Reinstalled my laptop (was RH 6.2) to RH 7.3, mainly to get mod_perl compiled properly in Apache, but also cos I was getting bored of wishing I had a decent Office system that worked under Gnome (and for anyone thinks StarOffice does, it doesn't on the 2 different cover disks, 1 official disk and a site download I tried).
Having got KDE up and running with various extras, discovered I only have 200MB left on my HD :( Mind you it's my own fault for adding games I suppose ;)
Alas it isn't as fast as my previous installation, and has the annoying habit of continually popping up the contents of the CD drive when reviving from suspend mode. I can probably turn it off, but have found the option yet...
With everyone seeming to rave about KDE I expected it to fly, but on this box it appears to be at least 30-60 seconds slower to open a browser.
I prefer the Workspace split on Gnome as I usually have a defined role for each one. Several times with KDE I select the workspace, then accidentally select the wrong console and I flip to another workspace. Is there a option to only show the apps running for the selected workspace? I might get better with practice, but I doubt it.
Started redevelopment of our flagship product into mod_perl. Previously codenamed Mephisto, the mod_perl version has been christened Elizium (see Fields Of The Nephilim). Proving a bit messy to begin with, but hopefully it should make the whole thing a bit more streamlined.
Also saw my contribution to NMS get an official release this weekend :) Nice to know I can do something useful every once in a while.
Re:Mephisto?
barbie on 2002-07-16T12:18:27
No, you looked at the other product that is being developed for NTL.The one I'm responsible for is a much simpler beast. The only major hassle really is making sure all our globals are being passed correctly.
Unfortunately because it was based on an old code base that has gradually been rewritten, we don't run with -wT and strict, which is very scary. However, running on my laptop with -wT and strict mainly just showed up that the passing of globals between scripts is bad and there are several instances of variables only used once.
One day I might write my memoires of the experience....
:)
