HEADS UP TESTERS: New GNOME upgrade script available

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at marcuscom.com
Wed Jan 14 09:40:29 PST 2004


On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 11:17, James Earl wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 22:32, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> > Since you wanted feedback, here is some:
> > 
> > - gnome-upgrade.sh really took some time (about 15 hours on my
> >   PIII at 1GHz , 500 MB RAM)
> > 
> > - In general gnome2.5 works and no damage has been done to my
> >   non-gnome apps, but
> > - some things weren't installed (see my last message)
> > - many icons are missing in the gnome menu, but the apps
> >   themselves can be started.
> > - nautilus works faster, but opens in seperate windows (like the
> >   old windows explorer on NT)
> > - the log-out menu doesn't work - it just freezes the system. One
> >   has to restart the X server.
> > 
> > So I think this quite good for an experimental desktop upgrade.
> 
> The GNOME Development Branch FAQ seems to give a little insight into
> some of the problems people may encounter with the Development version.

If you have more suggestions, please let us know.

Joe

> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html
> 
> James
> 
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