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Re: general
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:58 am
by asqwerth
I thought it was said in jest, actually.
In any case, the thread was originally about KDE Plasma 5, as there is still lots of interest about KDE in this forum (hence the MX+KDE subforum). It's just that KDE's preview images use Kubuntu as its base.
Re: general
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:21 am
by tascoast
Is the KDE a hungry beast now on resources compared to say M11?
I have begun to notice some deterioration of M11's default capabilities for web pages like fb and yahoo mail although the video sites I use are fine. Calibre seems more outdated too than in MX-14. Just little things that crop up lately for me. I still run M12 and it's possible it might replace M11 as a main companion to MX-14.
Re: general
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:45 am
by lucky9
tascoast wrote:Is the KDE a hungry beast now on resources compared to say M11?
I have begun to notice some deterioration of M11's default capabilities for web pages like fb and yahoo mail although the video sites I use are fine. Calibre seems more outdated too than in MX-14. Just little things that crop up lately for me. I still run M12 and it's possible it might replace M11 as a main companion to MX-14.
I've noticed no loss of responsiveness (of KDE) using MX 14.x with KDE-Standard.
Remember that Mepis 11 is squeeze-based so it's getting a little 'long in the tooth' so-to-speak.
Re: general
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:57 pm
by golden45
answer to JimC hi still running kubuntu and it just keeps getting better and better. It look great and is getting easier to use kunbuntu 5.1.95 now thanks john
Re: general
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:47 pm
by Stevo
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Calibre seems more outdated too than in MX-14.
Calibre in the repos is pretty ancient for M11. On a Wheezy base, you can install their latest static-build releases per the instructions on calibre.org site, which currently would be the terminal command:
This used to work on M11, but I've not tested it to see if it still does. YMMV.
You should uninstall the repo version first to avoid conflicts. This version also will not appear in the package manager. To uninstall the static version, the command is
Re: general
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:28 pm
by golden45
Kubuntu kde 5 is a great system.I am running it now and like it a lot.Nice graphics .
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=& ... 4276,d.cGU
Re: general
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:15 pm
by richb
Still some bugs. Not a full complement of widgets. Folder widget does not work. Dropbox widget does not appear in the system tray. Cascading menu has bugs . That is what I have discovered in the half hour I have been looking at it.
EDIT: It also nearly filled up my root directory. it was 57% free now 87% free. Being adventuresome I had to install it, but sorry I did. Fortunately I have a system backup and will revert.
Re: general
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:08 pm
by golden45
Distrowatch has linspire and freespire iso 64 .Wow I thought they were far gone but they are back.john
Re: general
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:15 pm
by golden45
It looks like black dog is behind this.john
Re: general
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:00 am
by golden45
Just downloaded and installed freespire found no difference from 16.04 ubuntu john