just been playing with it for the past half
> hour or so -- it's actually not bad for a MS Windows knockoff <g>.
> To give credit, it's grown beyond that, considerably.
>
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