Re: [Hampshire] Decisions, decisions... KDE3, KDE4 or Gnome?

2008/11/11 Alan Pope <alan@???>:
> 2008/11/11 Richard Danter <radanter@???>:
>> I am almost tempted to go back to 8.04 and stick with KDE3, but that
>> is not a good solution for the long term. Couple of years down the
>> line I won't be getting any updates and who knows how many security
>> fixes I will be missing.
>
> None. 8.04 is an LTS (Long Term Support) release which means you get
> bug fixes and security updates for _3_ years on the desktop. By then a
> new LTS will be out (due 2010) and you could upgrade directly from
> 8.04 to that new LTS, skipping the releases between.

I thought only Ubuntu 8.04 was LTS? Kubuntu, due to the KDE4
instability, was not? Maybe I was mistaken, or maybe it depends on if
I am using KDE3 or KDE4 since both were available in that release. In
any case, after 3 years I will still have to move either to KDE4 or
Gnome, can't stay on KDE3 forever. Which way to go...

I would like to upgrade more frequently anyway. For example, the UFRaw
plugin for Gimp does not (yet) support my new camera, and prob never
will in 8.04. I know it will support it because the underlying
command-line tool already supports it so it is just a matter of time.
Not checked in 8.10 yet but it may already support it.

>
>> So, what do you all think? What is the best way to go? If Gnome then
>> what apps are the best in features and stability?
>>
>
> I use fspot for photo management under GNOME. If you want to slideshow
> a set of photos you could tag them with some event name and then click
> the event on the left to show only those pictures, then start the
> slideshow. You can tag photos as they are imported too.

Well I have partly solved my slideshow display problem. I had to
install the compiz config manager to get the option to disable the
"legacy fullscreen fix". Not sure if that means some other apps fail
to work. Seems odd that the default install is not in a config that
works but maybe that is because no config works for all apps. Ho, hum.
The true "slideshow" still does not work correctly but I can now
switch to fullscreen mode and cycle through the pictures manually.

It will take me a long time to tag >4000 photos, maybe it is time to
offload some to CD/DVD and not keep them all on my HDD. I just worry
how safe that will be.

Thanks
Rich