They do say that Linux is all about change and options. Well, here's me, a died in the wool rock solid KDE fan. I've just downloaded today's Debian Lenny release. It comes with Gnome as the standard desktop environment... and..... I like it :-/ It has a certain clarity that can sometimes be lacking in KDE. I still prefer the 'look' of KDE but Gnome is very, very nice now. Oh, It's gone onto a Compaq ML 330e server and has installed just wonderfully. If it performs well (as in I can run it as server) then I may treat it to some memory upgrades. It's currently got 2x64mb modules and a 128mb module giving 256mb in total of course. It can take the lofty amount of 2gb :-) trouble is, being a server it's pricey stuff at around £60 for a 512mb module and it's only PC133. -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

I have downloaded KDE4 with this version of Debian...but it's gone ahead and used 3.5.* I have KDE4 on a DVD loaded up to Open SuSE so I may give it a go. The write up in the new Linux Format certainly looks good :-) Of course, at the end of the day I may end up trying the new FreeBSD on this server :-)

As a FreeBSD user, i obviously reccomend.

i used to have freebsd 5.4 running on an 8gb hard drive, a 20 would be plenty big enough for 6.2

on a windows note, i'm currently trialling enterprise server 2008... if anyone's at all interested it reminds me of vista a little too much (without any fiddling in the registry yet of course) as for visual studio 2008, haven't installed it yet but i have an msdn copy sitting here... i'm a little excited about web developer 2008 2007 data protection manager also seems to work (flawlessly so far... though this is day 2 of testing it)

all the best (sorry for corrupting you linux people a little here)

On 04/03/2008, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > have you tried KDE 4? it's set to be a true rival to our closed source > friends IMHO :P > Hi Andrew, Haven't heard much from you lately. I hope all going well for you. Is it A2 this year? Oh, and ( you said: "IMHO" ) When did you start having "humble" opinions? Stuart :)) _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug