hacked off with arch linux, where next?

furnace · 30 Mar 2009 at 21:14

*steps in from shadows*

I prefer Gnome to KDE. I wish KDE was better, because it looks lovely, but when it comes to using it - especially when it comes to dual screens - things got very difficult for me. So I tried Ubuntu and all it good.

.walls · 31 Mar 2009 at 23:37

furnace said:
*steps in from shadows*

I prefer Gnome to KDE. I wish KDE was better, because it looks lovely, but when it comes to using it - especially when it comes to dual screens - things got very difficult for me. So I tried Ubuntu and all it good.

Why would Gnome be better at dual screen? It's your X server that looks after that, not your desktop environment.

craptakular · 1 Apr 2009 at 22:18

.walls said:
Why would Gnome be better at dual screen? It's your X server that looks after that, not your desktop environment.

theres a bug in kde 4.2 where u get a black screen on the secondary monitor if run in dual screen mode.

Bes · 3 Apr 2009 at 09:43

The worst thing about Arch is when every other bloody update breaks something.

Bob Wya Jnr · 3 Apr 2009 at 14:17

+1 for Ubuntu and Gnome. Tried KDE 4 and it has a horrible GUI - kinda like Vista.

Currently I am trying Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 beta (AMD64) and very impressed. Damn fine distro for a Desktop PC/multimedia use. Things just work. Install the Nvidia driver with Envy - it's sorted very quickly. I have it setup Ubuntu as a triple boot with Windows XP and Vista Ultimate (both 64-bit). The Gparted version on the Jaunty live boot CD works much better now... With an Nvidia 9500M graphics card on the laptop I was using I installed Wine and managed to get Half-Life 2 working straight away with DX9.0c/HDR lighting (@ native resolution 1920x1080 with decent frame rates)). Watch out Mr Gates/Steve - we are after U!!

Bob