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  1. What do you think is the best way to share files? I've been using ftp for sharing files beetween me and my friends but it's becoming a hassle, since i always need to copy my files to /home/ftp/** is there a better way to do this? I Have all my files stored in /home/****/Share is there anyway i can share that folder without having to move it.

  2. You CAN use Gnome and KDE apps under XFCE4! You just must configure it running Gnome and KDE services, which is not difficult at all.

     

    Yes i know that but what i mean is. >>>

     

    xfce and all these light window managers, you can't use gnome or kde apps, well you can but there will be no speed increase

     

    I just think it's a bad idea using something like xfce if your going to mostly use gnome/kde apps. Since not only will it take longer to launch them it will probably use more memory aswell. I was awake all night, blame that for the confusing posts.

  3. the benefits of each: they work and will help you getting your stuff done.

     

    it is really a matter of tastes, nothing more and nothing less. kde and gnome are both ram-eating monsters for those users who prefer lots of graphical goodies. for the other ones, there is fluxbox, icewm and other lightweight solutions.

     

    the only way to find out which one is more suited to your needs is to use kde exclusively for e.g. one month and then use gnome exclusively for one month. then you can (hopefully) decide which one is your favourite. ;)

     

    There is a problem with fluxbox, xfce and all these light window managers, you can't use gnome or kde apps, well you can but there will be no speed increase, i've tried this with the lighter window managers and it doesn't work well, but if you can sacrifice those good gnome and KDE applications then i guess i can see the benifit of a lighter window manager. If your loading up the libs to use the applications, you might aswell use gnome or KDE.

     

    I really like xfce4 since it has a really good feel when using it, but i use mostly gnome apps anyway so i just went back to gnome. It just really annoys me how you have to install a bunch of useless stuff just to get a kde application running, why do i need cups and arts when im building amarok without arts support? ;)

  4. In gnome, just run "gnome-panel-screenshot".

    I really don't like KDE, but i do like some of the applications but there is a reason why i don't even have kdelibs installed. That is bloat, if i want to use let's say amarok, i need to install the kdelibs to use it, but why do i need all this useless junk? Like cups? I don't even have a printer in my house why the hell would i need cups, amongst other useless stuff like arts. (you can compile kdelibs without arts though, but not cups)

     

    I find the KDE interface as a whole, very sluggish and resembles windows. I remember when i tried kubuntu out just too see if KDE had improved at all, after going idle for a couple of hours i come back to a "windows" like state, you know how in windows if you go idle and come back it's all slow and laggy? Well kde was the same, i looked at the system monitor thingy for kde. 1GB/1GB ram used 1.7GB/2.GB swap was used aswell, after that i went straight back to gnome. I prefer gnome for it's "Clean" look and i find it very stable. I also can't live without nautilus.

     

    I try to keep away from the KDE & Gnome debates, but i can't help it. I really hate kde with a passion but i do admit amarok and k3b are superior applications.

  5. I installed mpdscriblle from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=1005&O=0&L=0&C=0&K=mpd&SB=n&PP=25&do_MyPackages=0 and it installs fine, starts up fine but doesn't submit to audioscrobbler. I'm not sure if audioscrobbler is just messed up right now or i've messed something up.

     

    /var/mpdscribble/log

     

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 60 seconds before trying again.

    warning: mpd error (0): connection timeout

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 60 seconds before trying again.

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 120 seconds before trying again.

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 240 seconds before trying again.

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 480 seconds before trying again.

    warning: handshake timed out,

    warning: waiting 960 seconds before trying again.

     

    /etc/mpdscribble.conf

     

    Username:secret

    Pass:ssecret

    log = /var/mpdscribble/log

    cache = /var/mpdscribble/cache

    host = localhost

    port = 6600

    verbose = 1

    sleep = 30

  6. oh oh... don't tell us that debian based distros are not worth our time because it didn't work for you. i didn't have any problems with mepis, kanotix, knopix, beatrix and other debian based distros. it REALLY depends on the computer you use. i could say e.g. gentoo is shit. but this would be only my opinion, based on my personal experiences with special hardware in a special box. then i buy a new box and suddenly gentoo works. so ... is gentoo still shit then? (or any other distro)

     

    btw.: gentoo is nice. not that you assume that i dislike gentoo. :)

     

    Not quite, it's not because they didn't work for me or didn't do what i wanted them to do. It's because most of the packages seem highly unstable and most of the time don't work, among a bunch of other problems if you do a HD install of kanotix, mepis and so on. I have a knoppix cd always, i always keep one incase my system messes up, they are great for that. The only debian based distro that doesn't seem broken is ubuntu, because like i said they make their own packages. Disagree with me all you like, but from what i've tried of mepis, kanotix and knoppix as HD installs they're awful.

     

    I have nothing against debian based distro's heck im using ubuntu again, so don't think i'm actually against them because i'm not. It's not because they didn't work for me, it's because i found them highly unstable to the point they were unusable.

  7. If you like "Debian for Desktop" that much and don't mind a couple of broken packages then Sid via Kanotix is the way to go...

    I have tried (K)Ubuntu 3 times in the past, but was put off by the very lofi quality of their Universe/Multiverse repos'packages, and the utterly nonsensical sudo thing. Enabling a root account is easy theoretically, but after doing so you discover LOTS of minor and major annoyances...

    To sum up it's not for me... and if Arch Linux did not exist (fortunately enough it does!) I would use Sid.

     

    I'm sorry but if you want "debian for the desktop" you use debian etch, yes the real thing is much better than kanotix, knoppix, mepis. They all just seem badly broken. I was using debian as my desktop for months.

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