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I switched +</I>><i> to "Plastik". If we are going to try to popularize Mageia, we will +</I>><i> have to have more conventional widows themes to lessen the hurdles to +</I>><i> newcomers. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> * the "Cursor Theme" -- I am 53 of age and the default theme is a +</I>><i> little too hard to see. The arrow icon on the default theme does not +</I>><i> have a well defined tail and blends too well with the text when +</I>><i> wordprocessing, messaging etc. I switched to "Whiteglass" but may +</I>><i> change it again. Also, I find the shadow on the cursors is too +</I>><i> extreme, it should be closed up -- but this may be due to the +</I>><i> Whiteglass theme. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> * I love the treatment of the bottom bar where open windows/software +</I>><i> icons take much less space. This is really great and much appreciated. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> * Neopunk -- well, what can I say, it slows my machine down quite a +</I>><i> bit, but then, I have over 200 gigs of data on it. I'm going to give +</I>><i> it the benefit of the doubt and give it a chance at indexing. I am +</I>><i> not sure how long it will take for my system, but it would be nice to +</I>><i> have an indexed machine to work with as I do quite a bit of searches +</I>><i> through files. I hope it doesn't take weeks to index. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> * the "Activity Manager", I had not really worked with this, but, I +</I>><i> can see its appeal where someone would want an uncluttered screen +</I>><i> with some of the options. It is nice to see it out in the open for +</I>><i> people to try. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> * PulseAudio -- it can either be a "bust or a boom" on different +</I>><i> systems. On my system, I have a Via 8237 sound controller and +</I>><i> PulseAudio did not want to play nicely with it, so I removed it and +</I>><i> all is well; I am not sure, but I think the problem was with my +</I>><i> WebCam being plugged into the system. I also switched KMix with +</I>><i> QASMixer as I like the controls better on QASMixer. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Otherwise, the system works really well and is responsive. I still +</I>><i> have 2 more desktops and a laptop to install at home. I have also a +</I>><i> lineup of 30 clients whose computers I maintain on a volunteer basis +</I>><i> and the lineup has already started for the upgrades from MageiaV.1.0 +</I>><i> to MageiaV.2.0. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thanks again for all of the great work and OS! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I>I agree with all Marc's comments, but perhaps he and I aren't typical +(I am almost 70.) + +The choice of Window Decorations: I don't like the Oxygen theme +either, but it is the KDE standard. Plastik is one of my favorites as +well. + +The Cursor theme: Once again, this is standard. I have changed to the +blue version of Marc's White Glass. + +Nepomuk: I am using XFCE. I hate KDE's attempts to cover the screen +with information popups. I set aside .75 of a Gig for a Home Directory +in my test setup, running KDE. 630 MB of it is used up in hidden +directories, with 149 MB in Akonadi. Long gone are the days when a +whole distro would fit in 2 GB. When I do switch to KDE, +indexing makes startup take about as long as in Windows. That should +make the team at KDE happy! + +Doug. +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007455.html">[Mageia-discuss] Successful Install with some initial thoughts +</A></li> + + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7457">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7457">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7457">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7457">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |