hacked off with arch linux, where next?

What's hacking you off with it?

If it's overly complicated then one of the 'buntus would probably be a wiser solution.
 
There are a couple of niggely bits I didn't like about Arch either, but they can be sorted out, just not annoying enough to bother with for now :)

Maybe opensuse?
 
I find it easy to install, I'm just getting sick and tired of trying to get a full working system, then some thing breaks. Then I have to re-format and start again lol

exor, as much as this sickens me, I may try debian again lol.
 
Try opensuse, it almost completally worked for my laptop, minus the not so amazing power saving settings and a strange habit to not play music propperly when on battery power....

Or man up and give something crazy like gentoo a go :D
 
lol lol lol I fixed the problem with Arch, it was a permissions issue which wouldn't let firefox start.

I am going to look into debian later and see if I can workout what version I wanna download lol.

Do they have a testing version of kde4 liveCD?
 
ok attributed the reason as to why I have been cursing Arch linux......

drum roll....

its because kde4.2/kdemod4.2 is so poor its laughable!!

Uninstalled kdemod and currently downloading trusty Gnome.
 
Oxy said:
ok attributed the reason as to why I have been cursing Arch linux......

drum roll....

its because kde4.2/kdemod4.2 is so poor its laughable!!

Uninstalled kdemod and currently downloading trusty Gnome.
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I also switched to Gnome on Arch when KDE 4 hit the repos (it was/is a disaster!), but Arch rules :D
 
tntcoder said:
I also switched to Gnome on Arch when KDE 4 hit the repos (it was/is a disaster!), but Arch rules :D
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Gnome rocks!!! no crashes, no stupid plasmoids going missing coursing fatal crashes. Bliss

Now trying to configure compiz-fusion, suprised you still have to wrestle with compiz to get it to work.

Ubuntuforums.org has came to the rescue a lot of times already!!
 
RockLobster said:
Oxy, OpenSUSE is KDE based do you think OpenSUSE is poor because of this? The reason I ask is I'm considering going for OpenSUSE.
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I haven't tried opensuse since 10.0, which was in 05 or early 06 i think. I only tried gnome as well.

I didn;t get on with yast back then, Its kinda not fair for me to comment on opensuse current version, theres a lot of love for opensuse with kde4, I think the devs at suse alter it a lot to get it to work.

My experience with KDE4.2 qnd kdemod 4.2 this week has been a bad one. Sadly all the hearsay on the internet in my opnion is true. KDE4 is still not fit to use.

Opensuse 11.3 may run perfect with all the edits they do. Burn a liveCD and give it a whirl. Let us now how it runs, Iw ould be interested to know tbh.

I for one an sticking with Arch and gnome, it is great :p

Will opensuse be your first linux experience?

I also hear mandriva is good with KDe4, a lot of people are saying that Kubuntu 8.10 as come on leaps and bounds, I tried kubuntu 7.10 and 8.04, and they stank, hence my reluctance to try again.

I love arch to much now, especially pacman and the wiki pages :)

PS: opensuse do a gnome liveCD to
 
I'm moving over from Debian (with KDE 3.5), to Xubuntu.

I noticed I'm just turning my debian into what ubuntu already is, and I don't like how bloated and complicated KDE is getting, I use XFCE at work and love it for its simplicity.
 
RockLobster said:
On the desktop front yes. I had a look at Ubuntu although not sure why I just didn't like it. I wouldn't mind giving Arch a go although what worries me will it pick up my laptop drivers (wireless, etc)?
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It should do, you install wireless drivers that come with the base-devel package I think.

Best bet would be to search the wiki/forums for your wireless chipset and see if its supported before you dive in.
 
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