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Hi Neil On 14/11/06, Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some of the defaults that surprised me include - > > The numlock key was not turned on at log on. I had to find out how to > change this. This isn't an issue for me. > > The panel at the bottom of the screen could not be hidden, which is how > I normally work. It was easy to sort out, but I would have expected the > panel-hiding buttons to be there as the default. But I like the panel at the bottom. Maybe you'll find they went with the average users request! > > Once I learned about the repositories I found that I had to do some > work to include two of them. Again I would have expected all of them to > be available from installation. I think you'll find that this is for ease of use for the windows user. Some of the repositiories also install third party software. > > There was not icon at all on the desktop. OK it was easy to add them > except that I have not yet found out how to include an icon for the > Home folder. All my previous distros have automatically included that. This is brilliant - a clear desktop - what more could you ask for. It's a standard thing for Mac users. > > It took me some time for find out that I cannot open up a terminal > screen directly from Konqueror. I have been used to moving around the > various folders in Konqueror and then using ctrl-T to go to a terminal > screen which would be in the same folder. > > My home folder was as expected but when I moved up to the root folder I > could not see any files at all. This was sorted out thanks to help from > the group, but not how I would have expected it to be from installation. I would have said this was done for ex-windows users. > > To end for now with something that really impressed me - > > Before installing kubuntu I made some space on my disk by reducing the > size of my /home partition using diskdrake in Mandriva. This left me > about 110 Gb of empty space. > > Normally when installing a distro I have had only two choices re > partitioning the hard disk. Either remove everything on the disk and > finish up with just the new distro. Or do my own partitioning of the > disk. > > Edgy gave me a third choice, use any empty space on the disk. Great. I > chose that and the installer did the rest. It found Mandriva and left > it there for me. I ended up with a dual boot system by which I can > choose to run either Mandriva or Kubuntu. Brilliant. > > These are all personal comments, no complaints intended. I just > wondered if any group members would be interested. If not, then sorry > for wasting everyone's time No very interesting - particularly on what was useful or not for you. Thanks. -- Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html