-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu July 6 2006 13:43, Andre Truter wrote:
PS: Why is this function listed in any case if it is not supported?
This is typical for GNOME development and products. If not for Ximian and Novell Gnome was in disfavor my many and was only supported (at least to any appreciable amount) by RH and a few Deb distros (that is until the likes of Umbuntu, etc). There are indie SuSE developers that have made GNOME more functional for SuSE previously. Now that Novell has stepped up devel on GNOME things have gotten better. GNOME's appeal is mostly for the look and the gtk engine. QT seems to raise issues with the suits, therefore the push for GNOME and why Novell tried to make GNOME the default (as in only supported) desktop. This caused a furor of protests and upheaval on the list, and threatened a mass exodus away from Novell SuSEn (and in that vein a lot of talk about a SuSE offshoot). As a rule, in my personal experience, GNOME is often incomplete and halfbaked. When it works it generally works well - when it works. I of course could be wrong and please correct me if I'm am (re: pdf and gnome functionality). If you're (figuratively) a sys admin and need to run Linux Desktop for l-users then GNOME has some advantages (in regards to those that formerly ran Winblows or similar). But for end users such as ourselves that aren't inclined to run Blackbox, or xfce (one of my favs) KDE is much easier to configure and generally more functional. Just MHO, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Tresspassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Warning: Individuals throwing objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFErZtG7CQBg4DqqCwRApToAKDKQWd1WsW2dx9TPnGWMz+RpzoKiQCY5iRg ljj1MEBQ+24Kd9LGXMThLw== =lKZe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com