If the FOSS utility disks can't do it, I go to pay-for products from Microsoft Platinum Partners like Paragon. The way I see it, Windows is a commercial product, and is always doing things to discourage FOSS solutions. So if you must have Windows, you must pony up for the pay-for utilities that are MS-blessed. "Let the company pay for it" is my motto re Windows.
Hey, don't forget who you're talking to, now!
Hmmm... It looks to me like Canonical's product line simply doesn't meet my high standards.
:eviltongue: :laugh:
It's not--at least not to me. It's what I use as my default distro.
When Kubuntu has already done all the work for you, why bother piecing together KDE on top of an existing *nix?
Well, crap.
My standards are obviously much lower than yours! Because Canonical's products have worked out just fine for me. 
That's one of the issues I had in mind when I said that installing KDE directly can be a daunting task for a Linux newbie.
Synaptic in *buntu does that, too, and apt-get should on its own--but if it doesn't, or if the user wants to make sure it will, that's easily accomplished with the correct command line arguments. For example:
build-dep
build-dep causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source
package.
check
check is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for broken dependencies.
--install-suggests
Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration Item: APT::Install-Suggests.
-d, --download-only
Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Download-Only.
-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This option, when used with install/remove,
can omit any packages to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to
completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time; APT
itself does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's
dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually means using dselect(1)
or dpkg --remove to eliminate some of the offending packages). Use of this option together with -m may produce
an error in some situations. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.No, not at all. As I said, it's my default Linux, and has been since its first release.
From my understanding, unless it has changed since first coming out, Kubuntu is not an official Canonical distro. Canonical does not support it.
Amarok: one more reason why I went back to KDE 3.5! The pre-Plasma version of Amarok is downright lean in comparison.
roud:
My understanding is that Canonical made a solemn pledge that *buntu would forever remain under the guidance of the community. And nobody seriously believes that.
I guess it did support Kubuntu but reading this is saying they are not.My understanding is that Canonical made a solemn pledge that *buntu would forever remain under the guidance of the community. And nobody seriously believes that.
The last time I checked (just now), the official Ubuntu website more than acknowledges Kubuntu. Must be like "having your cake and eating it too" for them.
Shit. I had actually FORGOTTEN about that announcement...which was made a year ago.
But the last year has been like something out of a really bad dream for me, and thinking about stuff like Canonical pulling the official plug from Kubuntu, and turning it over to community based support on its *buntu infrastructure just wasn't important enough to keep in my head.As I recall, Kubuntu will continue, just not as an official branch of Ubuntu.
Shame on you!!
I imagine I'll always have warm memories of Ubuntu, I think it was the 8.04 edition that I first used. I'm not sure, however, if I'll continue to use it in the future. I guess time will tell, we'll see what happens with the unified environments (phone/tablet/pc).
My next distros will probably be either back to Debian or another go with arch.
That being said, any of you guys try out cmus for music playback? I've been really digging it (especially on my already taxed netbook). Very lightweight (it is a terminal application after all).
Amarok: one more reason why I went back to KDE 3.5! The pre-Plasma version of Amarok is downright lean in comparison.
I never had a need for graphic EQ in the past, and I'm not about to start now.
That looks pretty nice. I'll have to try that out at some point.
I just installed but can't seem to get anything to show or play. How do you play a song? Do I type the command with a song title?any of you guys try out cmus for music playback? I've been really digging it (especially on my already taxed netbook). Very lightweight (it is a terminal application after all).
Sounds like something got corrupted. Try this:
mv ~/.kde ~/.kde.origI was really serious about audio stuff when I was young, and learned how to use speaker placement and room treatments to get the ideal sound without needing to use electronic EQ. The electromechanical EQ units of the day were notorious for causing as many aural problems as they solved. I had good results with parametric EQ back then, but back then parametric units cost a lot! I used them professionally, when someone else was paying the equipment rental fees. But at home I eschewed all EQ. It was pretty easy to do since I didn't have any EQ of any sort on my home audio equipment. (Excepting the RIAA EQ in my phono preamps, of course.) If it's not there at all, it can't be a temptation. :laugh:
The older, QT3-based version is blissfully without that "feature".
Wow, that's something. You must face a lot of paradox over there. Thanks for giving me a peek! :beer:
FYI, I had a .kde4 directory when KDE4 came out. There was one other hidden directory too for KDE4, but I don't recall which.
