Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1196 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ianseeks wrote:

> Thanks David,  the problem is on my laptop which i'm using as a test machine 
> at the moment so its not critical. I always keep my work machine at least one 
> release behind.  I could always just re-install 11.2 and not add the KDE4 
> repos and i'd be fine.
>
> regards
>
> Ian

Well, to be candid, I changed the 11.0 in the repos listed to 11.2 because I 
thought you were running 11.2. I tried 11.2, but then went back to 11.0 due to 
the ati card in my laptop. (no driver for 11.2). All of the desktops mentioned 
work great on 11.0, so take your pick. If I were just looking at a first 
alternate or two, I would start with E16 and openbox. E16 is about 5meg total 
to download and openbox is about 1 meg. They install in seconds and are quite 
easy to work with. They will pick up your kde apps for their menus.

With e16, don't forget to install the epplets as well (that enlightenment speak 
for 'Applets'). With openbox, just remember to also install 'obconf' and 
'obmenu' for the config editor and menu editor. If you want a panel at the 
bottom of openbox or e16 for that matter, install the 'tint2' panel. Works like 
a chanmp.

Both desktops will take about 10 minutes of stumbling around through the menus 
and configs to see how they work. Then you are ready to roll. Short learning 
curve for both.


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