Re: [SLUG] KDE 3.3 under FC3 is really fast!

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 14:06:36 EDT


On Thursday 07 October 2004 12:39 pm, Tom E. Craddock, Jr. wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Ive been using KDE 3.3 on FC2 for about 2 weeks now, and while its not
> as fast as your FC3 setup, its still pretty quick. Overall I like the
> cleaner sleeker look of 3.3 compared to previous versions. Are you
> running FC3 on a desktop or laptop? I also like to just setup a YAM/YUM
> server on my network and use it as a HTTP/FTP install server; I already
> have one setup for FC2 (and a few apt repositories for updates) and it
> makes installs so much faster (no changing CDs, only have to burn a 4MB
> iso, etc.).

You evil top poster! : )

Yes, I like the sleeker look too. It's on a desktop. Not a bad idea with yum
server, I like it.

> Tom E. Craddock, Jr.
>
> On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 12:06, steve szmidt wrote:
> > HI,
> >
> > I thought I'd share a brief experience I had with KDE 3.3, compared to
> > 3.2. Seing the new release I decided to check out FC3 test 2 as it had
> > the newest KDE. So I installed and let it boot. As soon as it starts
> > loading KDE it's DONE!
> >
> > Wow!
> >
> > I was really suprised to see how fast it came up! It looks to be a real
> > winner! There are a few things to sort out but it's looking really good.
> >
> > It's supposed to ship in November and I expect there might only be one
> > more test release before it's ready. If that.
> >
> > Having a DVD burner I d/l the dvd iso and installed from it. SuSE was the
> > first one to carry a DVD in their box, and I've loved the speed of
> > install since then. Highly recommended. It also looks like you get more
> > than 3 CD's worth but I could be wrong.
> >
> > Menu's are yet a bit better organized, Konqueror has a few more features,
> > new default startup sound (nice). You can see all the features online,
> > and I really only wanted to comment on the speed of 3.3. Which as you can
> > see is really there.
>
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