Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-14 Thread Allen
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 21:16 +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:09:07AM +0800, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: > > My installation step is like this: > > > > 1. Download stable netinstall CD > > 2. Install stable using netinstall as minimal possible > > 3. Change /etc/apt/sourc

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-14 Thread Allen
On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 07:56 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Scott [2009 Nov 10 07:31 -0600]: > > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I > > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > > well supported? I am using KDE right now on my Deb

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-11 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi again, Scott: On Wednesday 11 November 2009 14:18:40 Scott wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:07:27 Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > >> On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:11:33 Scott wrote: > >>> I have no problem filing bug reports, I have already done that several

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-11 Thread Scott
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:07:27 Jesús M. Navarro wrote: On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:11:33 Scott wrote: I have no problem filing bug reports, I have already done that several times on Ubuntu. I like adding my fair share by helping with bug testing. Then yo

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-11 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Thanks Ana for the info. I usually use kde-minimal which is sufficient to my usage. I will promote the kde-standard package if someone ask in the future. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:09:07AM +0800, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: > > My ins

KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
Hi, I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like how it is more difficult to find help specific to Kubuntu and also becaus

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
I installed a very minimal stable then dist-upgraded to testing and it worked. That was the best way :). Your friend, Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:58:40 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [2009 Nov 10 15:41 -0600]: > > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:27:35 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Some time ago > > > after discussion on this list I filed a Debian bug wishlist report > > > asking for a Debian kerne

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [2009 Nov 10 15:41 -0600]: > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:27:35 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * Jan De Luyck > > [2009 Nov 10 09:28 -0600]: > > > I'm using KDE4 on my sid (unstable) workstation and laptop without any > > > KDE- related problems. > > > > This may be KDE or De

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:27:35 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Jan De Luyck > [2009 Nov 10 09:28 -0600]: > > I'm using KDE4 on my sid (unstable) workstation and laptop without any > > KDE- related problems. > > This may be KDE or Debian related, but I know that on this T41 laptop I > cannot run ful

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Ana Guerrero wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:09:07AM +0800, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: >> My installation step is like this: >> >> 1. Download stable netinstall CD >> 2. Install stable using netinstall as minimal possible >> 3. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to testing >> 4. Aptitud

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:07:27 Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:11:33 Scott wrote: > > I have no problem filing bug reports, I have already done that several > > times on Ubuntu. I like adding my fair share by helping with bug > > testing. > > Then you are the looked-

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Jan De Luyck [2009 Nov 10 09:28 -0600]: > I'm using KDE4 on my sid (unstable) workstation and laptop without any KDE- > related problems. This may be KDE or Debian related, but I know that on this T41 laptop I cannot run full desktop effects with the latest Sid. I use the Radeon Xorg driver

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Scott: On Tuesday 10 November 2009 16:11:33 Scott wrote: > tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > I share your feelings regarding Kubuntu, I use kde4 on Debian Squeeze > > (current Testing) on my two home machines > > Testing is what I am thinking about trying out as I like having newer > softwar

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:09:07AM +0800, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: > My installation step is like this: > > 1. Download stable netinstall CD > 2. Install stable using netinstall as minimal possible > 3. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to testing > 4. Aptitude update > 5. Aptitude full

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Luis Tabera
--- El mar, 10/11/09, Manolete, ese artista... escribió: > De: Manolete, ese artista... > Asunto: Re: KDE Support in Debian > Para: debian-kde@lists.debian.org > Fecha: martes, 10 de noviembre, 2009 19:46 > > > El Martes 10 Noviembre 2009 14:28:04 Scott escribió: >

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Manolete, ese artista...
El Martes 10 Noviembre 2009 14:28:04 Scott escribió: > > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > well supported? > KDE 4 is very stable on Debian, as stable as KDE is at this moment... B

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On antradienis 10 Lapkritis 2009 19:08:48 Xavier Vello wrote: > Le mardi 10 novembre 2009 17:58:19, Scott a écrit : > > I tried looking for a KDE Testing CD for i386 and I could not find any. > > Actually, I can not find any i386 Testing CD's or DVD's on debian.org. > > Haves testing dr

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Facundo A
On Martes 10 Noviembre 2009 14:42:47 Curt Howland escribió: > It would be nice, in my opinion, if the default CD#1 were specified > as "GNOME", since the other CD#1 versions are noted as KDE, XFCE, > etc, in the repositories. > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ > > Curt- > I think the same.

