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From: Mike Jones on 28 Oct 2009 15:53
Responding to john(a)wexfordpress.com:

[...]
>> > The solution to KDE4 is called XFCE. It approximates KDE 3.5 in look,
>> > feel and functionality.
>>
>> I disagree, completely.  Xfce has always looked/acted more like Gnome
>> than it has imitated KDE.  It looks nothing like KDE (thank god).
>>
> Well there is a menu button on the bottom bar, with submenus for major
> categories, just like KDE. It is easy to install/move around frequently
> used apps on the bottom bar, just like KDE. The Xubuntu verson of XFCE
> looks a bit more like Gnome but the Slackware version has no resemblance
> IMO.


You can do all kinds of things with Xfce4. Don't assume the default setup
is how it must be. I'm on my third major "best working practice" desktop
redeign ATM, and wouldn't swap Xfce4 for anything (other than IceWM).

I'm also still tripping over new tricks that somebody must have built in,
but don't seem to make it to the documentation I've seen so far. Mind
you, I've not actually read too much on Xfce4 as most things sort of
explain themselves as you fiddle with them.

Xfce4 also takes notice of "industry standards", which is nice.

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From: john on 30 Oct 2009 09:31
On Oct 6, 6:59 pm, "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcf...(a)sacrideo.us> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:44:24 -0400, Zootal <use...(a)spam.zootal.nospam.com>  
> wrote:
>
> > How difficult is it to replace KDE 4.2 with 3.x?
>
> Read the README that goes with the packages on the mirrors. I for one like  
> the new KDE, so I'm happy, but at least for now, the old version is  
> available for those who want it.
>
>         Aaron W. Hsu
>
> --
> Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its  
> victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

I have changed to XFCE so the gui problem has gone away at least for
me. But I have one app (Quanta++) that at the moment won't run with
the KDE4 libraries (e.g., Qt 4). Is it possible to switch to kde3.5
for just this one app?

John Culleton
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