stoolpigeon's Journal: Fedora 17 4
I've installed Fedora 17 on my laptop. I'm getting things dialed in, copying back over files I backed up and getting it all comfortable. The install went real well, though I did things differently than I've done in the past.
Going to the way back (for me) I had done full installs and just used the stock deal - choosing both gnome and kde things - then flipping everything to default to kde. That worked fine and I've been very happy. Though as I was getting ready to do this - I decided to go a different route. Fedora now has all these 'spins' and so I installed from the KDE spin. I downloaded the disc image, burned it and then booted to it. It is a live cd that has the option to install the image to the hard drive. I did so and got things installed. Then I just used the package management system to install all the other stuff I want. This approach was quite a bit easier as I didn't have to undo all the gnome stuff. I think when I am doing a full install in the future, this is the route I will take.
Normally I usually only run even versions. Skipping every other version has worked well for me with Fedora and their schedule. They usually do a good job of getting much of the best stuff back in the previous version anyway - so it's not a killer. But I just felt like kicking over to this one. Not sure why to be honest, just seemed like it would be fun to do.
I like to keep my desktop and laptop in sync somewhat - so I'll probably move the desktop to 17 within the next week. I'll probably go the upgrade path on that one.
Have you seen Linus' latest rant about gnome on G+ (Score:1)
He uses some typically Linus strong language and is forthright in his opinion on F17 (I think it was) about what is wrong with Gnome3 and the extensions setup. Even though he thinks it was cool and could work.
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Just read it. Made me chuckle. I used gnome for a week or two, the first time I installed Red Hat - which was I think in 1999 or 2000. Prior to that I'd been a Suse user. So I switched my Redhat box to KDE pretty quick and never looked back.
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I really should try KDE properly. Desktop running xfce and is ok but butt ugly and there is something I don't like but can't quite put my finger on what it is.
Ubuntu 12.03 Gnome classic - just uploaded 2 photos to G+. Nautilus mounted the camera and shows mounted filesystem. Can copy photo to desktop. But Seamonkey can't see filesystem of mounted camera. I don't care whose problem it is it shouldn't happen.
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I love KDE - but I'm not objective about it at all. It can have issues too - but honestly I tend to brush past those and not worry about it. I like QT (well PyQT or PySide - but close enough) and I enjoy how it all works for the most part. Though I still don't really get "activities". I've read about them, messed with them - but I don't get what is great about it. They say it isn't virtual desktops - but it pretty much works the same as far as I can tell.