On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've decided to stop using KDE after yrs of use... given that gentoo > compiles everything from scratch, its just getting to much time lost > jacking around with kde during upgrades. > > But also I'd forgotten what the oldtime linux desktops were like. > fvwm was the main one in use when I started circa 1997. > > I see blackbox is even a bit more stark... but since I am mainly > command line oriented it doesn't present a problem. > > ...
I don't know if you have all the KDE stuff installed, because that does take ages, and pulls in the whole KDE kitchen sync. When I install kde I emerge kdesktop (or startkde, cant remember now) and let it pull all its dependencies. This normally results in a very cut down kde - no sound mixer, games, kmail, moonphase applets, etc. (a lot less time spent updating) Or try WindowMaker, I used to use it and I'm still very fond of it. Regards Dirk
