Hardy Gnome or Hardy KDE

iMav · 22-05-2008, 04:12 PM

I got my hardy disc today, I think it is Gnome based, in your opinion is gnome is good or KDE 4 better?

is a KDE 4 based version available for download, in ubuntu or any other distro, maybe fedeora or OpenSuse, also out the 2 which is good a casual user who wants his computer to work with least hassles

thank you.

mehulved · 22-05-2008, 04:38 PM

Go for GNOME version. KDE4.0 isn't stable enough yet.

coolpcguy · 22-05-2008, 05:12 PM

At this moment of time, KDE 3.5.x >>> KDE4.

ABout KDE vs GNOME, well IMO KDE.
If you do want to try KDE, I'd suggest you get Fedora 9 Live, the KDE version.

iMav · 22-05-2008, 05:26 PM

is KDE available only in a live distro?

iMav · 22-05-2008, 05:37 PM

ok then, next post from Ubuntu Hardy Heron, fingers crossed.

NucleusKore · 22-05-2008, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by praka123

Ubuntu always works better with Gnome.

kde--->kde-3.5.9 is good.get distros like opensuse for kde

PS:good!go boy!nice improvement

Oh yes :-P

These posts may be useful for you
Packages+Dependencies for Ubuntu (i386)
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87650
Packages+Dependencies for OpenSuSE 10.3 x86_64
Open SuSE 10.3 (GNOME) April 2008

iMav · 22-05-2008, 05:54 PM

hey guys install inside windows is not showing my existing ext3

FilledVoid · 22-05-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

I got my hardy disc today, I think it is Gnome based, in your opinion is gnome is good or KDE 4 better?

is a KDE 4 based version available for download, in ubuntu or any other distro, maybe fedeora or OpenSuse, also out the 2 which is good a casual user who wants his computer to work with least hassles

thank you.

Im using both Gnome and KDE4 on 64 bit Ubuntu HH. Definitely Gnome is much more stable. I seem to crash out of Konqueror if I use anything related to Flash and I have this weird sigserv error on shutting down . Although it just shows an error message and goes away. other than that I found KDE ot be ok.

debsuvra · 22-05-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by iMav

I got my hardy disc today, I think it is Gnome based, in your opinion is gnome is good or KDE 4 better?

Just for your information : http://tinyurl.com/6g4af5

Faun · 22-05-2008, 07:52 PM

gnome ftw, kde 4 is a bug house

iMav · 22-05-2008, 08:05 PM

ok installed, display is a mess - no surprise, but they have certainly made a huge huge improvement for multi booters like me, last timer around i had enter the sda & hdd nos. which is confusing, now they have a drop down giving the partition nos.

oh i also noticed they vista like translucent window borders

thats surprising. never the less, booting is taking ~25 seconds from the time i press generic something to the login screen, something which u guys might be able to tell me is ok or no.

where can I find Intel 865gbf display drivers?

**kalpik** · 22-05-2008, 08:30 PM

^^ Intel Drivers are in built into the kernel.. What exactly is the problem you are facing with the display?

Xccentricity · 22-05-2008, 08:32 PM

Use the Intel i810 driver for display driver.

**kalpik** · 22-05-2008, 08:38 PM

^^ Since compiz is running (he mentioned translucent windows), i believe the intel driver is already in use

iMav · 22-05-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kalpik

^^ Intel Drivers are in built into the kernel.. What exactly is the problem you are facing with the display?

screen resolution, 1280x1024 is not in the list, max is 1024x800, no crt, samsung syncmaster 740N lcd optimal reso of 1280x1024

**kalpik** · 22-05-2008, 08:47 PM

First he needs to tell us what he means by "The display is a mess"

iMav · 22-05-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by kalpik

First he needs to tell us what he means by "The display is a mess"

screen resolution, 1280x1024 is not in the list

arre koi hai, i can hardly read anything, my dad is wearing his specs and says ki 'mera number bad gaya hai' ... what should i tell him?

sourav123 · 22-05-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by iMav

I got my hardy disc today, I think it is Gnome based, in your opinion is gnome is good or KDE 4 better?

is a KDE 4 based version available for download, in ubuntu or any other distro, maybe fedeora or OpenSuse, also out the 2 which is good a casual user who wants his computer to work with least hassles

thank you.

I must be imagining things. iMav using Linux!

If we can get such hardcore MS fans to Linux, then Linux is really the future!

P.S: On a second thought, Linux was always the future.

**kalpik** · 22-05-2008, 09:16 PM

^ Do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" and select your resolutions there. Then logout and login again. Try if that changes anything.

Faun · 22-05-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by iMav

screen resolution, 1280x1024 is not in the list

arre koi hai, i can hardly read anything, my dad is wearing his specs and says ki 'mera number bad gaya hai' ... what should i tell him?

just one question, did u save the xorf.conf from ur last installation of gutsy.

Always backup xorg.conf, u just hav to overwrite to get things normal.

Btw if u want to configure it by point and click then go to :

/usr/share/applications

and launch "screen and graphics"

choose the desired monitor and graphics driver

Hope it helps this way.

else there is manual way too

iMav · 22-05-2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by T159

just one question, did u save the xorf.conf from ur last installation of gutsy.

Always backup xorg.conf, u just hav to overwrite to get things normal.

the previous installation had gone kaput because it had nvidia drivers and my card has died.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sourav123

I must be imagining things. iMav using Linux!

not the first time

GUtsy Gibbon Queries , I actually want to try KDE 4, oh and yeah I have used slax also extensively, I don't bash Linux just like that, I sincerely haven't liked working on it or rather working with it

@kalpik, will try it and let you know.