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From: Will Honea on 23 Nov 2009 03:05 Paul J Gans wrote: > jamesromeongmail.com <jamesrome(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>1) Is there any way to set keyboard shortcuts to switch desktops in >>pager? >>And how do I turn OFF desktop switching with the mouse? >>2) Is there a way to turn off transparency in Folder View? >>3) Video setup using sax2 seems to have disappeared off of Yast2. What >>has replaced it? >>4) Inside of Yast2, lots of the help files seem to be missing. How do >>I install them? >>5) I get lots of X11 errors like: >>Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ": >>1000.0". >>How do I fix this? > > I dunno. But I'm sure there is a way somehow. > > What I object very strongly to is the Microsoftization of openSUSE. > Windows is a reasonable OS for folks who want to have everything > set up for them and are willing to live with the result. > > Most of us use linux because we want to set things up our way. > 11.2 seems to make it very hard to do anything your own way. > > I have no idea why this was done. I may be alone, but I don't > run linux to look at the eye candy on the screen. I run it to > get work done. KDE4 seems to do things in a different way > simply to be different, not because it is more useful. > > Yes, I've tried 11.2 via the live CD. I'm staying with 11.1 for > another year, by which time it should be nearing end of life. > At that point the then current openSUSE will be useful or I'll > be looking for another distro. I started with SLS and have been > through Slackware and Red Hat (and Ubuntu for laptops) and am > not afraid to move on. I think you represent a lot of us there, Paul. Change for the sake of change is the best reason I know for doing NOTHING. A computer is a tool, an operating system is a an attribute of the tool. Like a hammer - and when one hammer isn't doing the best job for me I have no qualms about changing to one that does. Isn't that why there are multiple tools that fit the generic description of "hammer"? Rather than fight 11.2 I'm using the time to investigate the other hammers out there - including other DE's - just in case. -- Will Honea
From: Darklight on 23 Nov 2009 03:57 Paul J Gans wrote: > jamesromeongmail.com <jamesrome(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>1) Is there any way to set keyboard shortcuts to switch desktops in >>pager? >>And how do I turn OFF desktop switching with the mouse? >>2) Is there a way to turn off transparency in Folder View? >>3) Video setup using sax2 seems to have disappeared off of Yast2. What >>has replaced it? >>4) Inside of Yast2, lots of the help files seem to be missing. How do >>I install them? >>5) I get lots of X11 errors like: >>Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ": >>1000.0". >>How do I fix this? > > I dunno. But I'm sure there is a way somehow. > > What I object very strongly to is the Microsoftization of openSUSE. > Windows is a reasonable OS for folks who want to have everything > set up for them and are willing to live with the result. > > Most of us use linux because we want to set things up our way. > 11.2 seems to make it very hard to do anything your own way. > > I have no idea why this was done. I may be alone, but I don't > run linux to look at the eye candy on the screen. I run it to > get work done. KDE4 seems to do things in a different way > simply to be different, not because it is more useful. > > Yes, I've tried 11.2 via the live CD. I'm staying with 11.1 for > another year, by which time it should be nearing end of life. > At that point the then current openSUSE will be useful or I'll > be looking for another distro. I started with SLS and have been > through Slackware and Red Hat (and Ubuntu for laptops) and am > not afraid to move on. > I had a feeling some thing like this was going to happen when microsoft brought into suse. Now lets see how long it takes to port kde to microsoft. that is having a workable desk top for windows.
From: Darklight on 23 Nov 2009 04:07 Paul J Gans wrote: > jamesromeongmail.com <jamesrome(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>1) Is there any way to set keyboard shortcuts to switch desktops in >>pager? >>And how do I turn OFF desktop switching with the mouse? >>2) Is there a way to turn off transparency in Folder View? >>3) Video setup using sax2 seems to have disappeared off of Yast2. What >>has replaced it? >>4) Inside of Yast2, lots of the help files seem to be missing. How do >>I install them? >>5) I get lots of X11 errors like: >>Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ": >>1000.0". >>How do I fix this? > > I dunno. But I'm sure there is a way somehow. > > What I object very strongly to is the Microsoftization of openSUSE. > Windows is a reasonable OS for folks who want to have everything > set up for them and are willing to live with the result. > > Most of us use linux because we want to set things up our way. > 11.2 seems to make it very hard to do anything your own way. > > I have no idea why this was done. I may be alone, but I don't > run linux to look at the eye candy on the screen. I run it to > get work done. KDE4 seems to do things in a different way > simply to be different, not because it is more useful. > > Yes, I've tried 11.2 via the live CD. I'm staying with 11.1 for > another year, by which time it should be nearing end of life. > At that point the then current openSUSE will be useful or I'll > be looking for another distro. I started with SLS and have been > through Slackware and Red Hat (and Ubuntu for laptops) and am > not afraid to move on. > to do resolution go to personal settings and then display.
From: EOS on 23 Nov 2009 05:44 jamesromeongmail.com wrote: > 1) Is there any way to set keyboard shortcuts to switch desktops in > pager? not that i know > And how do I turn OFF desktop switching with the mouse? not possible as far as i know > 2) Is there a way to turn off transparency in Folder View? can you give us a screenshot? > 3) Video setup using sax2 seems to have disappeared off of Yast2. What > has replaced it? It's not replaced ;-) there is no link in yast anymore (shame) you can find it under "kmenu - system - configuration - sax2" or just start it with "alt+F2" --> sax2 You also check the app under KDE4 for that "kmenu - systemsettings - monitor" > 4) Inside of Yast2, lots of the help files seem to be missing. How do > I install them? Hum, is it possible that yast is in "default EN" check "yast2-trans-??" > 5) I get lots of X11 errors like: > Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ": > 1000.0". > How do I fix this? check the setting of you're monitor I believe that you are using KDE4 ;-) "kmenu - systemsettings - monitor" -- EOS www.photo-memories.be Running KDE 4.3.3 / openSUSE 11.2
From: EOS on 23 Nov 2009 05:48
houghi wrote: > There seems to be a lot of people who have an issue with KDE 4.x. To me > that looks as if it might be a KDE thing and not so much an openSUSE > thing. that's true openSUSE is not the fault of the "slow" development of KDE4 And i believe that openSUSE is the best distro to use KDE4 at the moment. -- EOS www.photo-memories.be Running KDE 4.3.3 / openSUSE 11.2 |