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 10 November 2009, Xavier Vello was heard to say: > Unfortunately, debian-installer installs GNOME by default and > doesn't offer an easy way to install KDE. If you are comfortable > with apt-get, you should install the base system without a

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote: 1. Download stable netinstall CD 2. Install stable using netinstall as minimal possible 3. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to testing 4. Aptitude update 5. Aptitude full-upgrade 6. Aptitude install kde-minimal I will give this way a try. I tried the link Xav

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
My installation step is like this: 1. Download stable netinstall CD 2. Install stable using netinstall as minimal possible 3. Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to testing 4. Aptitude update 5. Aptitude full-upgrade 6. Aptitude install kde-minimal On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Scott wrot

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Xavier Vello
Hello Le mardi 10 novembre 2009 17:58:19, Scott a écrit : > I tried looking for a KDE Testing CD for i386 and I could not find any. > Actually, I can not find any i386 Testing CD's or DVD's on debian.org. > Haves testing drop 32bit support? testing is not dropping i386 support at all, but wee

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
I tried looking for a KDE Testing CD for i386 and I could not find any. Actually, I can not find any i386 Testing CD's or DVD's on debian.org. Haves testing drop 32bit support? I tried a net install downloaded using Unetbootin, but there was no option to install KDE. I could only select des

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Ferdinand Thommes
Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 17:13:51 schrieb Sune Vuorela: > On 2009-11-10, Ferdinand Thommes wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 16:11:33 schrieb Scott: > >> tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > >> > I share your feelings regarding Kubuntu, I use kde4 on Debian Squeeze > >> > (current Testi

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2009-11-10, Ferdinand Thommes wrote: > Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 16:11:33 schrieb Scott: >> tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> > I share your feelings regarding Kubuntu, I use kde4 on Debian Squeeze >> > (current Testing) on my two home machines >> >> Testing is what I am thinking about t

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Ferdinand Thommes
Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 16:11:33 schrieb Scott: > tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > I share your feelings regarding Kubuntu, I use kde4 on Debian Squeeze > > (current Testing) on my two home machines > > Testing is what I am thinking about trying out as I like having newer > software and

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread B. Alexander
On 11/10/09, Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it is more difficult to find h

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Jan De Luyck
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 14:28:04 Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it is

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On antradienis 10 Lapkritis 2009 16:36:08 Dominik Schulz wrote: > Am Dienstag 10 November 2009 14:28:04 schrieb Scott: > > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I > > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > > well supported? >

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Hi Scott, I have been using Debian Testing with KDE since 4 years ago (Etch testing, Lenny testing, Squeeze testing), and I have no issue about it at all. I am a happy KDE user. But once a while, some application might have bug, but it is easy to file bug report, and soon enough the application w

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: I share your feelings regarding Kubuntu, I use kde4 on Debian Squeeze (current Testing) on my two home machines Testing is what I am thinking about trying out as I like having newer software and don't mind the odd problem or bug. For me Squeeze is working fine,

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Dominik Schulz
Am Dienstag 10 November 2009 14:28:04 schrieb Scott: > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > well supported? > There are some things to argue about, like the missing network-manager apple

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Scott wrote: Hi, I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like how it is more difficult to

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Tuesday 10 Nov 2009 13:50:04 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Scott wrote: > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu > > to Debian. Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. > > The reason why I use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With > > KDE) is that

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Kevin Krammer
Hi Scott, On Tuesday, 2009-11-10, Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it is mo

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Scott [2009 Nov 10 07:31 -0600]: > My question here is KDE well documented and stable on Debian? I > understand that Gnome is also the default desktop for Debian, but is KDE > well supported? It seems as well supported as any other package. While there is a need for limited Debian suppo

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it is more difficult to find help specific to

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Facundo A
On Martes 10 Noviembre 2009 10:28:04 Scott escribió: > Hi, > > I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. > Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I > use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like > how it

KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Scott
Hi, I have been contemplating the idea of switching from Ubuntu to Debian. Even though I like KDE better I use Gnome on Ubuntu. The reason why I use Ubuntu (With Gnome) and not Kubuntu (With KDE) is that I don't like how it is more difficult to find help specific to Kubuntu and also bec