[olug] Heart attack after 11.04 upgrade

[aric at omahax.com]

want a lightweight gui?
apt-get install mc
:)

> I haven't had the need to use it myself, so I don't have a personal
> opinion
> on it. The reviews I've read are that it is mode of a "modern" desktop
> than
> XFCE while using similar or fewer resources.
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:14 AM, George De Bruin
> <sndchaser at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Friends do not let (nor encourage) friends to use LXDE.  Do you really
>> hate
>> Ben that much? :)
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:57 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > LXDE is also an option for those of you looking for a lightweight
>> desktop.
>> >
>> > If you looked at KDE 2 years ago using Ubuntu repositories, I'm sure
>> it
>> > wasn't pretty. Kubuntu had the worst, most broken implementation of
>> KDE
>> 4.x
>> > out there. It has gotten better. It is certainly worth looking at.
>> >
>> > The problem is that Ubuntu treats KDE like a second-class citizen, so
>> a
>> lot
>> > of the features they develop for Ubuntu never make it to Kubuntu.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Just curious - did you install the gnome3 packages after you
>> upgraded
>> or
>> > > are you using the default Unity packages?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 06/27/2011 11:15 PM, Obi-Wan wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I just finished upgrading my desktop box from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04
>> > >> today, and the first time I logged in, I almost went into cardiac
>> > >> arrest.  I can't express how badly I hate the new Gnome
>> environment.
>> > >> What are my options?  Is it possible to reconfigure this new POS
>> > >> to behave like the previous version?  Has KDE gotten any more user
>> > >> friendly in the 2 years since I last gave up on it?  Are there
>> other
>> > >> viable options?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
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